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Let's Dance: A History of LGBTQI Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Published 15 Oct 2024

The Australian Institute of International Affairs is pleased to present the fourth instalment of the Diplomatic History Series: Let’s Dance: A History of LGBTQI Staff in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade by Rhonda Piggot

Some may ask why bother writing a history of LGBTIQ people in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). I would reply that it is as good a story as any of an organisation succeeding or failing to make the best out of it people’s talents and to treat them fairly. It is a story that has high points and low, with dashes of courage, caution and cowardice.

–Bruce Miller AO

A pdf version of this publication is available here.

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