![]() Their romance is tragically cut short after, in 1985, they are diagnosed with HIV. The pair, throughout youthful experimentation, geographical relocation and parental opposition, maintain the relationship. In AFL, the practice of “holding the man” is a transgression and incurs a penalty. ![]() Caleo was captain of the football team, hence the book’s title. At its centre is the love story between Tim Conigrave and John Caleo.Ĭonigrave and Caleo met as high school students at Xavier College, an all boys’ school. The memoir became widely acclaimed as queer literature since its publication in 1995. On this day in 1994 actor and writer Timothy Conigrave passed away from AIDS related illnesses just four months before his award-winning memoir, Holding the Man was published. Tim Conigrave’s memoir ‘Holding the Man’ captured the impact of HIV on Australia in the 1980s ![]()
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