Ken Davis collection of badges related to LGBTIQ+ rights

R 2405/1-2

fonds

approximately 1969-1995

9675768

100 badges

Ken Davis was born in Sydney in May 1955 and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Marsfield. He attended Epping Boys High and became involved in left wing political causes in his mid-teens. A lifelong gay activist, Davis has worked on campaigns and with groups such as the Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force (GLITF), the NSW Gay Trade Unionists Group and many others. With fellow activists from Sydney University Gay Liberation, he formed a coalition of lesbian, gay and progressive groups to plan events in Sydney in June 1978. These included a daytime protest march, film festival and late-night street procession dubbed ‘Mardi Gras’. This event grew in following years into the largest LGBTIQ+ cultural event in the southern hemisphere, known today as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
Ken Davis was a founding member of Sydney’s Pride History Group (PHG) and this badge collection was housed at the Glebe rooms of PHG, and on occasion displayed at public events organized by PHG.
Reference: Library acquisition file

Compiled by Ken Davis

BOX 1
1. Gays of Our Lives – black cartoon graphics on white ground.

2. No Bad Women Just Bad Laws - black text & red symbol on gold ground / Australia., approximately 1979, Prostitutes Collective

3 .You are Never Alone with a Clone - black text on red ground / Communist Party bookshop, Melbourne, approximately 1981-1982

4. Out Living Out Loving Out Lasting - pink triangle on white ground, grey outer ring with 3 small pink triangles / ACON campaign, approximately 1991-1993

5. Pink triangle - enameled / created by Vivienne Binns approximately 1976

6. Pink triangle and blue map of Tasmania on white ground / Tasmanian Law reform campaign, Melbourne 1990s

7. Face Your Sexism Be Effeminist! - black text on yellow ground with sunflower graphic, Melbourne, approximately 1973

8. GAY in triangular formation - pink letters on black ground / Sydney, June Stonewall actions, Gay Solidarity Group (GSG) approximately 1980

9. Street Queen - black text on pale pink ground / Melbourne, early 1980s Gay Community News(GCN) /Outrage approximately 1983

10. Gay Community News - lime green script/text on black ground / GCN Melbourne, 1980s

11. Gays for Socialism - red text within side red ring on white ground / Melbourne, Fifth National Homosexual Conference,1979

12. Cum Clean - lavender text and chorus line graphic on white ground / Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), San Francisco, distributed in Sydney with first safe sex propaganda, approximately 1984

13. (Interlocked Mars & Venus Symbols) - red on white ground, approximately 1974

14. Our Love Means Safe Sex Aids Council of NSW (ACON) - blue and black text with 3 photo graphic Sister of Perpetual Indulgence and Fred Oberg and Indigenous man on white background / Aids Council of NSW (ACON) campaign approximately 1993

15. Stop Police Attacks on Gays Women and Blacks! - black text on pink ground with raised clenched fist graphic / Socialist Workers Party (SWP), approximately 1979

16. Yes, I’m Homosexual too 2nd National Homosexual Conference, Sydney, 1976 - red and white text on black ground

17. CAMP - black text and logo on white ground, Sydney, approximately 1972

18. Immoral Minority - white text on red protest graphic on white background, approximately 80s distributed as part of anti-Falwell campaign during Falwell’s visit to Sydney in 1982

19. I am a Friend Of Troy Perry - blue text on white ground / US Metropolitan Community Church (MCC)

20. Tragic Queen - black text on sky blue ground / Melbourne, GCN/Outrage approximately 1982-1983

21. Gay & Lesbian Visibility, It’s Our Right - yellow text in purple block over dark pink triangle on pink background / early 1990s ACON campaign

22. LGSM: Lesbians and Gay Men Support The Miners - enamel badge with green Mars & Venus symbols over pink triangle with mine shaft wheel motif / UK. Fundraising effort in support of the UK Miners Strike of 1984 and ‘85

23. Sodom Today, Gomorrah the world! - purple text on white ground / Melbourne, GCN, approximately 1979

24. Isadora’s 70’s YES - purple text on white ground / Sydney, 1970s. Isadora’s dances at Communist Party of Australia (CPA) Hall, Day Street, Sydney, became Yolantas dances at Maccabean Hall, Darlinghurst and later Yolanta’s bar/club in Manly.

