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On This Gay Day: ‘Holding the Man’ author Tim Conigrave died

Tim Conigrave’s memoir ‘Holding the Man’ captured the impact of HIV on Australia in the 1980s On this day in 1994 actor and writer Timothy Conigrave passed away from AIDS related illnesses just four months before his award-winning memoir, Holding the Man was published. The memoir became widely acclaimed as queer literature since its publication in […]

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Car tyres slashed at performance of ‘Holding the Man’

Car tyres slashed at performance of ‘Holding the Man’

Patrons and cast members attending a performance of the play Holding The Man had their car tires slashed while they were inside a community theatre in Sydney. The Lane Cove Theatre’s production of is a sell out, but the show appears to have been targeted by people opposed to the play’s homosexual love story. On Saturday […]

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Remembering Timothy Conigrave 20 Years On

Twenty tears ago today, actor and writer Timothy Conigrave passed away from AIDS related illnesses just four months before his award-winning memoir, ‘Holding the Man’ was published. ‘Holding the Man’ became widely acclaimed as queer literature and a memoir in its own right since its publication in 1995. At its centre is the love story […]

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Holding the Man to Become a Feature Film

Holding the Man to Become a Feature Film

Screen Australia has announced funding to turn Tim Conigrave’s heartbreaking memoir ‘Holding the Man’ into a feature film. The autobiography written by Australian actor Tim Conigrave was first published in 1995. The book was released just a few months after Conigrave died of an AIDS related illness. The story recounts Conigrave’s youth in Melbourne and […]

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