A Queer Existence: The Lives of Young Gay Men in Aotearoa New Zealand (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780995146570)

A Queer Existence is a major documentary project that uses photographic portraiture and oral history to record the life experiences of a group of 27 gay men born since the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986. Candid, powerful, and affecting, the first-person narratives of A Queer Existence form a valuable and unique insight into how gay men continue to have to step out of the main stream and face their own challenges as they forge their queer identities.

Author: Mark Beehre
ISBN-10: 0995146578
ISBN-13: 9780995146570
Publisher: Massey University
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2021
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.80h x 8.10w x 0.70d

About the Author
Mark Beehre initially trained as a specialist physician and worked for several years in medical practice before studying photography at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland and Massey University in Wellington. He graduated with a BFA in 2004 and went on to complete an MFA in 2014. Mark's work sits at the intersection of documentary, portraiture and social history and is concerned with questions of identity, belonging and the lifelong quest for intimacy. His photographs have been exhibited in New Zealand and overseas.