25. Isadora’s 70’s NO - white text on red background / Sydney, 1970s. Isadora’s dances at Communist Party of Australia (CPA) Hall, Day Street, Sydney, became Yolantas dances at Maccabean Hall, Darlinghurst and later Yolanta’s bar/club in Manly.

26. Mardi Gras Less We Forget Stonewall - black text in pale pink triangle on pink ground / Sydney, approximately 1982

27. Gays Against Fascism - red text on black background with central pink triangle / UK David Abello, approximately 1979

28. (Hot pink perspex triangle) - possibly David McDiarmid / Peter Tully design, approximately 1975

29. Radical Gay Feminist Politics, Questions of Difference - black text and crossword graphic on white ground

30. DIVERSITY UNITY STRENGTH, 9th National Conference of Lesbians and Gay Men - black text on white ground with concentric pink and black rings around pink triangle

31. Small enameled pink triangle with red star, Ninth conference, 1980s

32. Gays Against Conferences - black text on white background

33. Las Lesbianas y Los Hombres Homosexuales Presentes! Spanish / Sydney, 1980s, GSG produced by David Fagen

34. Repeal anti-gay laws! - blue text on white ground

35. Sparkling Fruits - purple script and 3 pink stars on white ground

36. Dip Me in Chocolate and Throw Me to the Lesbians - black text and stars on pink ground

37. Gay Pride Week Sept 8-16 (1973) - pale pink text and triangle with clenched fist graphic on black ground
Sydney

38. Avenge Oscar Wilde - white text and hand holding green carnation graphic on black ground possibly UK or USA

39. Support Gays…carry me home! - black text on yellow ground

40. CAMP symbol - green on white background

41. Double interlocked Venus symbols - white on purple ground

42. Gay Rights at Work - pale pink text and triangle with raised clenched fist graphic on black background / Sydney, Gay Trade Unionists Group, approximately 1980

43. How many more Duncans? Legalise Homosexuality Now - black text on white background, approximately 1973 (Reference to murder of Dr George Duncan, Adelaide, May 1972)

44. Deviants have more fun - yellow script on mid blue ground / Melbourne, CPA bookshop

45. Young, Gay & Proud - white text on yellow and black striped ground / Melbourne, approximately 1980, Gay Teachers and Students Group (GTSG)

46. Gay Liberation Front - dark blue text, lambda symbol with deco stripe on yellow ground / US, approximately 1971

47. Gay Liberation - blue and white text on blue and white ground

48. Gay Waves Gay Radio Thursday Nights 10PM- 1AM 2SER-FM 107.5 - black text on pink background / Sydney, Gay Waves Collective, 1980s

49. (NO) Discrimination Against Gay Men and Lesbians - black text on white ground with red circle/backlash (NO) symbol
Melbourne, 1970s

50. Gay Love it’s the real thing - white script on red ground / UK

BOX 2
51. Lesbians are Everywhere - black text on yellow ground / Melbourne, approximately 1975

52. Homosexual Solidarity - yellow text on black ground with red butterfly graphic / Solidarity Week Sydney University, Ken Davis and Angelo Rosas

53. Gay Liberation - red text in circle with diagonal lightning bolt graphic on yellow ground / designed by David McDiarmid
Sydney, approximately 1972-3

54. Come Out! - pink text on black ground with white butterfly on pink triangle graphic, approximately 1980

55. POOF! - black text with explosion graphic on red background / Melbourne

56. GAY - green text on white band with star graphic on red background, UK, bought by David Abello

57. think straight, be Gay - black and white text on black and white background / US, approximately 1980

