Two great memoir  reads to do with sex and identity this week- Fiona Patten and Benjamin Law. Fiona’s book is her own story while Benjamin Law tells his story of growing up queer in Queensland  in a collection of other gay memoirs.

 

Fiona Patten – SEX, DRUGS AND THE ELECTORAL ROLL

Your maiden speech in Parliament is a big deal. It is your one chance to ‘nail your colours to the wall’, and indicate where you stand on important issues. Fiona Patten decided to get in first on the matter of her colourful past history and delivered one to remember.

Fiona Patten reads from ‘Sex, Drugs and  he Electoral Roll’

 

 

Fiona Patten interview

 

Recorded at Bellingen Writers Festival 2019

 

Well that’s the hetero side of it- now over to Benjamin Law….

 

Benjamin Law- Growing up Queer in Australia

 

Benjamin Law recounts his rocky adolescence- if  you are gay and Asian in Queensland, where are your role models? How can he get the right hair? Get rid of acne? Tell your parents?

Benjamin Law reads from ‘Growing up Queer in Australia’

 

Benjamin Law Interview

 

Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2019

Lots more authors and interviews to come.

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