Our queer elders have a history full of personal struggles, joys, tragedies and daily routines. Peering Through shares their truly unique tales in an anthology set amongst the backdrop of criminalization, religious interventions and eventual general social acceptance in Australia.
Peering Through: Sharing Decades of Queer Experience recollects the everyday lives of LGBTIQ elders. Their knowledge and stories cover decades of unique challenges, triumphs, tragedy, and daily routines. These stories provide detailed insight into the paths queer people took, when governments, medical systems, and many other institutions followed policies that sought to harm or even erase the existence of LGBTIQ people.
The structure of the anthology intertwines the unique personal stories chronologically alongside major queer historical events, to highlight how these moments influenced our elders' lives.
