00:02Jenny Taylor and Sue Fielding's relationship blossomed in Alice Springs decades ago, and
00:09they've called it home ever since.
00:10I wasn't even out to my family at that time, so I needed, you know, to be very well-grounded
00:17in community.
00:18Their love, part of a history of protest, social justice and feminism that helped put
00:24Alice Springs on the rainbow map.
00:26Alice Springs actually sits within the top ten for the proportion of same-sex couples
00:31in the population in Australia.
00:33Part of the reason for this is the women-dominated service industries here, but the town's lesbian
00:38story also has links to a 1983 women's peace camp, where for two weeks women protested
00:43Pine Gap and the threat of nuclear war, bringing hundreds of feminists and lesbians to town,
00:48quite a few of whom stayed.
00:50I don't know if young people moving, younger people moving to the community have that same
00:56sense of it being a refuge to them, but I think it was for lesbians at that time, and
01:01gay men too, in the 50s and 90s.
01:03And Alice is still reeling in the rainbow community.
01:07Happy five, Alice!
01:09Meg Wright, a bisexual woman in her late 20s, says moving to town four years ago made her
01:15feel secure in her identity.
01:17I would describe Mbantua in its community as being so diverse and the queer community
01:24as being part of that.
01:25That it's a very politically active community and that it's a very strong arts community.
01:30I think those are both like really big open doors.
01:33A welcoming embrace of all people, found in the heart of the nation.
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