Dennis Altman Quotes

A collection of quotes by Dennis Altman.

Dennis Altman is an Australian academic, writer, and gay rights activist. He was born on August 16, 1943, in Sydney, Australia. Altman is best known for his groundbreaking book "Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation," published in 1971, which explored the emerging gay liberation movement. He has since written numerous books on sexuality, politics, and globalization. Altman has been a prominent advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, both in Australia and internationally, and has made significant contributions to the understanding and acceptance of sexual diversity.

Both the Moral Majority, who are recycling medieval language

Both the Moral Majority, who are recycling medieval language to explain AIDS, and those ultra-leftists who attribute AIDS to some sort of conspiracy, have a clearly political analysis of the epidemic. But even if one attributes its cause to a microorganism rather than the wrath of God, or the workings of the CIA, it is clear that the way in which AIDS has been perceived, conceptualized, imagined, researched and financed makes this the most political of diseases.

Dennis Altman

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