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Gavin McGuren is a former teacher and the founder of the Westside Observer, an early newsletter/magazine for the gay community in Perth. In this interview he discusses his early life in New South Wales; his family; living in Sydney; moving to Perth in the 1980s; the founding of the Westside Observer; his teaching career; information about the Westside Observer and its eventual demise; other publications he has been involved with; working at Department of Communities; marriage equality; and community attitudes towards LGBTQIA+ identities.
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- Gay newspapers.
- Retired teachers -- Western Australia -- Interviews.
- Sexual minority community -- History. -- Western Australia
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OH4579/4
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