Description
Australian television has a queer history that is bold, surprising and too often forgotten.
In Outrageous: The Queer History of Australian TV, TV historian Andrew Mercado traces queer representation on Australian television from its earliest days through to the late 1990s. From groundbreaking programs such as Number 96 and The Box to the changing stories that followed, Mercado explores how queer characters appeared on screen, how audiences and communities responded, and how Australia went from being a television pioneer to a place where that history was often overlooked.
Written by Andrew Mercado, a television historian with a longstanding interest in queer stories, Outrageous brings an important part of Australia’s cultural history back into view. It’s a compelling read for fans of Australian television, LGBTQ+ history and the stories that changed what audiences saw on screen.