Australian LGBTI+ Periodicals

Chronolgy of Australian LGBTI+ periodicals

This chronology is a selection of long-running and/or significant Australian LGBTI+ periodicals in the order that they were first published.

Researchers looking for relevant resources in particular periods will find this list useful, and can combine it with the periodicals listing for descriptions of the titles and details of holdings.

Title Published Start Finish Comment in year year or Ongoing Homosexual Law Reform Society Newsletter ACT 1969 1970 Australasian Lesbian Movement newsletter : earlier Vic 1970 1972 Holdings: 6-28, hard copy and digitised. Daughters of Bilitis newsletter (1-6) Camp Ink NSW 1970 1977 Indexed. Online at https://www.pridehistory.org.au/camp-ink CAMP NSW newsletter NSW 1971 1981 Society Five newsletter Vic 1972 1984 Canary (CAMP SA) SA 1972 1973 Online at http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1112 Sydney Gay Liberation newsletter NSW 1972 1974 Digitised by Pride History Group William and John NSW 1972 1973 Indexed. Selected articles online at http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/biogs/E000730b.htm Camp Queensland : later Camp News (CAMP Qld) Qld 1973 1977 Melbourne Gay Liberation newsletter Vic 1973 1976 Indexed. Online at http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/biogs/E000708b.htm Apollo NSW 1974 1974 Gay NSW 1973 ? Holdings up to issue 178 in 1991 Little Butch NSW c.1972 c.1973 Stallion/Gayzette NSW 1973 1974 Indexed The West Campaigner (CAMP WA) WA 1973 1989 Selected articles online at http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/biogs/E000726b.htm Acceptance Newsletter Vic 1974 2001? Gay Liberation Press NSW 1974 1975 Lesbianon WA 1974 1975 Selected articles online at http://www.reasoninrevolt.net.au/biogs/E000729b.htm Lynx newsletter (lesbian) Vic c.1974 2008 Restricted access. Holdings start at issue 122 (1987) plus Aug 1978 Campaign NSW 1975 2000 Partially indexed (1975-79, Apr 1990 to Jul 1993) Melbourne Gay Teachers and Students Group newsletter Vic 1975 1980 Indexed (GTSG)

Chronolgy of Australian LGBTI+ periodicals

Lesbian Newsletter Vic 1975 1983 Indexed Seahorse Scene Vic 1976 ? Holdings in 1976, 1977 and 1980 Gay Changes SA 1977 1979 Indexed Maranatha (includes Grapevine) - Metropolitan Vic 1977 1986 Community Church newsletter Gay Trade Unionist newsletter NSW 1978 1980 Online at https://www.pridehistory.org.au/gay-trade-unionist-group GAYTAS Newsletter (Gay Teachers and Students Group NSW 1978 1984? Sydney) Darwin Gay Society Newsletter : later Darwin Gay and NT 1979? ? Holdings start in 1983 lesbian Society newsletter Gay Community News Vic 1979 1982 Indexed Gay Solidarity Group Newsletter : later Lesbian and Gay NSW 1979 2010 Online and indexed at http://www.josken.net/archive.htm Solidarity Newsletter (from Sep 1991) Klick! Vic 1979 1983 Selectively indexed. Issue 1 spelled Click! The Star/Sydney Star Observer/Star Observer NSW 1979 Ongoing On microfilm at State Library of NSW. Incorporates Southern Star Observer from issue 1101 (Dec 2011) Gay Information NSW 1980 1986 Indexed The Libertine NSW 1980 1981 Partially indexed Nu Scene (Elaine Barry Project) Vic 1980 1990 Seahorse Bulletin Vic 1980? 1984 Seahorse Times Vic 1980 Ongoing? Holdings up to Mar/Apr 2013 City Rhythm Vic 1981 1989 Selectively indexed Male Call NSW 1981 ? Catch 22 SA 1982 1989 Seahorse Newsletter Vic 1982 1990 Townsville Gayliners Club Qld 1982 1987? Acceptance Newsletter (Brisbane) : later Spectrum Qld 1983 2011 Country Network Magazine ACT 1983 Ongoing? Holdings up to 2011 Green Park Observer NSW 1983 1983 Indexed Inside Out (for gay prisoners and their friends) NSW 1983 1985 Lesbian News Vic 1983 1990 Indexed Now in Melbourne Vic 1983 1986 OutRage Vic 1983 2000 Indexed Victorian AIDS Action Committee News Vic 1983 1984 Southern Cross Outdoor Group Newsletter : later Yowie NSW 1983 Ongoing

