Past Event

Launch of BOLD by David Hardy

27th Nov 2015

Presenter: The Rag and Bone Man Press Inc
Website: http://www.ragandboneman.org/
Event Duration: 120 minutes

Headlines broadcast news of sports people coming out, and stories of prominent transgender people go viral on social media. Behind these stories, who are the people who have championed the great changes in Australia and around the world?

In BOLD, over 50 people – including prominent activists such as Bob Brown, Sally Goldner and the Hon. Michael Kirby – tell their stories to David Hardy.

This is a collection of stories about love, hope, pride and the fight of older LGBTI people, then and now. They are ordinary and extraordinary people – from cities and small communities across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. These diverse stories un-silence lives. In print, these narratives enhance the history of the LGBTI movement by adding in the power of the personal – life stories that make their mark.

‘I hope this book helps people understand who we are and who we are not. We are not invisible. This collection celebrates the myriad ways we identify as LGBTI people. These stories will stir and agitate, comfort and caress, and make you mad and cry and laugh out loud.’ – David Hardy