Rachel Evans reports on a protest聽to mark Transgender Remembrance Day and oppose a transphobic bill being pushed by One Nation in NSW.
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A COVID-19 safe rally against a transphobic bill that聽attracted several hundred people was shut down by police, writes聽Rachel Evans.
Mark Latham's聽bill aimed at erasing the lives of young gender diverse people聽could also be a stalking horse for other discriminatory bills,聽writes Paul Gregoire.
While the transphobes in the federal Coalition government have not given up on pushing their anti-trans agenda, they face some stiff challenges, according Transgender Victoria spokesperson Sally Goldner.
Last year鈥檚 marriage equality postal survey caused a lot of pain for the LGBTI community. But Goldner told聽91自拍论坛 Weekly that the overwhelming Yes vote helped push the聽homophobes and transphobes back.
While there have been some聽major legislative advances for LGBTI聽rights in Latin America, there is still much to be done, writes Erin Fiorini.
King Street, Newtown ground to a halt on April 23 as some 500 locals took to the street in protest at the rise in homophobic and transphobic violence in the area since the introduction of the lockout laws.
On April 8, US rock star Bruce Springsteen published the statement below on his .
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As you, my fans, know I'm scheduled to play in Greensboro, North Carolina this Sunday. As we also know, North Carolina has just passed HB2, which the media are referring to as the 鈥渂athroom鈥 law.
There are more people today who have been displaced by war, poverty and climate change than at any point in recorded history. The current number of refugees has exceeded those displaced by World War I and World War II combined.
Feminist author and career academic Germaine Greer has sparked outrage once again following a controversial interview she gave to the BBC on October 24 where she reaffirmed her position that transgender women are not 鈥渞eal鈥 women.
Greer's devolution from an ideological pillar of the 1960's women's liberation movement to a source of loathing for 91自拍论坛 of the feminist community needs to be discussed. Her comments provide an important opportunity for putting forward a clear argument against trans-exclusionary feminism.
About 300 people gathered outside Newtown鈥檚 Town Hall Hotel on June 8 to protest against the bashing of trans-woman Stephanie McCarthy as she was preparing to perform with her band at the hotel.
The crowd were there to stand by McCarthy, condemn the hotel鈥檚 actions in not calling police or offering McCarthy support and protest against violence against women and transphobia.
Speakers demanded that the community boycott the hotel until it apologises and offers McCarthy compensation.
McCarthy gave this speech at the protest.
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Dunking her biscuit into the cup now covered in a suitable amount of filth, she thinks about the time she went driving up a mountain range in Cape York. 鈥淲hat a beautiful area 鈥 shame about the people.鈥 Fully aware she鈥檚 been accused of intellectual snobbery on more than one occasion, she lulled herself into a meditative state, knowing she would have to turn on the charm once more. 鈥淚 say vagina and cunt twenty times a day and they still accuse me of it,鈥 she said out loud this time.
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