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NSW school safety program at risk before it even starts?
This article expresses fears that the proposed trial antihomophobia school program may never get off the ground unless it garners support from all parties. Liberals, Nationals etc, if you don’t support such a policy (unless you have a genuinely better … Continue reading →
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Tagged abuse, australia, bisexual, bullying, gay, gender questioning, homophobia, intersex, intersexphobia, lesbian, nsw, politics, safe schools, same sex attracted, school, transgender, transphobia, violence, youth suicide
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Trial program against homophobia in NSW schools!
It’s a great step. And i hope the trial is successful and rolled out accross all schools which receive government funding. However when i was at the NSW Parliamentary Forum on homohobia in schools it was made clear that Transgender … Continue reading →
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Tagged australia, bisexual, bullying, Education Minister, gay, homophobia, hope, human rights, intersexphobia, lesbian, nsw, political, politics, program, safe schools, same sex attracted, school, statistics, teacher, training, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, trial, verity firth, violence, youth suicide
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So far no word from Armidale’s Faith Groups on Violence and Bullying of GLBTI people and Kids
Of course the Christmas post is slow so replies by mail to the letter sent to them in the mail may not arrive for some time yet. However of all the emails sent several bounced back because the addresses appear … Continue reading →
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Tagged anglican, armidale, Armidale Church Of Christ, Armidale Community Church, australia, Baha'i, Bhuddist Society, bisexual, bullying, catholic, Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Family Life Church, gay, harassment, homophobia, hope, human rights, intersex, intersexphobia, Jehovahs Witnesses, lesbian, new england, nsw, Presbyterian Church Of Eastern Australia, Quakers, queer, religion, Religious Society Of Friends, safe schools, Salvation Army, same sex attracted, school, Seventh Day Adventists, St Pauls Presbyterian Church, suicide, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, UNE Campus Mosque. violence, Uniting Church, youth
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An Open Letter to Armidale’s Churches and Religious Congregations
It’s Christmas season, as well as an important time for several other faiths. A time for peace and goodwill to all. So Equal Love Armidale is calling upon the religious faiths and groups of Armidale to address the growing rate … Continue reading →
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The lies about being Gay being worse than smoking
Many people will have read the letter in yesterdays local paper that claimed that numbers from Denmark show that Gays who get married die 20 years before heterosexuals who get married and that this makes being gay worse for your … Continue reading →
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Tagged armidale, bisexual, bullying, comparison, demographics, equality, gay, homophobia, human rights, intersex, intersexphobia, lesbian, letter, life expectancy, marriage, new england, newspaper, nsw, paul cameron, population, proportion, same sex attracted, school, smoking, statistics, suicide, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, youth suicide
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Our first Rally
Our first rally was held on Saturday. Despite a number of hurdles and all of us involved having no experience in organising public events we still managed to get there on time, with a sound system (though cameras it seems … Continue reading →
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Tagged activism, armidale, australia, bisexual, bullying, change, gay, grass roots, homophobia, hope, human rights, intersex, intersexphobia, lesbian, new england, nsw, poofta, same sex attracted, school, suicide, sydney, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, violence, youth suicide
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Homophobic Bullying in Schools on the Increase!
Despite or perhaps because of the increasing acceptance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender and Intersex youth by their Families Friends and Authorities there has been a measured increase in homophobic bullying in Australian schools with the numbers obtained by LaTrobe … Continue reading →
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Tagged activism, armidale, australia, bisexual, bullying, change, homophobia, human rights, increase, intersex, intersexphobia, LaTrobe, lesbian, new england, nsw, political, queer, safe schools, same sex attracted, school, statistics, study, suicide, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, violence, writing themselves in, youth suicide
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Wear It Purple campaign to address problems at schools
The founders of the Australian chapter of the Wear It Purple campaign are looking to address the growing problem of Homophobic (and hopefully Transphobic and Intersexphobic) bullying in school. Sydney Star Observer has an article about this here. I was … Continue reading →
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Taubmans Offensive Paint to be Renamed
Author: Bayne MacGregor Last night i received this news in an email from Rebecca Dominguez who complained to Taubmanas about the ‘Punch Me’ pink paint First her email to them: I just read the blog post: Bigoted Housepaint? Taubmans needs … Continue reading →
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Tagged activism, armidale, australia, bisexual, bullying, change, gay, homophobia, housepaint, intersex, intersexphobia, lesbian, paint, pink, punch me, success, taubmans, transgender, transphobia, violence, youth suicide
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NSW parliamentary forum on homophobic bullying in schools tomorrow
Tomorrow I, Equal Love Armidale member Bayne MacGregor and my partner will be attending the NSW parliamentary forum on homophobic bullying in schools. And hopefully there will be a good turnout from each of the political parties and that they … Continue reading →
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Tagged activism, armidale, attorney general, australia, bisexual, bullying, change, demographics, federal, forum, gay, grass roots, Greens, homophobia, human rights, intersex, intersexphobia, Labor, lesbian, Liberal, minister for education, Nationals, new england, nsw, parliamentary, political, politics, population, proportion, queer, Richard Torbay, safe schools, same sex attracted, school, state, statistics, suicide, sydney, Tony Windsor, transgender, transphobia, transsexual, violence, youth suicide
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