News | Same-sex domestic violence ‘hugely under-reported’
// July 17th, 2014 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Relationship violence, Within Australia
Archive for Within Australia
The day football burst with Pride | theage.com.au
// 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
White Ribbon Day today!
// November 25th, 2013 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
White Ribbon Day today. Join us at the march in Melbourne today!
Tackling homophobia in schools
// 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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An innocent woman slain. Where’s the public outcry? | theage.com.au
// 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
Homophobia and Transphobia Matter to Everyone: Commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – The Huffington Post
// May 16th, 2013 // No Comments » // Around the globe, International, Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
How will you join-in and make your personal stand against homophobia and transphobia?
