Summary
This badge, 'Immoral Minority Member', alternatively known as a button, was used circa 1979. It is part of collection of buttons assembled by the donor while active in left-wing politics at the University of Melbourne 1979-1986. The Immoral Minority were a gay activist group.
This badge is part of a Museum Victoria collection documenting the material culture of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities (GLBT) in Victoria. In 2005 Museum Victoria joined with the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives and the State Library of Victoria to conduct a survey of GLBT material culture in public and private collections in Victoria.
Physical Description
This is a circular button with a light blue background. There is an orange band across the middle with yellow text on it. There is white ink along the circumference.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Bill Watson, 30 Oct 1990
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Place & Date Used
Students' Representative Council, University of Melbourne (The), Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1979-1980
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Inscriptions
Printed front, white ink, obverse: '"IMMORAL / MINORITY' [around circumference]; white ink 'MEMBER' [along orange band].
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
32 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measured 2.10.08
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Maximum dimensions
32 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measurement From Conservation.
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Keywords
Lesbian & Gay, Protest Movements, Making History - Gay & Lesbian Collection
