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Rainbow Crusaders

Rainbow Crusaders


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Presented by Patrick Weyland-Smith
Email rainbowcrusaders@joy.org.au

 

Rainbow Crusaders is a sound-rich documentary series exploring the history of queer Australia. Join host Patrick Weyland-Smith for interviews with prominent members of the queer community throughout history, people who were present during notable events and expert commentators.

Rainbow Crusaders is for anyone who wants to relive or rediscover or learn more about our history and for those who want to continue making a difference, to spread the rainbow community's eternal message of diversity and love, and to stand against against intolerance and hate.

 
 

PODCASTS

Jan Hillier & Pokey’s Night

5 Sep 2015

Jan Hillier & Pokey’s Night

Performing Arts, Sexuality

Many of the wonderful characters that inhabited the world of glitter, drag and subversion owe much to the Australian understanding ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/09/Rainbow-Crusaders-Pokies.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:11 — 19.4MB)

Marion Bill Edwards

1 Sep 2015

Marion Bill Edwards

History, Personal Journals, Sexuality

In this episode, Patrick goes back to the early 1900s to uncover the extraordinary life of Marion Bill Edwards, a ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/09/Marion-Bill-Edwards.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:49 — 20.0MB)

Ecco Homo

30 Aug 2015

Ecco Homo

Performing Arts, Sexuality, Visual Arts

Patrick unravels the life of Peter "Vanessa" Troy Davies, the gender-fluid artist, sometime musician, costume designer, music video director and ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/08/Rainbow-Crusaders-Troy-Davies.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:20 — 21.4MB)

Equal Love with Ali Hogg

12 Aug 2015

Equal Love with Ali Hogg

Gay, History, Lesbian, Marriage Equality, Same sex adoption, Society & Culture

Patrick talks to Ali Hogg, the convenor of Equal Love, about her 11 year battle to end discrimination against same-sex ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/08/Equal-Love-Ali-Hogg.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:05 — 24.8MB)

Daughters of Bilitis / Australasian Lesbian Movement

10 Aug 2015

Daughters of Bilitis / Australasian Lesbian Movement

History, Lesbian, Sexuality, Society & Culture

Patrick has a look back at the Australian chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis who later became the Australasian Lesbian ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/08/Bilitis.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:55 — 20.1MB)

Toonen v Australia and the impact of sodomy laws

5 Aug 2015

Toonen v Australia and the impact of sodomy laws

Gay, History, Sexuality, Society & Culture

On Christmas Day 1991, a young Tasmanian fuelled by righteousness and with a newfound sense of purpose, filed an official ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/08/Toonen-v-Australia.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:54 — 17.3MB)

Val’s Coffee Lounge

4 Aug 2015

Val’s Coffee Lounge

History, Sexuality

123 Swanston Street in Melbourne CBD. A tiny door leads up a rickety flight of steps. Nowadays to a Hare Krishna ...

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http://joy.org.au/rainbowcrusaders/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2015/08/Vals-Coffee-Lounge.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:45 — 14.4MB)

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