‘I want a future that lives up to my past’: David McDiarmid and local queer stories

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Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of WA’s Pride Parade, AGWA presents the ironic, playful and scathing poster work of queer artist and activist David McDiarmid alongside Connections Nightclub’s iconic altars and archival material from the Gay and Lesbian Archive WA (GALAWA).

Created at the height of the AIDS epidemic, McDiarmid’s poster works from the State Art Collection are presented in conversation with local stories of the late 1980s and early ’90s, bringing to the fore the lived experience, tragedy and enormous strength of the local queer community.