Gay rights as revolution or reform: how has the gay rights movement challenged, reshaped, or adhered to the concept and practice of social citizenship in Australia, both in the context of early gay liberation in the 1970s-80s, and in contemporary gay rights movements?

Introduction Both ‘state sovereignty’ and ‘human rights’ are highly contested concepts; their very definitions are contested, as well as their comparative importance and inviolability. This essay briefly discusses some of the meanings of human rights and state sovereignty, before drawing on the example of the Australian-run detention centre on Papua New…

This piece was initially written for and published in GreenMail — the members-only magazine for The Greens NSW — by the co-convenors of the NSW Young Greens, Holly Brooke and Kleon Toffetti. However, despite the relatively inward-facing perspective of the argument presented, we would both like to be able to…

For the purposes of this article, “patriarchy” will refer to the social system that, among many other things: Defines the types of labour coded as ‘masculine’ and as ‘feminine’; Privileges masculinity over femininity; Grants those who are male [and cisgender] greater political power, social privilege, assumed intelligence, assumed moral authority…