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The Animal Justice Party (AJP) this week announced they were parting ways with two of their candidates who expressed views about transgender people which the party said did not align with their values. “Recently, there were AJP candidates who used their personal social media platform to express their views on some transgender issues in a […]
Tags: animal justice party, Election 2022, Linda McCarthy, Sue Clarke, TERF Talk Down Under, transgender
13 May 2022 /
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LGBTQIA+ advocates and medical professionals are standing up for trans lives and healthcare after misinformation shared by the Prime Minister this morning. Representatives from advocacy group Transcend Australia, the Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) and Equality Australia are setting out to set the record straight. This morning, Scott Morrison said he is standing […]
Tags: Anna Brown, Equality Australia, Fiona Bisshop, jeremy wiggins, katherine deves, Scott Morrison, trans*, transcend australia, transgender
10 May 2022 |
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared he’s still standing by Katherine Deves as his candidate in Warringah despite her walk-back of her apology over her comments about transgender youth. The PM then went on to falsely claim that young adolescents are undergoing gender confirmation surgery. Yesterday Katherine Deves spoke to Sky News where she walked […]
Tags: katherine deves, Scott Morrison, trans*, transgender
10 May 2022 |
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Liberal candidate for Warringah Katherine Deves has walked back her apology over social media posts she made about transgender youth, saying “mutilated” was the correct terminology to describe them from a “medico-legal” perspective. Sky News host Chris Kenny was frustrated that the Liberal party kept blocking Deves from appearing in mainstream media, he headed out […]
Tags: Election 2022, katherine deves, Scott Morrison, trans*, transgender
9 May 2022 |
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This week is International Lesbian Visibility Week, launching April 26 with Lesbian Visibility Day. Celebrated since 2008, the occasion is an opportunity to mark the achievements of LGBTQIA+ women and gender diverse people who feel an affinity with a lesbian identity. Moving beyond representation in media and on screen, Australia’s peak body for queer health […]
Tags: Health, Lesbian, lesbian visibility, Mental Health, non binary, transgender, women
26 Apr 2022 |
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has shared his view on the debate over transgender people that has dominated the federal election campaign, saying it’s down to “desperate people who are in to wedge politics.” “What’s the problem we’re trying to fix here? I’ve been in the parliament for 20 years and I’ve never had a school […]
Tags: AusPol, dan andrews, Daniel ANdrews, transgender, Victoria
24 Apr 2022 |
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A new campaign encouraging people to write to their local politicians asking them to bring in laws that would exclude transgender women and girls from single-sex sports and spaces has been launched. The ‘Respect My Sex If You Want My Vote’ campaign is being spearheaded by Western Australian Karyn Lisignoli and was announced in The […]
Tags: claire chandler, karyn lisignoli, katherine deves, respect my sex, transgender
21 Apr 2022 |
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ruled out disendorsing Warringah candidate Katherine Deves, saying people should focus on her core argument about ‘protecting women’s sport’. “Katherine is passionate about the issue of women and girls in sport, and I think the position that she’s set out on that issue is one that I think finds a […]
Tags: AusPol, ausvotes, Election 2022, katherine deves, Liberal, Pete Buttigeig, Scott Morrison, transgender, Warringah
21 Apr 2022 |
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The discussion on transgender women and girls participation in sport to an unexpected turn this evening when former Liberal Party advisor Grahame Morris suggested it would see Russia and China target Australia on an international level. Morris, who was an advisor to Prime Minister John Howard, was appearing on The Project alongside Labor advisor Bruce Hawker where […]
Tags: China, Grahame Morris, Katerine Deves, Russia, Sport, The Project, transgender
19 Apr 2022 |
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Ezra Furman has released a new single, Book Of Our Names, described as sparse but deeply emotive, with Furman’s voice guiding through the pulsing guitars. This song follows last month’s single, Point Me Toward The Real, Furman’s first solo release since 2019’s Twelve Nudes and her stint soundtracking Netflix’s hit show Sex Education. Speaking about […]
Tags: Ezra Furman, music, sex education, transgender
19 Apr 2022 |
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