To celebrate Intersex Awareness Day (October 26), we had a chat with Intersex activist, artist and consultant Pidgeon Pagonis about recent shifts in intersex awareness, how they met Jill Soloway at the White House and got a role on the TV show Transparent, THAT Buzzfeed video, their YouTube channel and more! Firstly, a lot of […]
The Life and Death of ACT UP/LA: Anti-AIDS Activism in Los Angeles From the 1980s to the 2000s Benita Roth Cambridge University Press ★★★★ The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) formed in New York in 1987 as a coalition of direct-action activism in order to put pressure on the U.S. Government, the Food […]
The Australian Christian Lobby claims its board members are under attack from members of the LGBT community who are endangering their safety in the “battle for marriage and freedom”. In a media release this week Lyle Shelton, the Managing Director of the political lobby group, said an article in The Australian showed that marriage equality activists […]
Hundreds have rallied in the Turkish capital of Istanbul in response to the horrific murder of LGBTIQ+ activist Hande Kader. Kader, an advocate for the LGBTIQ+ community and the rights of sex workers, was found dead earlier this month in the Istanbul suburb of Zekeriyakoy. It has been reported that Kader was raped and mutilated before […]
Bold posters stating ‘You can fuck raw, PrEP works, no more HIV’ have appeared over Melbourne yesterday. The posters appeared around the city overnight and anew activist group has subsequently claimed responsibility for their posting. The group who go under the name, SEEITCLEARLY2020, have established an Instagram account and sent out a media release titled […]
Ten years after John Howard put in place legislation specifying that marriage could only take place between opposite sex couples, the battle for marriage equality for LGBT couples continues to rage on. Across Australia, many same sex couples are holding wedding ceremonies to celebrate their relationships despite their unions not being recognized by the government. […]
Today, activists, members of the LGBTI community and allies marched to oppose Australia’s ban on same sex marriage. The rally also featured an emphasis on queer rights in general, both in Australia and overseas. Equal Love WA member and Curtin Student Guild Humanities Faculty representative Clare Francis chaired the rally, introducing the speakers and making […]
Transgender activist Leslie Feinberg has passed away on November 15th. The writer succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica following decades of illness. Spouse Minnie Bruce Hatt was beside Feinberg in the final moments. Feinberg’s last words were “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” Feinberg was known widely […]
LGBT activist Lex Watson, who passed away last month, was today honoured by being appointed a Member of the Order of Australia on the Queen’s Birthday list. Watson was born in Perth in 1943, spent some of his formative years in Geraldton before attending the Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia, where […]
