The Australian arm of the Daughters of Bilitis was formed in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
in 1969, and is considered
Australia's first gay rights group. It was inspired by the American
Daughters of Bilitis
The Daughters of Bilitis , also called the DOB or the Daughters, was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. The organization, formed in San Francisco in 1955, was conceived as a social alternative to le ...
movement. After a few months, the group rejected the increasing radicalisation of its American counterpart, and renamed itself the Australasian Lesbian Movement.
See also
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LGBT rights in Australia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced over the latter half of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century to make Australia one of the most LGBT-accepting countries in the world, with opinion ...
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List of LGBT rights organisations
This is a list of LGBT rights organizations around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see '' List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences''. For organization ...
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Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia (COAL)
Further reading
*Lucy Chesser, "Australasian Lesbian Movement, 'Claudia's Group' and Lynx: 'Non-Political Lesbian Organisation in Melbourne, 1969–1980", Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, vol. 22, no. 1, 1996, pp. 69–91.
External links
Australian Queer Archivesholds the records of the Daughters of Bilitis / Australasian Lesbian Movement.
Feminist organisations in Australia
LGBT political advocacy groups in Australia
LGBT history in Australia
Lesbian organisations based in Australia
1969 establishments in Australia
LGBT culture in Melbourne
Women in Melbourne
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