30 Queer Lives
Massey University Press (Verlag)
978-0-9951229-2-5 (ISBN)
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30 Queer Lives explores the lives, struggles and successes of LGBTQIA+ New Zealanders. The author, Matt McEvoy, notes that as a young gay Kiwi kid growing up, books about All Blacks and Sir Edmund Hillary were ubiquitous, while stories about other New Zealanders struggled for a place in school libraries and bookshops. ‘The singular elevation of the sports-hero genre made us feel that perhaps we weren’t “real New Zealanders”.
‘To this day, there still has not been a book to celebrate queer expression and contribution to New Zealand life, and show how LGBTQIA+ people strengthen our rich culture.’
This book, bold and bright as the rainbow community itself, fills that gap. It explores the lives of queer people across New Zealand society, from north to south and from soldiers, celebrities, lawyers, drag queens, businesspeople and Olympians to farmers and fa`afafine.
From the famous — Grant Robertson, Gareth Farr, Chlöe Swarbrick — to the less well known, these 30 stories encourage empathy and understanding, challenge stereotypes, and offer courage and hope.
Matt McEvoy completed a Bachelor of Music degree between Auckland and Otago Universities. A holiday job at an Auckland tech company turned into ten years of working in communications technology around Europe and finally Qatar, where he joined a small team creating the first outpost of Vodafone in the Middle East. Returning to Auckland, Matt now spreads his time between teaching piano, managing property interests, accepting the occasional local technology contract, and writing, with a particular interest in social history and the diverse stories of extraordinary people who are seldom given a voice in New Zealand culture. His first book, The Grey Lynn Book, published in 2018, went into a second printing.
6 Introduction
11 Grant Robertson
21 Takunda Muzondiwa
31 Leilani Tominiko
39 Nathan Joe
49 Eliana Rubashkyn
57 Scott Mathieson
67 Henrietta Bollinger
75 Andy Davies
87 Sawyer Hawker
97 James Dobson
107 Taupuruariki ‘Ariki’ Brightwell
121 Jonny Rudduck
135 Chlöe Swarbrick
145 David Sar Shalom Abadi
157 Sarah Bickerton
165 Peter Macky
179 Carole Beu
191 Gareth Farr
199 Shaneel Shavneel Lal
209 Tom Sainsbury
217 Six
231 Robbie Manson
241 Charlotte Goodyear
251 Meagan Goodman
261 Edward Cowley
271 Ross and John Palethorpe
285 Ramon
Te Wake
295 Victor Rodger
303 Loughlan Prior
313 Ann Shelton
326 Further reading
327 About the author
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.04.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | Multiple black and white portraits |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 230 mm |
Gewicht | 300 g |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies |
ISBN-10 | 0-9951229-2-X / 099512292X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-9951229-2-5 / 9780995122925 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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