Why am I not hearing enough about Transgender issues or Biphobia within the GBLTI press? I know there may have been recent articles concerning said issues but I do think they warrant public gatherings on the scale of the pro-marriage rallies.

These issues are important as they are as much internalised problems as much as from the straight community. I'm pretty sure that the B and T members of the community are the majority of the ones at higher risk of depression and suicide in their youth and in adulthood.

On top of this there is still the issue that has not gone away and still lingers after 30 years...HIV/AIDS. There should not be a rising infection rate still in any state or territory of Australia or any other country. Where are the grassroots solidarity networks like ACT-UP? The ones that made noise about the epidemic that is still killing people around the world. Anti-retroviral drugs may be subsidised by the government but even though we have treatment and no cure, prevention still seems to be the best option.

The ads in the back pages of MCV and Southern Star (sorry for being Melbourne-centric) are not enough it would seem. Is it me who seems to be one of the few who thinks that increased usage of "ice" corellates to a rising infection rate of HIV? Have we lost the mentality that safety is incredibly important when it comes to fucking? Or does that mostly stay as something that the traumatised survivors of the 1980s and early 1990s took seriously.

I'm not proposing the idea that the Grip Reaper ads should be brought back but there needs to be more done to further promote community awareness within the GBLTI community and beyond.

Here is an ad I found on youtube from Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S8hJUyuc8

It's breif and it gets the message across in the right way.

as you can see from my latest snippets, transphobia is still very much alive.



http://www.samesame.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=6395

http://www.samesame.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=6392

I have lost many friends to HIV and when I used to work at Foley I was always saddened particularly by the age of some of our clients.

There was also the phenomenanon of "bug chasers".

transphobia is same same as but different from, homophobic violence setting a side its similarity to homophobia it is gender driven. Trans Rage can be deadly. I’ve been on the other end of it even at parties where I know a lot of people. 1 person will just snap a brain cell, loose be reprimanded by friends and have to leave. It plays out like that safely amongst friends however if your alone, for any reason with someone like that? yakes. I think most trannies have 1 or 2 of "that guy who flipped out stories" in their experience.

ask Miriam Riviera

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What is Transphobia? (Tasmanian definition)

Transphobia is a broad, relatively recent term referring to irrational or persistent fears or non-acceptance towards people whose gender identity or expression differs from the gender they were assigned at birth. Transphobia can lead to direct or indirect discrimination or harassment in a variety of forms; the common theme is a misunderstanding of, or failure to respect, gender diversity.

Discrimination or harassment based on transphobia can be manifested in any number of ways. While all circumstances are different, transgender or intersexed people can be:

Perceived as deviant and denied choices and opportunities in an attempt to keep them in their ‘proper’ place
Stigmatised as gay or lesbian regardless of their actual sexual orientation.
Consumed with feelings of shame, fear and self-hatred
Fearful of relationships or experiencing a loss of relationships
Restricted by external or self-imposed limitations on their personal expression or aspirations
Unable to engage in everyday activities for fear of bias, discrimination or harassment
Denied access to social services including education in the school of their choice, despite such discrimination being illegal in Tasmania
Fearful of speaking out either privately or in public
Susceptible to unemployment or underemployment
More likely to experience hate crimes including violence
More likely to experience sexual abuse
At risk of having their legal status as a man, woman or transgender person challenged or denied
Ridiculed or mistreated by health care providers
Exposed to unwanted or unnecessary attempts at medical intervention to ‘remedy’ their gender or sex ‘condition’ or ‘fix’ their ‘birth defect’.
As with many fears, transphobia can be based on ignorance and irrationality. The discrimination and harassment that follows can be accidental or deliberate, subtle or obvious.

As with many forms of discrimination and harassment, transphobia can hurt the targets of prejudice as well as the perpetrators and members of the dominant group. Transphobia can:

Lock all people into rigid gender roles inhibiting creativity and self-expression
Limit all peoples’ ability to communicate positively with others and form close relationships
Lead to important facts, concepts and personal stories being hidden from the curriculum
Lead to the inhibition of other types of diversity by promoting a message there is only one way to be.
“Transgender rights are simply human rights, based on the recognition that transgendered (sic) people are human beings deserving of common respect and dignity, regardless of their appearance or their choices about how to manage the transgender aspect of their lives”

Transgender and intersex people seek, and are entitled to, the same degree of safety, security and life opportunities as all citizens.

