Serving in Silence?: Australian Lgbt Servicemen and Women

For the first time, Serving in Silence? reveals the integral role played by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women in Australia’s military after the Second World War. Their powerful personal stories, recounted with searing honesty, illustrate the changing face of the Australian Defence Force, the pivotal role of military service in the lives of many LGBT Australians, and how they have served their country with distinction.

Noah Riseman is co-author of Defending Country: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Military Service since 1945 and author of Defending Whose Country? Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War. Shirleene Robinson’s recent publication is Gay and Lesbian, Then and Now: Stories from a Social Revolution. Dr Graham Willett is the author of Living Out Loud, a history of the Australian lesbian and gay movement since 1969.