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‘Live your liberation – don’t lobby for it’: Australian queer student activists’ perspectives of same-sex marriage

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posted on 2023-05-21, 05:51 authored by Jess RodgersJess Rodgers
One topic covered in Australian queer university student print media is the legalization of same-sex marriage. The legalization of same-sex marriage is currently generating much debate in Western queer communities. This paper explores Australian queer university student activists' media representation of same-sex marriage, and the debates surrounding its legalization. It uses discourse analysis to examine a selection of queer student media from four metropolitan Australian universities, and the 2003 and 2004 editions of the national queer student publication Querelle. This paper thus contributes to the history of queer activism, documenting what one group of young people say about the legalization of same-sex marriage, and furthers research on queer perspectives of marriage and same-sex relationships.

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Publication title

Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies

Volume

24

Issue

4

Pagination

601-617

ISSN

1030-4312

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

Australia

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Copyright 2010 Taylor & Francis

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture; Expanding knowledge in human society

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