Chronolgy of Australian LGBTI+ periodicals

Gayzette newsletter Vic 1984 1996 Indexed Lesbian Network NSW 1984 2006 Restricted access (women only) Mardi Gras program guides NSW 1984 Ongoing Melbourne Voice Vic 1984 1985 Indexed The Oxford Weekender : later Sydney Gay News NSW 1984 1988 Gay Health Update Vic 1985 1987 Digitised Melbourne Star Observer Vic 1985 2000 Village Voice NSW 1985 1990 Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force Newsletter Vic 1986 Ongoing? Holdings up to 2010 Cargo NSW 1987 1993 Cronulla Chronicle : later Cronulla Gayzette NSW 1987 Ongoing National AIDS Bulletin ACT 1987 2001 Westside Observer WA 1987 2000 Wicked Women NSW 1987 1996 Partially indexed (1987-91, Vol 1 Nos. 1-12) ALSO Directory Vic 1988 2011 Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Newsletter NSW 1988 2002? Pink Thylacines Tas 1988 1998 Positive Living (newsletter) Vic 1988 1994 Pride Vic 1988 1990 Talkabout : newsletter of Positive Life NSW NSW 1988 Ongoing Final print issue no. 183 (2014) Working Boy/Working Girl Vic 1988 1997 The Galah SA 1989 1990 Indexed. Online at http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1280. G'Day Guide, The (travel) Vic 1989 1996 Midsumma program guides Vic 1989 Ongoing Gippsland Gay People's Support Group Newsletter : later Vic 1990 c.2003 Unclear if continued beyond 2003 Gippsland Gay and Lesbian Network : later Hey! Hey! : later OutPost Mountain Lesbian News NSW 1990 2000 Image Vic 1990 1991 Labrys (lesbian) Vic 1990 1992 Indexed Lesbians on the Loose (LOTL) NSW 1990 2019 Merged with and renamed to Curve from 2020. Partially indexed. Online at http://www.lotl.com/Digital-Archive/ Nomads Newsletter Vic 1990 Ongoing HIV Herald NSW 1991 2000

