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Oh god… 16 Aug 2008 | 03:12 am
And the bad news. Kellie Telesford’s murderer has been acquitted, despite the most ludicrous transphobic defence I’ve ever heard - that, completely out of fucking left field, she had really died in s...
Victorian Court of Appeal rules on trans panic case 16 Aug 2008 | 01:56 am
I’ve noticed in the years I’ve been out that incidents of transphobic violence seem to be relatively less common in Australia compared to North America. I can think of a few cases that I’ve heard abou...
Two for the price of one 9 Aug 2008 | 10:22 pm
It’s been a good week for getting rid of politicians with a penchant for sexual harassment. Earlier in the week, Troy Buswell, the Western Australian state Liberal leader, finally stepped down. Buswe...
Things you need to read 5 Aug 2008 | 07:49 pm
I’ve been mentally putting together a post about a host of things - ‘trans panic’ defences, ‘deception’, victim blaming, and all the issues that’ve been swirling around my head in the wake of the Angi...
Oh, for fucks sake 2 Aug 2008 | 06:00 pm
The aftermath of the London Pride fiasco keeps going on, it seems, and it isn’t getting any better. Sarah’s description of a meeting with the Metropolitan Police over the issue is, um, wow. I especia...
Read ‘em 2 Aug 2008 | 10:17 am
Lisa Harney and Queen Emily put up two of the best posts I’ve read in a long time last night last night. I don’t have anything to add, but I strongly recommend that people read them. * Queen Emily: A...
Angie Zapata’s killer arrested 2 Aug 2008 | 12:44 am
Two weeks ago, Angie Zapata, a 20-year old trans woman from Colorado, was brutally murdered, murdered for merely existing. It’s a story we’ve heard all too many times in this community: a young life s...
So close, but yet so far 30 Jul 2008 | 06:01 pm
I was celebrating the news earlier this week that the Rudd government had decided to end the racist policy of mandatorily detaining asylum seekers, often for years on end and without proper access to ...
Consent 27 Jul 2008 | 11:36 pm
I’ve been a little lost for words lately. I’ve always used this blog as part-catharsis, and I have to get this post out. I’m also going to stick the post under a cut, as a possible trigger warning, ju...
…and just when you thought lowlife shock jocks couldn’t sink any lower. 27 Jul 2008 | 10:39 pm
Just…fuck. An Arizona shock jock who goes by the name of “Jon Justice” has made an effigy of Isabel Garcia, a prominent and widely respected immigrant rights activist, and then proceeded to mock sexu...
