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The Alluvians (Castlemaine)

About

The Alluvians is a gay men’s social group based in Castlemaine (about km north of Melbourne) and with men attending events from across the Mount Alexander Shire and surrounding areas.

We are a small, unincorporated, volunteer run, not-for-profit social collective that provides a reliable, non-judgmental welcoming environment for gay, bi and transsexual men in Castlemaine and surrounding area.

The Alluvians provide several different opportunities to socialise for retired and working men. Our informal gatherings include:

•  Tuesday’s garden stroll in the Botanical Gardens in Castlemaine, which are dog friendly, and suggest a great opportunity to catch up with friends or meet new people while walking around the charming Castlemaine Botanic Gardens or afterwards over a coffee at the nearby Das Kaffeehause.
• Thursday’s bushwalks are dog free, designed to be more challenging and go to a wonderful variety of places of interest around Castlemaine and are usually between k long with some more challenging than others – but always enjoyable. After the walk there is a cuppa,

  LGBTQ+ elders share their stories to preserve regional Victoria's homosexual history

  Bendigo Pride Festival's new oral history project is turning a lgbtq+ eye on the region's history. 

  Key points:

  • Bendigo's LGBTQI+ history goes back to the s, with gender non-conforming man Edward De Lacy Evans 
  • Drew Reid lived openly in Bendigo 10 years before homosexuality was decriminalised in Victoria
  • Bendigo pride is looking for queer people who lived in and around Bendigo in the s and 70s to tell their stories

  Director of Bendigo Pride John Richards said often the only thing known of homosexual history was people who were arrested.

  "For every person who was caught, there must have been dozens, if not thousands more stories that we just don't know about," Mr Richards said.

  "Our objective is to uncover some of those stories while there's still time."

  A 'welcoming and accepting place… generally'

  Drew Reid was interviewed for the project about living openly in Bendigo with his then-partner Neil — as early as

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