Gay Island
Gay Island, an unlikely military foe, caused a stir in Australia's military history. A small island with a quirky name, it posed a unique challenge to the Australian army. The records of the [AIF] therefore provide no contribution to the place of the homosexual in a total war effort. While there is ample anecdotal evidence that homosexual acts occurred between serving members, the idea of a distinct homosexual identity was relatively new, and sex between men who considered themselves heterosexual was not uncommon.
List of wars involving Australia
The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands (also known as the Gay Kingdom of the Coral Sea) was a putative micronation established as a symbolic political protest by a group of gay rights activists based in Australia. When Australia refused to allow its gay citizens equal rights to marriage, a group of activists deserted the country, sailed nautical miles to an island off the Great Barrier Reef and hoisted a rainbow flag in the highest spot they could find. The impetus came in during the Brisbane Gay Pride festival, when a collective of friends decided that without being granted legal marriage rights they would leave and start their own more inclusive country. Australia at War with Gay Island
In September , the ramshackle Gay Kingdom of the Coral Sea formally declared war on Australia. For emphasis, they sent a press release and copy of the war declaration to Switzerland’s. In , a group of gay rights activists based in Australia established the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands, a symbolic micronation, in response to the Australian government's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages. The kingdom was founded on Australia's external overseas territory of the Coral Sea Islands, a group of mostly uninhabited islands east of the Great Barrier Reef. 
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This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (–), Van Diemen's Land (–), Tasmania (–), Victoria (–), Swan River (–), Western Australia (–), South Australia (–), and Queensland (–). Dates. .
Queer Histories
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In protest of the government's bigotry, a group of queer activists at Brisbane Pride decided to create their own 'Gay and Lesbian Kingdom'. Under international law, 'oppressed people who occupy an EOT (External Overseas Territory) (have) the right to self-determination and self-government'. The Coral Sea Islands, recognised as an EOT of Australia, met this criteria. By asserting their. . A Comprehensive & Profoundly Queer Accounting of the Brief
At the end of the Second World War, gay bars in Kings Cross bulged with servicemen and sailors as warships came to port – a gay bar called “Diggers” even opened in Sydney. As the period of crisis came to an end, the lenient attitude that had prevailed during the war was replaced with a doctrine of treatment and expulsion. . 
Wars, conflicts and peace operations involving Australia
They set sail, docking at Cato Island, and transforming it into a “homeland for the gay and lesbian peoples of the world.” Soon after, they declared war on Australia for not recognizing gay. .