Wear it Purple Day with Benjamin Law

Meet Benjamin Law, author of Gaysia, The Family Law and editor of Growing up Queer in Australia.

Hornsby Library and Community Services will host acclaimed writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law as he discusses his edited work ‘Growing Up Queer in Australia’ as part of our ‘Wear It Purple Day’ celebrations. Benjamin will be speaking about his books, about his career to date and about his own experiences growing up as a gay, Asian-Australian in Coastal Queensland in the 1990s.

Benjamin Law is a Sydney-based journalist, columnist, and screenwriter. He is the author of Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East and the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101, and editor of the anthology Growing Up Queer in Australia. He also wrote The Family Law – a joyous and much-loved family memoir which inspired a major SBS television series.

As a proud advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and Asian-Australian community, Benjamin’s work celebrates the diversity of Australia and highlights the challenges often faced by minority communities.

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• Drop In Afternoon Tea: 2pm-3pm
• Drop In Creative Fun: 3pm-4.30pm
• Author Talk: Benjamin Law, 5pm