58-59. Two badges with sexually explicit black line sketches on white ground

60. Hot pink triangle graphic on lime green ground / overseas, 1980s

61. Death on the Nile - black text and line graphics of pyramid, palm tree and asp on white background, 1990

62. Radicalesbians - white text in outer ring surrounding triple interlocked Venus symbols on purple background /
Australian, Melbourne, approximately 1973-1974

63. Gay Power – purple text on yellow background / US, approximately 1969-1970

64. Out Proud & Fighting - black text with interlocked Mars Venus symbols on orange background and small rectangular logo (S and raised clenched fist) / Melbourne, International Socialists

65. You Don’t have to go Straight to Get Straight, Leichhardt Women’s Community Health Centre / 164 Flood St Leichhardt - black text with caped female superhero graphic on lavender ground, 1980s

66. Gay Liberation Front (UK) - white text on purple ground with central logo graphic of clenched fist with four interlocked Mars and Venus symbols

67. GAY LIBERATION - black text on pink ring surrounding pink triangle on black background

68. (Lesbian symbol) Orange colored double interlocked Venus symbols on black background

69. Gay Solidarity, Christopher St., June '69, butterfly symbol within triangle on pink ground

70. Gay Life Immaculate Contraception, white text on pink ground, 1970s

71. You're fired! Stop job discrimination against homosexuals, maroon text on white ground, 1980s

72. One Night Stands, black text on yellow ground, black cat with top hat and cane, 1980s

73. Lesbian / Gay Liberation, silver and black with interlocking Mars and Venus symbols, 1980s

74. Dance Proud, Fuck Safe, Shoot Clean, yellow text on pink triangle and ground, 1980s

75. Safe Sex Sluts, red text on white ground with face of a woman, 1980s

76. Gay Rights Lobby, white text on navy blue ground, 1970s

77. Les be in it, red text on white ground with image of Les Patterson, 1980s

78. Lesbian Newsletter, white text on green ground with interlocked venus symbol and clenched fists, 1970s

79. Gay Community News, gold text on white ground, 1980s

80. How dare you presume I'm heterosexual, black and white, 1970s

81. Gays of our lives Kraasshh, black and white, 1970s

82. Gays for Socialism, red text on yellow ground, 1970s

83. Gays Against the Games, Green text on black ground, 1980s

84. Sydney Gay Mardi Gras 1985, red plastic badge embossed with silver text and stars

85. Gays for Land Rights, red text on black ground, 1980s

86. Gay Power, purple text on yellow ground, 1970s

87. Get your filthy laws off my body, black text on pink triangle on black ground, 1970s

88. (Venus symbol), black on sky blue ground, 1970s

89. Ninth National Conference of Lesbians and Gay Men, Unity, Diversity, Strength - Black text on pink triangle with three interlocking arms, 1983

90. 6th National Conference for Lesbians and Homosexual Men, Gays taking the offensive / Sydney, 1980

91. Gay Pride 1981 - white text on pink triangle and blue ground with clenched fist

92. Gay Solidarity Week June 1979, Out of the closets into the streets, black text on green ground

93. Better Out and Gay than Home and Dull! 1981 Gay Pride Mardi Gras - purple text on pink ground

94. Are You Gayme? 1981 Gay Pride Mardi Gras, pink text on purple ground

95. Stonewall '83 - White text on pink triangle and blue globe, 1983

96. Gay Rights Now. Stonewall - black text on white ground with Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1980s

97. Stonewall June 25-July 1, '84 - black text on red ground

98. Stonewall '85, black text on white and pink ground, 1985

99. Mardi Gras Stonewall '69, Lest we forget - black text on pink triangle and pink ground, 1969

100. (Jewel shaped brooch) - Pink facetted perspex triangle on clear facetted perspex base

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