The Australian arm of the Daughters of Bilitis was formed in Melbourne in 1969, and is considered Australia's first gay rights group. It was inspired by the American Daughters of Bilitis movement. After a few months, the group rejected the increasing radicalisation of its American counterpart, and renamed itself the Australasian Lesbian Movement. See also LGBT rights in Australia List of LGBT rights organisations Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia (COAL) Further reading Lucy Chesser, "Australasian Lesbian Movement, 'Claudia's Group' and Lynx: 'Non-Political Lesbian Organisation in Melbourne, 1969–1980", Hecate: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women's Liberation, vol. 22, no. 1, 1996, pp. 69–91. External links Australian Queer Archives holds the records of the Daughters of Bilitis / Australasian Lesbian Movement. Feminist organisations in Australia LGBT political advocacy groups in Australia LGBT history in Australia Lesbian organisations based in Australia 1969 establishments in Australia LGBT culture in Melbourne Women in Melbourne