If you haven't already heard the news, Cumberland Council in Sydney's west has voted to ban books that feature same-sex parents from public libraries in their LGA.
I will be speaking more on this issue, but you can send a message to councilors via Equality Australia, asking them to rescind the motion.
Le lobby #LGBT sévissait déjà au 15e siècle visiblement, regardez ce formidable Ange Gabriel non-binaire avec son aile 🌈
Annonciation de Jan Van Eyck, 1434-1436 actuellement exposé au musée du Louvre à côté du tableau de la Vierge au Chancellier Rollin tout nouvellement restauré.
Touching his socks brought back so many other memories.
Since his loss, I’ve come to see how many of his daily activities made the soundscape that made me feel I was at home.
I had completely forgotten that my alarm clock for years and years was the sound of him opening his sock drawer, sitting down at the end of the bed, and sliding his socks on.
I am just sick of the London ‘intelectuelati’ paying feck all attention to the details, ignoring the fact that this was widely debated over many months, supported by a majority of the parties in Holyrood and then derided by our ‘betters’ in the south. A poorly written and pathetically thought though diatribe.
@Wen The New European is another fine example of the publications, commentators, podcasts etc which came to prominence and built their audiences on the back of Brexit, which have reverted to type since Labour's lead in the polls was cemented. Chorley interviewed one of the young activists who protested outside Keith's house t'other day, avoiding the entire issue of the genocide and painting them as stroppy, annoying brats.
I would love to undertand better the reason/psychology/development of some homosexual men to speak in that distinctive way of speaking that seems exclusive to gay men. Like it isnt an accent, and doesnt seem to occur naturally since its exclusive to that group. Do gay men make it a point to learn to speak that way at some point? If so why?
My best guess is as a way to show their orientation publicly to signal to other gay men, in an effort to creat connections or find companions that are also gay? But that would imply its a conscious thing they learnedto do at some point?
PS please no inconsiderate responses. Be respectful people.
@freemo I'm curious about that too. I think I know what you mean by "way of speaking" and it happens across many languages and cultures. I wouldn't say it's intentional or a group thing for the most part. Many of us have the same gay "accent" since childhood and in small towns before any contact with other gays and mainstream gay culture. But of course some gay communities have embraced it and maybe enhanced it as an identity marker that may or may not be adopted.
@freemo Oh, it's not exclusive to gay men. There are straight men who use that voice. Usually, they are referred to as "metrosexual". It's just that straight men have significant societal pressure to speak "normally" if they want to ever get laid or be employed, whereas gay men have the opposite incentive (at least for the getting laid part). I truly believe that every man has that voice inside him... just a matter of how close to the surface it gets.
As for the thing about trans women: many of them are seeking, above all, to fit in as their new gender, so they tone a lot down. But there are absolutely women (cis and trans) who are every bit as catty as the gayest men. Just watch any reality show on TV, lol.
Vous avez ratés nos événements de mars 2024 ? Pas de panique, en avril on continue à réduire le #BiaisDeGenre, sur @wikipedia_fr , Wikisource et le Wiktionnaire !
Novices ? nos ateliers commencent par une formation
Another eye opening article in Haarerz regarding how #Hamas regards #gays that every #LGBT* person should read. Torture and treachery. "Queers for Hamas" are just like the meme, #ChickensForKfc. At the moment only in #Ivrit: https://archive.li/pz0gc
I'm TapTap, I'm 33, gender fluid, and after a tame but conservative upbringing I finally feel safe & able to get clothes that feel right to me.
Please make yourself VISIBLE by registering to #VOTE and participating in every election you can! A lot of gross policies are very local, where your vote counts much more. "Both sides" is a form of vote suppression
Block anyone who tries to discourage you or others from voting. Monsters.
Transgender judge seeks leave to intervene in UK court case over legal definition of ‘woman’
Victoria McCloud wants leave to join litigation in supreme court appeal brought by For Women Scotland
The UK’s first transgender judge is seeking leave to join the litigation in a crucial supreme court case that could significantly affect legal protections for transgender women, the Guardian has learned.
Some guy was saying some quite disgusting anti-trans stuff on facebook. I called him a moron, and he tried to shame me for name calling. This was my response:
As I have said countless times, I will always call people the names that they are.. dont want to be called a moron, dont be a moron. As someone who insists on only addressing people by their genitals I figured you would be in full support of such a concept. I guess its not so great when people label you in a way you dont want to be labeled huh?
[La Libre] - La #Russie ajoute le "mouvement international #LGBT" à sa liste des "terroristes et extrémistes".
La Russie a placé le "mouvement international LGBT" sur sa liste des personnes déclarées "terroristes et extrémistes", selon une notice du service russe des renseignements financiers consultée vendredi par l'AFP, les autorités ayant renforcé la répression des minorités sexuelles.
Hi Fedi Family,
In 2008 Californians voted for Prop8 that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in the California constitution. While this was defeated in courts this draconian Prop8 language is still in the California constitution. Justice tHomas and the right wing SCOTUS is openly hinting at destroying precedent and trampling rights. If they overturned Obergefell - the Prop8 language in the California Constitution will act as a “trigger law”, raining havoc on queer families like mine across California.
Please spread the word to vote “YES” to repeal Prop8 (2008) from the California constitution in Nov 2024. Talk to your friends, family and colleagues about it.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell I completely agree with you, no one's rights are safe. They may come for some sooner and others later, but they'll come for us all.
@hyakinthos You are absolutely right. There are times when Rs collect signatures to inflammatory propositions some unconstitutional just to get their base riled up.
