A Queer Existence
Language: English
Published by Massey University Press, NZ, 2021
- Softcover
- New
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A Queer Existence is a major documentary project that uses photographic portraitureand oral history to record the life experiences of a group of 27 gay men bornsince the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986. In New Zealand,discrimination in work was outlawed in 1993, same-sex relationships were grantedlegal recognition in 2005, and marriage equality followed in 2013. In 2018 Parliamentapologised to those whose lives had been blighted by criminal prosecution forexpressing their sexuality.As a result, these men have life experiences very different to earlier generationsof gay New Zealand men. Even so, gay men growing up today may continue to feelstigmatised, and for many coming out is still a major hurdle. Candid, powerful andaffecting, the first-person narratives of A Queer Existence form a valuable andunique insight into how gay men continue to have to step out of the main streamand face their own challenges as they forge their queer identities.
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- Title
- A Queer Existence
- Author
- Mark Beehre
- Publisher
- Massey University Press, NZ
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0995146578
- ISBN 13
- 9780995146570
- Item weight
- 800 grams
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About the Author
Mark Beehre initially trained as a specialist physician and worked for several years in medical practice before studying photography at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland and Massey University in Wellington. He graduated with a BFA in 2004 and went on to complete an MFA in 2014. Mark’s work sits at the intersection of documentary, portraiture and social history and is concerned with questions of identity, belonging and the lifelong quest for intimacy. His photographs have been exhibited in New Zealand and overseas. A Queer Existence is in many ways a sequel to his earlier book, Men Alone ― Men Together, which explored the lives and relationships of an older generation of gay men who grew up in the pre-Law Reform era. Mark lives in Wellington with his partner Ross and a small collection of antique cameras and typewriters. On Friday evenings they have but a short walk down the hill to the Garage Project’s taproom on Aro Street. He shot most of the photographs in this book on a Rolleiflex 3.5F dating from the early 1970s.
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