Parkinson, Annie

 

Annie Parkinson (1951-2019)

Annie got involved in the women’s movement through the Rape Crisis Centre in 1975. Annie describes the Rape Crisis Centre and contemporary women’s campaigns such as Women Behind Bars, Free Sandra Wilson, the “Elsie” Women’s Refuge, and Lesbian Line in London. In 1979 she joined the Gay Waves community radio collective, the Gay Liberation Quire and the 1981 Gay Mardi Gras Committee. Annie has had a long involvement of advocacy for people with disabilities.

Photo: Supplied/Annie Parkinson

 

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