Living and loving in diversity : an anthology of Australian multicultural queer adventures / edited by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council, contributor.

Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria, 1960- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities.

Trans people.

LGBTQ+ people--Australia.

Queer people--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Adelaide, South Australia : Wakefield Press, [2018]

Summary:

The deeply personal stories herein reflect a rainbow of experiences and emotions as diverse as the storytellers themselves. Join the Australian LGBTIQ Multicultural Council for a journey of discovery through queer multicultural multifaith Australia, with over 60 voices from across the spectrum of sexualities and genders, families and relationships.

Contents:

Living and Loving in Diversity

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Contents

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Acknowledgments

Welcome to Country - Annette Xiberras

Multicultural Queers Say Sorry

Introduction: 'We were always there'

'You will never be happy until youcome home' - Patrick Abboud, as told to Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

'Brown, queer and mentally ill' - Asiel Adan

The Baton Passes On! - Faustina Agolley

Multiple Margins: Queer people of colour in the arts - Mama Alto

Mosaic - Gavriel Ansara

The Colour of Light (for Chanukah) - Gavriel Ansara

From My Life to All Lives: From identity to representation - Tony Ayres

Limitless Boundaries - Ayman Barbaresco

My Helmet - Roz Bellamy

I'm a Lesbian from Lesbos - Maria Bololia

The Hippocratic Oath, Western Medicine, and the Children of Hermes and Aphrodite - Tony Briffa

Surviving Our Cabaret - Paul Capsis

'Everything changed except my mind' - Carolina

From Alternate Dimensions - Paula Carpio and Naya Rizwan

'Bless me for I am gay': My journey from activism to acceptance - Shanton Chang

Taking Our Liberation to Others - Let My People Go! - Joseph Chetcuti

Written on the Body - Margherita Coppolino and Steve Dow

Immortal - Franco Di Chiera

'The earthen smell': A coming out tale - Anton Enus

'I'm movin' up, nothing can hold me down, I'm gonna get to ...' - Sally Goldner

Mixing Things Up Through Art - Carl Gopalkrishnan

Adoptee Diasporas and a Queer Jew: The precariousness of the 'I am' - Anne M. Harris

The Brownfella and Sister Onan - Dino Hodge - Konstantino Hadjikakou

God Is Mine Too - Rida Aleem Khan

Homesickness - Azja Kulpinska

The Only 'Dot Dot Dot' in Your Village - Benjamin Law, as told to Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Tsifteteli, or Double-stringed - Anthony Lekkas.

Conversation with my Grandmama - Mei Tze Ling

Hyperreality - Lian Low

'And does he have a girlfriend?' Jack Migdalek

The Rise of the Queer Muslim - Alyena Mohummadally

Caught Between Two Worlds: 'Coming out' in Italian families - Tony Mordini

A QPoC Manifesto: Fighting for invisibility in a world that loves to talk - Nonno and Aroosa

That's Amore! - Olivia Noto

The Science of Hairy Legs - Gary Paramanathan

La Dolce Vita: From Australian Italian to Italian Australian - Vic Perri

Dear Sophie - Corey Rabaut

Not 'Norm' Enough, Not 'Queer' Enough - Raven

what's your flavour? - Adam Ridwan

We're All Mongrels - Wil Roach

Excerpt: These Wild Houses - Omar Sakr

Sex, Politics and Pastizzi: A Maltese migrant in Sydney - Michael Schembri

Twenty Years On: A personal reflection - Budi Sudarto

A Typical Australian-Asian Girl - Judy Tang

Degenerate: Ari middle-aged - Christos Tsiolkas

'Boys of the Parish': A poetic journey around sexual identity in Australia and Italy - Paul Venzo

The Experience (a political song) - SIM Victor (MUSIC and YOGA Nidra)

Finding Nevo - Nevo Zisin

Multicultural Multifaith LGBTIQ Group Snapshots

Acceptance: Reconciling faith and sexuality - Benjamin Oh

Aleph: At the convergence of queerdom and Judaism - Michael Barnett

ArciLesbica: Not the only Italian lesbian in Australia - Elvira Andreoli

Australian Catholics for Equality (ACfE): Broadening representation in public discourse - Benjamin Oh

Gay Asian Proud: Making our communities a better place for all - Budi Sudarto

GLBTIQ Interfaith Intercultural Network: Advocating against discriminatory practice - Benjamin Oh

Greek and Gay Support Network: A voice for equality and recognition - John Tzimas

Helem: For peace and acceptance - Adam Messede.

I Ragazzi: Establishing and supporting the Italian group - Tony Mordini

Jewish Community Council of Victoria LGBTI Reference Group: Advocating for equality and inclusion - Doron Abramovici

Jewish Lesbian Group of Victoria (JLGV): Honouring and celebrating diversity - Hinde Ena Burstin

Keshet: A safe environment for LGBTIQ Jews - Jonathan Barnett

LGBTIQ+ Latin Americans and Hispanics in Australia: 'respeto y la diversidad' - Cristian Cortes Garzon

Muslim Collective: A Muslim voice on contemporary issues - Reem Sweid

Queer Muslims in Australia Yahoo! Group: A first in Australia - Alyena Mohummadally

Rainbow Catholics InterAgency for Ministry: Equality and justice for LGBTIQ Catholics - Benjamin Oh

Rosh Pinah: An affirming Orthodox Jewish network: Valuing lives and loves - Gavriel Ansara

Southern European and Latin Gay Men's Group: The beginnings of a movement (1990-1995) - Vic Perri

Trikone: From San Francisco to Sydney - supporting South Asian LGBTIQ - Alan Maurice

YellowKitties: Showing up for Asian lesbians - Peggy Iu

Author Biographies

Patrick Abboud

Doron Abramovici

Asiel Adan

Faustina Agolley

Mama Alto

Elvira Andreoli

Gavriel Ansara

Aroosa and Nonno

Tony Ayres

Ayman Barbaresco

Jonathan Barnett

Michael Barnett

Roz Bellamy

Maria Bololia

Tony Briffa

Hinde Ena Burstin

Paul Capsis

Carolina

Paula Carpio

Shanton Chang

Joseph Carmel Chetcuti

Margherita Coppolino

Franco Di Chiera

Anton Enus

Cristian Cortes Garzon

Sally Goldner

Carl Gopalkrishnan

Anne Harris

Dino Hodge - Konstantino Hadjikakou

Peggy Iu

Rida Khan

Azja Kulpinska

Benjamin Law

Anthony Lekkas

Mei Tze Ling

Lian Low

Alan Maurice

Adam Messede

Jack Migdalek

Alyena Mohummadally

Tony Mordini

Nonno and Aroosa

Olivia Noto

Benjamin Oh.

Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Gary Paramanathan

Vic Perri

Corey Rabaut

Raven

Adam Ridwan

Naya Rizwan

Wil Roach

Omar Sakr

Michael Schembri

Budi Sudarto

Reem Sweid

Judy Tang

Christos Tsiolkas

John Tzimas

Paul Venzo

Sim Victor

Annette Xiberras

Nevo Zisin

References

Wakefield Press

Back cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-74305-607-9

OCLC:

1063797835