Has anybody else thought that these issues need to be addressed within and outside the community or is it going to be left to the incredibly small groups of radicals and Trans organisations that barely get any coverage?

Has anybody thought that maybe we need new grassroots AIDS activist groups that can work autonomously from the state AIDS Councils and be a little more hands on when it comes to promoting safety. Maybe bring back the Silence=Death campaign.

please pin these to your myspace and facebooks. Send them to friends to do the same. The only way to campaign for more government sanctioned social intervention is to turn up the heat. We are small in numbers however we are aligned with groups of people with a larger population who see what’s happening. This last year was a tragic example of how transphobia is still not only prevalent but blatant in our society. I want to work on getting the word out that transphobia wont be tolerated anymore in this state and country and offenders risk very harsh punishment under the sexual crimes act.

Fuck putting them on myspace...print them in large sizes and put them up on walls...better still make some stencil cuttings for spraying onto walls.

i just noticed a typo

I hear a group called Trans Health is being considered for the Oprah Prize.

wow Thanks, linkage?

I heard it on ABC News Radio

cool awesome, thanks for the headsup PBJ.

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I dont really have a cause, I ride alone. I am legion.

I am joking yes of course. But I dont really have a specific idea or focus its just general political satire and thought provoking messages. I could use some ideas on a campaign of some type yes.

Oh, I see. Well, I'm not an ideas person... but if you want the idea designed I can help. :P

lol u thought I was for real didnya

so your a photoshopper then?

I am many things, but yes, I am a shooper of photos. Mostly I use it to make myself look pretty before I upload pics to facebook.

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Here is an ad I found on youtube from Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3S8hJUyuc8

It's breif and it gets the message across in the right way.

that was good

i think this project was good: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_%2B_Blue

but mainly because of the music videos, which they don't seem to do anymore. they showed 'the societal effects of AIDS':

Same Same Media Player

So in love - k.d. lang - YouTube

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they showed 'the societal effects of AIDS'

most of them were pretty sh*t though
but i think it was and is a good idea

people block out charity and awareness ads because they are bombarded with them all the time. you need to insert the messages into other things - like music videos.

People don't believe that bisexuality exists (it's a phase/attention seeking/they're too afraid to come out etc). Sad, but true. Even some of my friends think this is the case... though my constant rants are finally getting to them I think.

I get the impression that transgered people aren't taken seriously by LGB folk. They're feared and ridiculed by straights and gays alike. It's fucked and I really hope that these views change with time. Argh.

I don't think that advertising the issue in the gay press will really achieve much. In fact, I don't really know what can be done to turn around these views. More visibility I think? How about we stop marching for gay marriage and start vocalising our demand for the acceptance of ALL queers?

Yeah and theres poorphobia, shortphobia and lessthanaverageattractivenessphobia too!

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Yeah and theres poorphobia, shortphobia and lessthanaverageattractivenessphobia too!

Yes. And honestphilia, modestphilia and interestingphilia.

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Originally Posted by pioneer_to_the_falls

More visibility I think? How about we stop marching for gay marriage and start vocalising our demand for the acceptance of ALL queers?

The problem with this is that there is such a divide in the lgbt community about trans people. It's ridiculous, and hypocritical for a gay person to claim that trans people are just attention seeking, especially when the gay person no doubt marches in the parade every year in arse-less chaps, but its the way of the world.

Even in our small community, the people on top of the pile, the people with all the money, attention and services, like to kick shit on the people on the bottom.

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Yeah and theres poorphobia, shortphobia and lessthanaverageattractivenessphobia too!

I have knobphobia^

Shazzboy brings nothing to SS

the views that people have a the views they choose to have. If people want to remain ignorant and float around in their little fuzzy bubbles then who am I to spoil their bliss.

I think it would be nice for the gay community to help us rather then vilify, mock and hinder us.

I always represented gay issues however I see little support coming back and that saddens me.

people can be very uncaring and self centered when its not their issue.

isnt it sad that a certain part of the trans community see the wider queer community as an oppressive big bully.

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Originally Posted by pioneer_to_the_falls

I get the impression that transgered people aren't taken seriously by LGB folk. They're feared and ridiculed by straights and gays alike. It's fucked and I really hope that these views change with time. Argh.

I don't think that advertising the issue in the gay press will really achieve much. In fact, I don't really know what can be done to turn around these views. More visibility I think? How about we stop marching for gay marriage and start vocalising our demand for the acceptance of ALL queers?