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Prof. Dennis Altman. MA (1943-) was a Fullbright scholar at Cornell University in the 1960s when he met and began working with leading gay activists in the United States. Returning to Australia in 1969, he taught politics at the University of Sydney, and in 1971, published his book Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation - considered an important intellectual contribution to the ideas that shaped Australia's gay liberation movement. In 2005, he also published Gore Vidal's America, a study, as the title suggests, of Gore Vidal and his writings on history, politics, sex, and religion. The Fulbright Program is program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The University of Sydney (colloquially Sydney Uni) is the oldest university in Australia. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) (pronounced and , ) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and the scion of a prominent political family. ...

In 1985, Altman accepted an appointment at La Trobe University, where he later became Professor of Politics; he was appointed the visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University from January 2005.^[1] Altman has delivered speeches on the topic of sexual liberation, one of his most known and appreciated speeches, 'Human Beings Can be Much More Than They Have Allowed Themselves to be', was delivered at the first Gay Liberation group meeting at Sydney University on January 19, 1972. This was at a time when homosexuality was considered 'shadowy' and 'ill understood'. This article is about the year. ... La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. ... Harvard redirects here. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In his Preface to "The City and the Pillar"[ Andre Deutsch Ed.]Gore Vidal writes that Dennis Altman brought the book back with him but it was seized at Sydney airport and subsequently declared obscene by a judge who also observed that the law was " absurd", thus leading to its repeal some time later

Dennis Altman is also an active member of organisations that are dedicated to the amelioration of life for homosexuals, serving on the Australian National Council on AIDS and other International organisations including the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific, of which (as of the 2005 Kobe ICAAP Congress) he is President^[2]. Although strongly identified with Gay Rights, Denis Altman also contributes to more widely based organisations. In October 2006 he was elected to the Australian board of Oxfam ^[3].

Footnotes

1. ^ Dennis Altman appointed to Harvard Chair of Australian Studies. Latrobe University. Retrieved on 2006-03-14.
2. ^ Message from ASAP. Seventh International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
3. ^ Message from ASAP. Board election results for Oxfam Australia, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-05.

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References

• Altman, Dennis (1971). Homosexual oppression and liberation. Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 242 pages. ISBN 0876900392, ISBN 0207124590, ISBN 1852423420 (Paperback). 

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• Professor Dennis Altman and Gore Vidal speaking about "Gore Vidal's America" on 11/07/05 at D.G. Wills Books in La Jolla CA, 86 min, in mp3 format