Category: Queer Issue
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Advertise with Pride: a deep dive into rainbow capitalism
Standfirst: Stand with Pride! Ride with Pride! Be bold. Be proud. Be you. Let love shine! If you’ve noticed an absolute deluge of rainbow or pride-themed advertising during Sydney World Pride, you’re not alone. During a pride event of international significance that is estimated to have brought over 78,000 tourists to Sydney, it’s understandable that…
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Response to ‘Seroukas Sermon: LGBT (Let’s Go Binge Together)’
By Cameron Cripps-Kennedy & Aaron Lowth John, I have a confession to make. That’s right, I also did not attend Mardi Gras last week. While I’ve never met you, I already feel like more than just our communication is substantially one-sided. Your arguments are teetering on the edge of absurdity, failing to be balanced…
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Why the A in LGBTQIA+ doesn’t stand for ‘ally’
Alex Soule It seems to be a common misconception, that the A stands for ally, all you need to do is ask half (sometimes more) of the population what the A stands for in the acronym and they’ll say ally. That’s not even merely straight people and allies either; people within the queer community seem…
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Yes I am in the right bathroom, so fuck off!
Anna Luxembourg Everyone needs to pee. Well, that’s what the National Union of Students stickers say. But trying to do just that is quite hard for those of us who are trans* or gender diverse. We face questioning of our gender identity, threats of violence and sometimes intimidation from the authorities. Recently, in Victoria, I…
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Why class is a queer issue and its relation to education
Anna Luxembourg Higher education has – from the Middle Ages until recently – been the sole preserve of those who belong to the upper-middle class and the upper class. However, with the invention of such things like HECS, the door has opened slightly for those from a lower socio-economic background. This, of course, is all…
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Parents
Shakira Danger Since starting at UNSW and meeting a lot of new and wonderful queer people, I have heard quite a few stories of shocked parents when their children came out. Whether fortunately or unfortunately, growing up I had the exact opposite problem. While my peers had their parents asking them about cute members of…