Living and Loving in Diversity : An anthology of Australian multicultural queer adventures.

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.

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.

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