Not the Only One

As someone who has been in the public eye for the past 15 years, I am used to scrutiny and criticism. Online hate – especially when it targets women, and Black women in particular – has been extensively documented. So I have a pretty good idea of what to expect if I choose to speak out about sexism and racism in a country unwilling to acknowledge its misdeeds. Anonymous abuse and attacks from political or public figures come with the territory, and I have little choice but to face them. But ...

In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free. Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it? Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist. https://www.booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-focus-on/...

LGBT History lesson! There have been a lot of events peppered throughout history that were frog leaps toward #LGBT rights. These led up to the full on push in the 1970s that brought gay rights into the U.S. national conversation. These radical acts began the decades long push toward LGBT equality and social change. The big one was the Stonewall Uprising but did you know there was a riot that happened almost three years prior to #Stonewall ?... the Riot at Compton's Cafeteria. Stonewall is o...

“Who is going to hire a 67 yr old Person like me” when they didn’t hire them at 55, 45, 35 let alone 25. How do you face someone like that and convince them that it’s we’ll find a way knowing full well you don’t know one.

Last night, also at 33 Alfred St, DHHS constructed a big chain wire fence. Local community protested, and eventually got it removed at 1am. Let’s not keep repeating the mistakes of the last week - this needs a HEALTH-led response not a force-led response.

The family of a disabled man who died after spending more than four months in hospital waiting for accommodation describe the NDIS and aged care system in Australia as "broken".

In 1933, German conservatives thought they could control Hitler. Two years later, they were being executed in their own homes. I spent weeks researching this question, desperately looking for counter-examples, for hope, for any time in history where people successfully stopped fascists after they started winning elections. Here's what I found: Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once. Ever.