Quelle surprise, the lesbian separatists are being awful to people! Back when their crosshairs were on us Perfidious Bisexuals instead of on trans people. #AQHC26

Was going to check out Grace Mooney’s talk next but I feel comfy finding out more about RMIT queering their collection on my own given my connections there so I’ve ducked out for the bisexual rep in the program instead. ✊ #AQHC26

Drew Pettifer is exploring early times the labour movement was in solidarity with gay rights, reminding us organizing hasn’t always come from within, citing the world-first pink bans by the Builders Labourers Federation of NSW extending union solidarity with the struggle for gay liberation. #AQHC26

Excited to attend the Australian Queer Histories Conference this weekend. Choosing which talks to attend was like torture but I’m very excited to check these out. (Not sure if conference hashtags are even a thing on bluesky or if the org even wants one but let’s try #AQHC26 and see how it fits)

First up Seth Malacari sharing his PhD research “Masc Shortage: the forgotten history of trans masculine Australia” (& NZ) which since the CFP has already seen “forgotten” changed to “overlooked”, reminding us to look at trailblazers past. Fun quiz format too, some familiar faces, some new. #AQHC26

Beau Newham from NAPWHA is discussing the concept of a memory audit on our response to HIV, how a database of materials would connect us to our past but also inform current and future organizing. #AQHC26

Now Graham Willett on the Joy of Struggle, which he says we should keep in mind and not lose sight of when we concern ourselves with safe spaces and framing all activism and organizing around our reactionary adversaries. #AQHC26

Todd Fuller’s “Pernicious practice” is walking us through his new yellow socks work exploring the history of criminalized queerness in Newcastle. It’s exhibiting in The Lock Up, a gallery space that used to be a police station, complicit in the very same violence against gay Novocastrians. #AQHC26

Roz Ward on her new book—which despite being published by Routledge and based on her PhD research—has a very non-academic structure, that autotheory really makes itself apparent in the contents page. #AQHC26