Tag Archives: nsw

NSW school safety program at risk before it even starts?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by battybattybats

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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Attack on Transgender woman in Albury Wodonga

Posted on January 22, 2011 by battybattybats

What details there are in this are quite shocking so those who may find that distressing should be warned.

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Trial program against homophobia in NSW schools!

Posted on January 21, 2011 by battybattybats

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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Attorneys General look into major gender reforms

Posted on January 5, 2011 by battybattybats

In what could be a major victory for many Intersex and Transgender people with bi-gender or genderless identities it’s entirely possible people may be one day soon able to have their ‘sex status’ on documents changed to Unspecified if the … Continue reading →

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So far no word from Armidale’s Faith Groups on Violence and Bullying of GLBTI people and Kids

Posted on December 21, 2010 by battybattybats

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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An Open Letter to Armidale’s Churches and Religious Congregations

Posted on December 15, 2010 by battybattybats

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

Posted on December 9, 2010 by battybattybats

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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Our first Rally

Posted on November 30, 2010 by battybattybats

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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Transgender Day Of Rememberance

Posted on November 20, 2010 by battybattybats

Today is the day used internationally to mark the deaths of Transgender people all over the world that are murdered. And while Australia has less murders of Transgender people than many other countries a recent study in Queensland found that … Continue reading →

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Homophobic Bullying in Schools on the Increase!

Posted on November 19, 2010 by battybattybats

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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