I'm currently putting together a list of queer-specific resources for a work placement on a queer housing team, and I need your help!
This is geographically-limited to Victoria, Australia, and I need e v e r y t h i n g you can get your hands on. Everything from housing (Pride in Place etc), medical care (both gender-affirming and general), mental health, food and necessities of daily living support, disability support, and social groups. Any organisation or group that provides culturally safe services to queer people, I want it all!
I can chip in a bit from my knowledge of the East Grampians area but other than that I know fuck-all. This list will probably end up distributed across community organisations across Victoria, and your knowledge will help queer people in need far and wide.
Thank you all so much for your support and assistance!
Also, we'll likely be folding-in the database from trans.au , as while that list is amazing for trans stuff, it doesn't cover the entirety of the umbrella. #trans#queer#transpride#lgbtqia
I got a new fountain pen, and it has the trans flag colors! It's a Hongdian N9 with a "long blade" or architect nib. The nib took me a bit to get used to, but I find it gives particularly nice shading to my inks, and has a wet flow, which I appreciate.
Here I'm using Sailor Studio 024 ink and Cosmo Air Snow paper.
I've got a few of the Trans Pride's interesting in learning about the Fediverse. Instead of making a video like I said a few days ago I think the easier option at this stage is to make a few written documents.
An Essay explaining what the Fediverse is, How to join it and why you should care.
A Presintation for me to show off in Meetings, Calls and in person to expalin it to someone who doesn't want to read the documents.
Optional: Make a video to explain it, so I can send it to people but this is the last thing I will most likely do for this.
Today I'm working on my Provisional Licence and trying to manage two Fediverse accounts; One Personal & One Professional. Read more about it on my Ko-Fi.
There's several problems finding an instance for Trans Pride Southampton.
We'd like to interact with as many people as possible including Threads when they allow there users to follow other Fediverse users.
Finding a Instance that visually looks good next to the TransPrideSouthampton name is something that we'd love to do, some instances are mainly focusing on Trans Men or Trans Women so we are trying to find something Trans Based without being one sided.
Working out the Correct handle for ourselves, as we normally use @TransPrideSouthampton on every platform but that's a bit long when you include a instance name after.
Not sure where we will go from here, but finding the right Instance for Trans Pride Southampton is one of the main tasks I will try and work on the background well using the Fediverse.
This time tomorrow a friend and I will be checking into our accommodation for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
We're marching with Trans Pride Australia. We're float number 5 this year, so shouldn't be a chore to spot us!
Among the things that TPA runs is Friday Night Social, a weekly video chat with participants from across Australia. It's overseen & hosted by blahaj zone's admins @ada & @supakaity . I'm also a regular host, and some of our BZ🦈 community are regular participants.
The parade is being televised in Australia on ABCTV and ABC iview (you can watch from overseas through a IPTV service or use a VPN to access iview). The coverage starts at 7:30pm AEDT [Saturday 8:30am London, 12:30am San Fran, 3:30am NYC].
Go to https://iview.abc.net.au/ to watch the Sydney Gay And Lesbian Mardi Gras 2024 in iview (you'll need to register).
Come join our second live stream with Samantha playing Minecraft Hardcore & Grand Theft Auto Online. Where we are trying to find our way back home in Minecraft without dying.