Author Barb Angell is writing a book about Val Eastwood (of Val’s Coffee Lounge fame) and would especially like to hear from people who have first hand recollections to share of Val or Val’s Swanston Street venue, or the flat above the Tivoli where Val lived. If you would like to contribute, please email Barb […]

Former editor and publisher, Bill Calder, has launched a website for people interested in his Gay and Lesbian Media History Project at gaymediahistory.wordpress.com. The website includes a newsletter, a copy of a thesis that Bill has completed as the first stage of the project (The origins of gay and lesbian media in Australia 1969-1978) and […]

An International Conference 2-4 February 2012 Melbourne, Australia Hosted by the Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Program at La Trobe University In conjunction with the Australian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Midsumma, Victoria University and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Keynote Speakers: Professor Jeffrey Weeks, London Southbank University Professor Alice Echols, University of Southern California […]

ALGA was fortunate to be nominated as Charity Partner for VicBears’ fundraising from Southern Hibearnation 2011. At a presentation at the Laird Hotel on Saturday 23 July, outgoing VicBears’ president, Rick Cooper (left in photograph), presented ALGA’s Mark Pendleton with a cheque for $10,000. We were a little overwhelmed by the size of the donation, […]