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[Link] Morrison is caught on his own wedge, as some on his own side abandon controversial bill
Read: 11/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
Most Australians would happily live their lives ignoring the political games that are so often played in the federal parliament.
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[Link] TikTok Finally Bans Deadnaming, Conversion Therapy Content
Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com
TikTok updated its terms of service Tuesday morning to ban deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, and content that promotes conversion therapy programs.
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[Link] Lawmakers Say This Holy City’s Airport Code Is Too GAY
Read: 7/2/2022 www.vice.com
As Indian lawmakers double down on their efforts to change a pilgrimage city’s airport code “GAY,” LGBTQ rights groups say the move speaks of their increasing homophobia. On Feb.
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[Link] Brisbane Christian school withdraws controversial sexuality contract after community backlash
Read: 3/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The contract demanded families denounce homosexuality and that students identify by birth gender, or risk being excluded from the school. Citipointe Christian College's contract describes homosexuality as a sin and compares it to bestiality and paedophilia.
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[Link] Same-Sex Marriage Just Got Legalized in Chile in Landslide Vote
Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com
The vote comes four years after the bill was first introduced in Chile’s congress. It makes the South American country the 31st nation in the world to legalize same-sex marriage and the seventh in Latin America, underscoring the region’s embrace of same-sex couples in recent years.
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[Link] School Removes Student Project About Fascism After Cops Complain
Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com
Students at an Indiana high school are on their third day of virtual learning because they protested the school’s decision to remove a class project about ‘V for Vendetta’ which addressed police brutality.
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[Link] What toxic men can learn from masculine women
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Turn on the TV, watch kids’ cartoons or most films, and you won’t have to look hard for the message that nice guys finish last, while tough guys get the girl, and, more importantly, gain the respect of other men.
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[Link] The Growing Crusade Against Sex, Muslim Culture, and Lesbians in India’s Ads
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
India’s leading fashion designer was forced to withdraw advertisements for his latest line of wedding jewellery after he was threatened with legal action by a politician from the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees
Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com
After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.
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[Link] Netflix Isn’t Backing Down on Dave Chappelle and Neither Are Its Workers
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Employees have pledged to walk out of work on Wednesday, including the LGBTQ+ storytelling team and its head of queer editorial.
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[Link] Intersex people undergo surgery when too young to give consent, inquiry told
Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Intersex people have endured controversial surgeries and treatments, often when they were too young to provide consent, an inquiry by the Australian Human Rights Commission found in a report that recommends new legislative protections for children.
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[Link] 24 Women Soccer Players Accuse Venezuela's Ex-Youth Coach of Sexual Abuse
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
Venezuelan prosecutors are seeking the arrest of a former national women's soccer coach on sexual abuse charges after a group of 24 players accused him of a litany of violations in an open letter.
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[Link] ‘I’m team Terf’: Dave Chappelle under fire over pro-JK Rowling trans stance
Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special is facing a wave of intense backlash after the comedian once again made jokes directed toward the LGBTQ+ community and defended the author JK Rowling, who has been previously accused of transphobia.
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[Link] Pussy Riot Members Are on House Arrest and Can't Even Get Groceries
Read: 18/8/2021 www.vice.com
Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of Russian punk rock group and performance collective Pussy Riot, speaks with gracefully articulated rage.
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[Link] Activision Blizzard’s QA Department Seems Like A Hellhole
Read: 15/8/2021 kotaku.com
Long hours. Low pay. Tremendous instability. Working in quality assurance (QA) for a video game studio is notoriously difficult and painstaking enough as it is without factors like these complicating matters.
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[Link] Home and Away's Mat Stevenson adopts trans daughter’s best friend
Read: 14/8/2021 au.lifestyle.yahoo.com
Former Home And Away star Mat Stevenson has adopted his transgender daughter, Grace Hyland's best friend, Belle Bambi. In a video shared to Grace's TikTok account, she shows her dad - who is known for playing Adam Cameron on the soap during the 1990s - holding up a signed adoption certificate.
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[Link] Repealing the “Walking While Trans” Ban Is Part of the Struggle to Decriminalize Sex Work
Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com
After years of tireless organizing, advocacy, and struggle led by trans women of color, the state of New York has finally repealed the pernicious anti-loitering statute that was widely known as the law against “walking while trans.” On Monday, New York Gov.
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[Link] DaBaby Could Still Get Paid by the Festivals That Dropped Him
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Seven major music festivals have now cut DaBaby from their lineups after the rapper went on a homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami last week, then immediately doubled down, spouting off comments that were arguably even more offensive than what he said at first.
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[Link] Does Canceling DaBaby's Shows Actually Help Hip-Hop's Homophobia Issue?
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
DaBaby is the most talked about rapper this week, and unfortunately, the commotion has nothing to do with new music.
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[Link] Discrimination against Indigenous Australians has risen dramatically, survey finds
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Major discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – like being unfairly denied a job or unfairly discouraged from continuing education – remains at elevated levels and is far higher than for the rest of the population, according to new data.
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[Link] Advocates say NSW anti-discrimination laws are failing vulnerable
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
New South Wales’ “terrible” anti-discrimination laws are worse than second-rate and are failing the state’s most vulnerable, a coalition of community and rights groups say.
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[Link] Russian gay family in controversial ad flee to Spain after threats
Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats.
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[Link] Canadian Soccer Player Just Became First Trans Athlete to Win Olympic Gold
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
In a thrilling match that went all the way to sudden death penalty kicks, the Canadian women’s soccer team defeated the Swedish team 2 to 1 Friday morning. Among the Canadians was Quinn, a 25-year-old non-binary transgender midfielder who uses they/them pronouns, and only goes by one name.
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[Link] The Pokémon Company Company Actually Says Gay Rights
Read: 6/8/2021 kotaku.com
Pokémon Unite is blowing up right now, and with a new patch hitting servers in early August, many players have followed the associated accounts to keep up with news of the MOBA.
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[Link] Halo announcer says “trans rights” in the Halo voice
Read: 5/8/2021 www.pcgamesn.com
If you’ve heard Jeff Steitzer’s voice – and the odds are pretty good that you have – he’s probably been saying things like “triple kill” and “killing spree” during Halo multiplayer game matches.
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[Link] Matt Damon reveals he only recently stopped using homophobic slur
Read: 3/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Matt Damon has been heavily criticized after revealing that he has only recently stopped using a well-known homophobic slur, after being told by his daughter that it was unacceptable.
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[Link] After Going ‘Free of L.G.B.T.,’ a Polish Town Pays a Price
Read: 11/4/2021 www.nytimes.com
Krasnik voted to be “free of L.G.B.T.” two years ago to satisfy conservative voters. Now, the mayor regrets the move, which has led to censure from other European countries and put funding at risk.
[Link] Chinese court ruled textbook can call homosexuality a mental disorder
Read: 3/3/2021 www.scmp.com
A Chinese court has upheld a ruling that a textbook description of homosexuality as “a psychological disorder” was not a factual error but merely an “academic view”.