The Pink Ban

The Pink Ban was a strike action, taken by the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF), at Macquarie University due to the expulsion of a gay man from student housing.[1][2]

The Pink Bans were a pivotal movement in Australian history, where labour union activism intersected with gay rights. This movement was primarily catalysed by the New South Wales branch of the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) in 1973, responding to the expulsion of a gay student, Jeremy Fisher, from Macquarie University, Sydney.

  1. ^ Ross, Liz (18 April 2019). Revolution is for us: The Left and Gay Liberation in Australia. Australia: Interventions Inc. ISBN 978-0646901794.
  2. ^ Ross, Liz (2023-04-03). "Revolution Is For Us: Gay Liberation, Unions and the Left in the 1970s". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2023-10-07.