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Benjamin Law Benjamin Law i(A73237 works by) (a.k.a. Ben Law)
Born: Established: 1982 Nambour, Nambour area, Nambour - Palmwoods - Yandina area, Sunshine Coast Hinterland, South East Queensland, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Chinese
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1 7 form y separately published work icon New Gold Mountain Peter Cox , Benjamin Law , Yolanda Ramke , Greg Waters , Pip Karmel , Peter Cox , ( dir. Peter Cox ) 2021 Australia : Goalpost Pictures , 2021 23317689 2021 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction

'1857, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links to the Chinese community.' (Production summary)

1 In Times of Crisis, We Turn to the Arts. Now the Arts Is in Crisis – and Scott Morrison Is Silent Benjamin Law , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 27 March 2020;
1 1 Double Delicious Benjamin Law , Elizabeth Chong , Valerie Berry , Raghav Handa , Heather Jeong , 2020 single work drama

'From Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP), creators of the Sydney Festival 2014 smash hit The Serpent’s Table, comes a second helping of spicy and sumptuous storytelling.

'In a stimulating experience for the senses, stellar storyteller-cooks Benjamin Law, Elizabeth Chong, Valerie Berry, Raghav Handa and Heather Jeong reveal their stories and the secrets of their dishes.

'Listen as they tell intimate, affecting tales while slicing, stirring and serving personally and culturally significant cuisine.' (Production summary)

1 2 y separately published work icon Torch the Place Benjamin Law , 2020 Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 2020 17252190 2020 single work drama

'Teresa’s mum finds it impossible to let anything go – from grudges to household objects. She thinks of her home as a museum full of irreplaceable treasures. But she’s not really a curator – she’s a hoarder – and her house is enough to give Marie Kondo heart palpitations. When her kids return home to celebrate her 60th birthday, she’s over the moon to have the family back together. But this isn’t a reunion. It’s an intervention.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company.

1 ‘Get Krack!n’ Season 2 Benjamin Law , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 160 2019; (p. 57)

— Review of Get Krack!n 2017 series - publisher film/TV
'How could Get Krack!n possibly take it any further? After all, the first season of the breakfast TV satire had seen Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney – its Caucasian, at-sea female hosts (played by themselves) – eat human faeces on-air for Aboriginal reconciliation.' 

(Introduction)

1 LGBTI-Q&A : Christos Tsiolkas Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 158-162)
1 LGBTI-Q&A : Kate McCartney Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 153-157)
1 LGBTI-Q&A : Sally Rugg Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 148-152)
1 LGBTI-Q&A : Tony Ayres Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 143-147)
1 LGBTI-Q&A : Georgie Stone Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 139-142)
1 LGBTI-Q&A : William Yang Benjamin Law (interviewer), 2019 single work interview
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. 135-138)
1 Introduction Benjamin Law , 2019 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Growing Up Queer in Australia 2019; (p. ix-xii)
1 Questions to Ask Straight Relatives Benjamin Law , 2019 single work short story young adult
— Appears in: Kindred : 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories 2019; (p. 379-401)
1 Sally Rugg : 'As Queer People, We Open up the Most Intimate Parts of Ourselves to the Majority' Benjamin Law , 2019 extract interview (LGBTI-Q&A : Sally Rugg)
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 6 August 2019;
1 form y separately published work icon Number One Gay Son Benjamin Law , Kirsty Fisher , ( dir. Sophie Miller ) Australia : Matchbox Pictures SBS , 2019 16969142 2019 single work film/TV
1 Law School Benjamin Law , Jenny Phang , Beatrix Urkowitz (illustrator), 2019 single work column
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 42 2019; (p. 125-127)
1 6 y separately published work icon Growing Up Queer in Australia Benjamin Law (editor), Collingwood : Black Inc. , 2019 15891759 2019 anthology autobiography

'I marked the day in my adolescent diary with a single blank page.
The mantle of “queer migrant” compelled me to keep going – to go further.
I never “came out” to my parents. I felt I owed them no explanation.
All I heard from the pulpit were grim hints.
I became acutely aware of the parts of myself that were unpalatable to queers who grew up in the city.
I was thirty-eight and figured it was time to come out to her.
That’s when I know it’s not going anywhere – the gay.
I felt like I had been dunked into an episode of
The L Word and I wasn’t given the script.
No amount of YouTube videos and queer think pieces prepared me for this moment.
My queerness was born in a hot dry land that was never ceded.
I finally admitted what my feelings for
Dirty Dancing–era Patrick Swayze had clearly been indicating for some time.
Even now, I sometimes think that I don’t know my own desire.

'Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity. Spanning diverse places, eras, genders, ethnicities and experiences, these are the stories of growing up queer in Australia.

'For better or worse, sooner or later, life conspires to reveal you to yourself, and this is growing up.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Coming Out Benjamin Law , 2018 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Queerstories: Reflections on Lives Well Lived from Some of Australia’s Finest LGBTQIA+ Writers 2018; (p. 60-68)
1 Against the Blinding Whiteness : A Golden Age of Popular Indigenous Storytelling Benjamin Law , 2018 single work essay
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 149 2018; (p. 34-44)

'Let’s rewind to 1992. Hey Dad..! and Burke’s Backyard still passed for wholesome Australian family TV. Bruce Samazan and Georgie Parker were big, as were Fast ForwardBrides of ChristE StreetG.P. and Agro. Effie had big hair, Larry Emdur still had hair and Ray Martin’s was the same. Drawcard guests at the Logies that year included John Stamos from Full House, English actor Dennis Waterman and former prime minister Bob Hawke, who was pretty chipper given Paul Keating had rolled him only months before. The biggest scandal that year? Gold Logie winner Jana Wendt not claiming her gong in person.' (Introduction)

1 y separately published work icon Benjamin Law : Coming Out (Again) Maeve Marsden (presenter), Benjamin Law (presenter), 2017 18806615 2017 single work podcast

'Writer Benjamin Law comes out to his grandmother – half a lifetime after he originally came out.

'Benjamin Law writes books, TV screenplays, columns, essays and feature journalism. He’s the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012) and the Quarterly Essay on Safe Schools, Moral Panic 101 (2017). The Family Law is now also an award-winning TV series for SBS, which Benjamin created and co-writes. He also co-hosts ABC RN’s weekly pop culture show Stop Everything.'

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