"10 years later, I wld sell out that same arena 2x with Savage Garden. My mother would divorce my dad. I was able to buy her a house, & that sad little boy, through the power of imagination & maintaining an innocent heart, managed to create a happy ending"
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"People sometimes tell me how lucky Milo is to have such a supportive family. I think we are lucky to have him. He has enriched our lives in ways I never could have imagined when he was born. He continues to amaze me."
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“Trans and gender diverse prisoners are being told they might have been deserving of [assault] and, being a trans person in prison, that in some way they’re already a sexual deviant. So, if sexual violence happens to them, they’re in some way complicit.”
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Alastair Lawrie explains in careful detail why Australia needs an LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner. The issue will be debated in the Senate this week.
alastairlawrie.net/2022/09/03/whe Please sign and share the petition asap: equal.org.au/lgbtiqa_human_
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“If young people are supported and listened to, then they have better health outcomes in the future; and the gender affirmation process doesn’t have to be the same for everybody. It doesn’t always involve medical intervention, but for many it needs to.”
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I am cranky and disappointed about how little there was in the outcomes of the jobs summit for disabled people to tear down the barriers that exclude us from work. A 🧵.
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“Queer kids are magical. As adults they will be charismatic, vivacious beams of joy in the world. But we need to make sure they get there. Every kid deserves to grow to their full potential.”
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Listen to sum up the disappointing state of affairs with LGBTIQA-exclusion from the Jobs and Skills Summit on 's . #auspol
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The Government this afternoon has announced its '36 outcomes' from the Jobs and Skills Summit.
As expected, excluding LGBTIQA groups from the summit itself has inevitably meant excluding LGBTIQA people from its outcomes.
Document here: treasury.gov.au/sites/default/ #auspol 1/
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"A 76-year-old man accused of murdering a father of four at a known gay beat in Sydney’s eastern suburbs 35 years ago has been granted bail on a $1 million surety."
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Yesterday, one of the delegates to the Summit said "if you're not at the table, you're on the menu".
Well, it seems with respect to the LGBTIQA community, we weren't invited to be at the table, so our issues have been left off the Government's menu of reforms.
Disappointing. 5/
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Apparently DEWR 'will commence detailed consultations with business & unions on these matters next week'.
What about consultations with the community groups & orgs affected by these issues, like trans, gender diverse & intersex workers who are currently excluded from the FWA? 4/
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The closest it comes is this fairly broad statement about amendments to the Fair Work Act to 'provide stronger protections for workers against adverse action, discrimination, and harassment. 3/
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Across the Jobs & Skills Summit Outcomes document's 14 pages there's not a single mention of the LGBTIQA community broadly, or any specific group within it.
Meaning there aren't any outcomes which are primarily designed to address issues like high rates of trans unemployment. 2/
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The Government this afternoon has announced its '36 outcomes' from the Jobs and Skills Summit.
As expected, excluding LGBTIQA groups from the summit itself has inevitably meant excluding LGBTIQA people from its outcomes.
Document here: treasury.gov.au/sites/default/ #auspol 1/
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"[I]n the past couple of years, the fears have reached a fever pitch. And in the run-up to the midterms, trans people — trans young people, especially — have become a hysterical obsession of the right." #transphobia
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"That’s what participation is all about. Giving a little time, maybe even enduring a little boredom, for a lot of influence."
's analysis confirms why it's so disappointing LGBTIQA+ groups were not invited to have a seat at the table. #auspol
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"The commission also suggested range of changes around religious orgs, including a removal of blanket carve-outs for faith-based discrimination against staff at schools, & tightening the grounds for discrimination against students when they first enrol."
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Here's a reminder Malcolm:
Holding an unnecessary, wasteful and harmful postal survey, & then Parliament passing a private members bill which included new forms of discrimination, does not make you the hero you think you are.
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"It’s just complete fascism. Just extraordinary" Turnbull said. "One of the things they accused me of being was anti-queer, which didn’t seem to match the fact I legalised same-sex marriage."
Malcolm still doesn't understand the harm he caused. #auspol 1/
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ALHR welcomes Final Report of the Review of the QLD ADA. 46 recommendations include 5 additional grounds for prohibited discrimination: sex characteristics, irrelevant criminal record, physical features, domestic or family violence & homelessness qhrc.qld.gov.au/law-reform #auslaw
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“This group is important to me as I know what it’s like to struggle and to be outcasted and feel alone,” he said.
“[It’s] been a huge journey [with] more to come [but] I can proudly say: I am who I am and nothing’s going to change that.”
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“As a gay teacher, as a queer male, it’s been painful for me, it’s been very painful and very upsetting. It’s had a chilling effect, because I’m really questioning myself, about what conversations I can have and there’s really no clarity on it.” #Florida
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"“Equality is not within reach, and often not even within sight” for members of [LGBTQ+] communities in the US, Madrigal-Borloz said after a 10-day trip in his role with the UN that had various stops across the country."
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"Our community is bigger and stronger than before, but this government is intent on spreading homophobia and discrimination. I’ll continue to perform loud and proud – this hate won’t stop me." #Poland
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"When he heard the announcement this month that the law would finally be repealed, he felt relief. “I thought I would die before I could hear this,” he says. He thanks god, and the universe, that he is alive to witness such a landmark moment." #Singapore
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“Being scared, not knowing what was going on,” Mr. Anda said. “All the talking to doctors, and them not knowing what to do. It made me scared for me. It made me scared for my community.”
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Over 29 years advocating for the Trans community I have known many trans people with qualifications & experience unable to find employment. Although never acknowledged the only reason could be their being trans. This discrimination is a huge waste of education & skills. 🏳️⚧️
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