Sex, Text and Epidemic: Queer Relationships, HIV/AIDS and Adaptation in 'Holding the Man' and 'Remembering the Man'

Talking about non-heteronormative orientations and relationships can be difficult, especially with young people who may be in the process of understanding and navigating their place within a broad range of sexuality and gender experiences. Using the various incarnations of Timothy Conigrave's celebrated Australian text Holding the Man, Dion Kagan offers ways to create a welcoming and respectful atmosphere and start conversations about sexuality, history, HIV/AIDS and adaptation.

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Talking society, senior secondary, Australian cinema, literature, queer, gay, documentary, history, queer cinema, John Caleo, Nickolas Bird, Eleanour Sharpe, Neil Armfield, coming of age.