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4 unusual facts about Dennis Altman


David McDiarmid

One of these protests, outside the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Headquarters on 11 July 1972, protested the refusal by ABC Management to show a segment on Gay Liberation featuring Dennis Altman as part of the programme This Day Tonight; it was during this peaceful protest that McDiarmid was arrested, the first such arrest at a gay rights protest in Australia.

Dennis Altman

In 2005, he also published Gore Vidal's America, a study, as the title suggests, of Gore Vidal and his writings on history, politics, sex, and religion.

Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women

Dennis Altman found Homosexualities to be a typical example of how research into homosexuality is justified in terms of legitimizing of the homosexual life style.

XV International AIDS Conference, 2004

On the third day of the conference Professor Dennis Altman of Melbourne, a leading figure in the arena of international HIV/AIDS politics since the 1980s, delivered the Jonathan Mann Memorial Lecture.



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