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Always Learning From My Past To Help The Future
Posted on March 13 2019
To be honest, this is about my 12th plus attempt at writing a response to bullying in schools and sports, and although my line of work is in Education, I still do not have all the answers. What I have learned is an understanding that bulying is part of a human condition where power and influence on others is at the core of why individuals or groups continue detrimental behavior towards others. I still struggle at nearly 50 with why people, of all their variations, feel that they need to put others down, harass or even bully others. Even worse, I think we all do it in one way, shape or form, and I find that inexcusable.
Zero Discrimination Day 2019
Posted on February 23 2019
Humanity is ever increasing and all of its success is built on the backs of all who came before. We have as humans to realize we are all of one genetic pool. Over the millennia we have found infinite ways to divide ourselves each time the us and them mentality leads us down a well trodden dark path. No good will ever come from division of people into vehemently opposed groups no matter what cover you put on it .
Human Rights Day - The Wild Fires of an Hakean Heart
Posted on December 06 2018
Dawning fingers of light reach out and tickle it, splintering a diamond shimmer through morning drops of frosty dew. Its flowers appear like an exploding nucleus, like a rounded pincushion - a cherry red core with hundreds of creamy jets shooting outward. Like a spikey child’s squeeze toy. Like rockets taking off from a martian world.
The Increased Significance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Posted on November 18 2018
November 20th marks the nineteenth International Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). This proliferating global event, used to commemorate those transgender folk sadly no longer with us. Whilst TDoR is traditionally associated with murder victims (targeted on a mere account of their gender identity), it's also used to recognize those subjected to other wrongdoings, all as latent transphobia rears it's ugly head. All too often, said victims ending their lives as a result.
She’s Got the Op Shop Blues
Posted on November 18 2018
For transgender people - misgendering is more than an insult. It’s whiplash of the soul. Gender dysphoria is a painful echo, it reminds us of the lingering parts of ourselves which we hate, no matter how hard we try to leave them behind or evolve them. It’s different for everyone - some people despise their genitals, their chests, their faces or skin. To experience it feels very much like lead in the heart, like grieving for a lost loved one.
I am Valid, I am Asexual
Posted on October 21 2018
Asexuality is a sexual orientation akin to heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality and pansexuality. It is a lack of sexual desire or attraction, or little to no interest in sexual activity. Asexuality is not a form of abstinence or celibacy as it is not a behavioural act or a conscious choice. It is an orientation.
National Coming Out Day 2018
Posted on October 07 2018
When I was growing up, I didn’t have a lot of friends that were boys. In fact I don’t think I had a boy as a friend until I got to university and...well, I’m still dating him. I did have a lot of female friends however, and from a fairly young age I started experimenting with girls (and not in a science lab, wearing white coats). At this point in my life I didn’t know what gay or straight was. I didn’t know the words for any of the things I was doing. I had a sense that it needed to be kept secret, that if anyone knew what we were doing with each other, we’d probably get in trouble. But that didn’t stop us from doing everything we could think of.
Bored Straight People: thoughts on Bisexual Invisibility
Posted on September 23 2018
Bisexual erasure occurs and is propelled in many forms. It is a common reaction for some monosexuals, such as my date, to diminish identities that cannot be so neatly categorised. Often, very often, bisexuals don’t feel they have a place to hold them - they are too ‘gay’ for the straights and too ‘straight’ for the gays. This marginalisation creates a sad reality for us, one where we feel strange about partaking in both gay and straight cultures.
Bi Visibility Day 2018
Posted on September 19 2018
The 23rd of September is International Bi Visibility Day, or to give it its official title, Celebrate Bisexuality Day. It’s not widely known, let alone celebrated, by the greater LGBTIQA+ community. But every year there are more events being organised by bisexual+ (bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, queer and multi-gender attracted) people around the world.
Working Together to Prevent Suicide
Posted on September 10 2018
Although most Australians live healthy and happy lives, among the LGBTI community, a disproportionate number experience worse health outcomes than their non-LGBTI peers in a range of areas, in particular mental health and suicidality. Available research continues to demonstrate that the prevalence and rates of self-harm and attempted suicide are significantly higher amongst LGBTI people than among non-LGBTI populations, though the prevalence of completed suicide statistics remains unknown.
Am I Demisexual ?
Posted on August 26 2018
A demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional connection with someone.
Wear It Purple on 31st Aug 2018
Posted on August 18 2018
Wear it Purple Day is an annual awareness day for the LGBTIQA+ community organized by a non-profit organization and it is held on the last Friday of every August. This will be its eighth year and it will be celebrated on 31st Aug 2018.
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