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HIV/AIDS Legal Link NSW 1991 2001 Laughing Medusa (lesbian) WA 1991 1993 Indexed Melbourne Queer Film Festival program guides Vic 1991 Ongoing Queensland Pride Qld 1991 Ongoing With Complements : Newsletter of the HIV NSW 1991 2000 Complementary Therapies Collective of Sydney Adelaide GT SA 1992 2000 Australasian Gay and Lesbian Law Journal NSW 1992 2001 Capital Q NSW 1992 2000 GLOBE Newsletter Vic 1992 ? Holdings up to Jul 2007. Published as online newsletter after Apr 2007. Lesbian Times SA 1992 1994? Indexed Lesbiana Vic 1992 2004 Partially indexed (1-25) Mature Age Guys magazine NSW 1992 Ongoing Motafrenz Newsletter Vic 1992 1998? See also Cruise Control NUUA News : later User News NSW 1992 Ongoing PanDA [Poofs and Dykes Advocate] ACT 1992 1996 Succeeded by Quirk QPP Alive [Queensland Positive People Alive] Qld 1992 Ongoing Vintage News Vic 1992 Ongoing Brother-Sister Vic 1992 2000 Partially indexed (1-7) Brother-Sister Qld 1993 2000 Burn NSW 1993 1994 Indexed Lilac (lesbian) Tas 1993 1996 Indexed Polare (bi-monthly magazine of The Gender Centre) NSW 1993 Ongoing Online at https://gendercentre.org.au/polare-magazines/download- polare-archives Seahorse Magazine NSW 1993? Ongoing? Holdings from 1993 to 2018 Lotus Social Club Vic 1994? 1996? Screaming Hyena (Hares & Hyenas Bookshop magazine) Vic 1994 1997 See also Haretical VAC/GMHC News Update Vic 1994 2002 Bliss (Melb) Vic 1995 1995 Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Newsletter Vic 1995 Ongoing? Holdings: April 1995 – Spring 2013 Homodefactos (newsletter) Vic 1996 1998 Quirk ACT 1996 2000 Feast program guides SA 1997 Ongoing Haretical (Hares & Hyenas Bookshop newsletter) Vic 1997 2003 Continues online http://www.hares-hyenas.com.au/ Lip (lesbian) Vic 1997 1998 Indexed

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Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby News Vic 1998 2004? Focus (Melb) Vic 1992 2000 Selectively indexed B-GLAD Newsletter (Ballarat) Vic 1999 2002? Blaze (SA) SA 2000 2016 DNA NSW 2000 Ongoing Q News Qld 2000 Ongoing Q West : later Shout : later Out In Perth WA 2000 Ongoing? Holdings up to issue 177 in 2016 B-News Vic 2000 2008 G NSW 2000 2001 Cruise Control (Motafrenz Car Club magazine) Vic 2001 Ongoing Holdings missing: Some of Vol 19-21 (2013-15) HIV Australia NSW 2001 Ongoing MCV (Melbourne Community Voice) Vic 2000 2017 Melbourne Star Vic 2001 2006 SX (weekly) NSW 2001 2017? Holdings up to issue 845 (10 Apr 2017) Women Out West (lesbian) WA 1999 2008 Word is Out (Brisbane) Qld 1981 1985 Word is Out (e journal) NSW 2001 2003 ID Vic 2002 2004 LLINC Newsletter (Newcastle) NSW 2002 Ongoing? Holdings up to Feb 2012 Slit (lesbian) NSW 2002 Ongoing? Holdings up to 13 (2008) SX National : later AX National : later Cult NSW 2003 2015 Became AX National after issue 47, and Cult after Jul 2012 Fab News (Bendigo) Vic 2003 Ongoing? Durable Dauntless Dykes : later Matrix Guild Newsletter Vic 2004 Ongoing? Archived online up to Dec 2015 at https://web.archive.org/web/20160329184415/http://www.matrixguildvi c.org.au/news/archive.htm Q Magazine Vic 2004 Ongoing Archived online at http://www.qmagazine.com.au/issue.asp Dykonoclast (lesbian) Vic 2005 2006 Rainbow Visions newsletter : later Over the Rainbow NSW 2005 2009 (Newcastle) Velvet Tipt (lesbian) Vic 2005 2006 Seahorse Newsletter : embracing transgender life Vic 2006 ? Holdings up to Sep 2009 Cherrie (lesbian) NSW 2007 2012 Distributed nationally Southern Star Vic 2008 2011 Became Star Observer after issue 162 (Dec 2011) Canvas Vic 2008 2008 Fuse ACT 2009 Ongoing Separate male and female covers

Chronolgy of Australian LGBTI+ periodicals

Bound (lesbian) NSW 2009 2010 Distributed nationally Man2Man Tas 2009 2014? City Voice NSW 2010 2011 Distributed nationally GRAI Matters : Newsletter of the GLBTI Retirement WA 2010 Ongoing? Online up to 2017 at https://www.grai.org.au/newsletters Association Inc.