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Craig Johnston (politician)

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Johnston is considered one of Australia's "most important gay activists" both for his practical activities and "his contribution to the theory and practice of gay politics."
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in the 1970s and 1980s, having established the Gay Rights Lobby with Lex Watson in 1980, four years before homosexuality was decriminalised in New South Wales in 1984.
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Marsh, Ian, and Larry Galbraith. "The political impact of the Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras." Australian Journal of Political Science 30.2 (1995): 300-320.
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members of Council as directed by the state ALP branch. He continued to sit as an independent and served until 1987.
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Political and academic writing, generally focused on local and Australian social issues, has included texts for the
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Johnston is the author of several works on the gay rights movement, with a particular focus on Sydney, including:
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He had become a "leading gay activist" by the late 1970s and 1980s, and was involved in the beginnings of the
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Commerce degree and then completed a Political Science degree with Honours at the
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candlelight vigils in Australia. In 1980 he co-founded the Gay Rights Lobby with
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activist and former politician. He was active in the
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Australian LGBTIQ history timeline: the 20th century
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Index

LGBT
Australian Labor Party
Communist Party of Australia
Socialist Alliance
gay rights movement
Sydney
Australian Union of Students
University of New South Wales
University of Sydney
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
AIDS
Lex Watson
Sydney City Council
Brian McGahen
Bill Hunt
Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party
Australian Left Review
Alternative Law Journal
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
Labour History (journal)
Sydney Star Observer
Australian LGBTIQ history timeline: the 20th century
Qnews
Union of Students
Tharunka
"2SER's Gaywaves - Sydney's first Candlelight AIDS Vigil report"
Stonewall 1981
Tribune
Gay mobilisation against AIDS

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