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// June 25th, 2014 // No Comments » // Around the globe, Media discussion
And meanwhile in the USA, print media raise a mature argument discussing the last Big Brother. We ask, was this deliberately designed to boost ratings by appealing to others in their society holding deeply rooted racist and homophobic views?
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/_mobile/celebrity/news/big-brother-caleb-reynolds-racist-slurs
// May 13th, 2014 // No Comments » // International, Media discussion, Sport
No hesitation for networks airing Sam reaction – Lifestyle – The Boston Globe
// May 9th, 2014 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Sport, Within Victoria
Ben Jenkins unpacks Miranda Devine’s Latest Column entitled ‘NRL Bosses Are Totally Gay’. It doesn’t get much better from there, he says and we agree.
// May 5th, 2014 // No Comments » // Sport, Within Australia
” On a country footy oval under overcast skies, change came. It came in the rainbow-coloured 50-metre lines painted at each end of the ground. It came in the pre-match minute’s silence, led by a local Uniting Church minister, for “the same-sex attracted young people who have taken their own lives in fear and humiliation”. It came in an afternoon of celebration and unity”, writes The Age’s Jill Stark.
http://m.theage.com.au/sport/football/the-day-football-burst-with-pride-20140503-zr3w6.html
// November 25th, 2013 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
White Ribbon Day today. Join us at the march in Melbourne today!
// September 28th, 2013 // No Comments » // Incidents, Media discussion, Within Victoria
Tim Hunter writes about homophobic experiences at a Prahran hotel. Has change arrived or is our response more immediate and coordinated – Read Tim’s views in TheVine
http://m.thevine.com.au/#article/265970
// August 30th, 2013 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia
The bar is raised on how to address homophobia in schools. Awaiting response from the alternative government. Stay tuned
@minus18youth:
.@AustralianLabor says it will spend $8 million to tackle homophobia in schools if reelected. http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/labor-commits-8-million-to-tackle-homophobia-in-schools-20130830-2sud6.html #lgbti
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// July 27th, 2013 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
Just as The Age newspaper is right to claim “An innocent woman slain. Where’s the public outcry?”, homophobic violence and prejudice motivated crime, too, remains free of broad public discourse and reflection.
http://m.theage.com.au/national/an-innocent-woman-slain-wheres-the-public-outcry-20130726-2qpw7.html
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