Community-opinion Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/community-opinion Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:16:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Community-opinion Archives - Star Observer /category/opinion/community-opinion 32 32 GIVE IT TO ME BI: Keep Showing Up: The Inconvenient, Essential Work Of Community /opinion/give-it-to-me-bi-keep-showing-up-the-inconvenient-essential-work-of-community/240574 /opinion/give-it-to-me-bi-keep-showing-up-the-inconvenient-essential-work-of-community/240574#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:16:30 +0000 /?p=240574 Right now, there’s grief, powerlessness, and an identity crisis playing out across our communities. But the biggest factor in resilience isn’t some abstract concept – it’s our connection to community. ...

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]]> /opinion/give-it-to-me-bi-keep-showing-up-the-inconvenient-essential-work-of-community/240574/feed 0 Mural Removal at Oxford St Police Station Sends Wrong Message To Our Community /opinion/mural-removal-at-oxford-st-police-station-sends-wrong-message-to-our-community/239365 /opinion/mural-removal-at-oxford-st-police-station-sends-wrong-message-to-our-community/239365#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:50:34 +0000 /?p=239365 Just days after it went up, a mural celebrating queer Australians at Sydney’s Oxford St police station was quietly taken down. The artwork, which featured LGBTQ+ icons and symbols from ...

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]]> /opinion/mural-removal-at-oxford-st-police-station-sends-wrong-message-to-our-community/239365/feed 1 NSW Inquiry Spotlights Importance of Inclusive Bathroom Access For Trans & Gender Diverse People /news/nsw-inquiry-spotlights-importance-of-inclusive-bathroom-access-for-trans-gender-diverse-people/239231 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 03:49:04 +0000 /?p=239231 At a NSW parliamentary inquiry into public toilets this year, Elster, a volunteer with the Trans Justice Project, shared her harrowing experiences of attempting to use public toilets as a ...

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]]> This 78er Explains Why He’s Launched A Campaign To ‘Protect Mardi Gras’ /news/this-78er-explains-why-hes-launched-a-campaign-to-protect-mardi-gras/237821 Mon, 28 Jul 2025 21:46:24 +0000 /?p=237821 This 78er Explains Why He’s Launched A Campaign To ‘Protect Mardi Gras’ is an opinion piece by Peter Murphy.  In 1978, I was bashed in a police cell after taking ...

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]]> GREY MATTERS: Sex Ed for Everyone /grey-matters/grey-matters-sex-ed-for-everyone/236604 Sun, 04 May 2025 01:28:16 +0000 /?p=236604 ‘Sex Ed for Everyone’ is the May edition of the monthly column Grey Matters. As a generation, we have failed our young people when it comes to gay sex education. Our generation had ...

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]]> What Matters To LGBTIQ+ Voters This Election /news/what-matters-to-lgbtiq-voters-this-election/236296 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 02:32:23 +0000 /?p=236296 Elections are not just about winners and losers or numbers in the tally room at the end of the election night. They tell the story of the character of a ...

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]]> Give It To Me Bi: March is Bi+ Health Awareness Month! /give-it-to-me-bi/give-it-to-me-bi-march-is-bi-health-awareness-month/235763 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 01:38:12 +0000 /?p=235763 March isn’t just when we bask in the afterglow of Mardi Gras—it also marks Bi+ Health Awareness Month.  Spearheaded by Boston’s Bisexual Resource Center, this initiative highlights the very real ...

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]]> Give It To Me Bi: What’s Next For Australia’s Bi+ Community? /give-it-to-me-bi/give-it-to-me-bi-whats-next-for-australias-bi-community/234761 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:42:38 +0000 /?p=234761 2024 was a game-changer for the Bi+ community. We’re seeing Gen Z emerge as the queerest generation ever. In some surveys, up to 1 in 4 Gen Z individuals identify ...

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]]> It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730 /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:57:14 +0000 /?p=234730 ‘It’s Time To Replace Unaccountable LGBTIQA+ Elites With Rainbow Democracy’ is an opinion piece by Just.Equal Australia Vice President and LGBTQIA+ activist Rodney Croome. Who decided to spend tens of ...

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]]> /news/its-time-to-replace-unaccountable-lgbtiqa-elites-with-rainbow-democracy/234730/feed 5 So, Trump is President – What Can Australia’s LGBTQIA+ Community Do Now? /news/trump-is-president-what-can-australia-lgbtqia-community-do/233762 Thu, 07 Nov 2024 03:52:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233762 So… that didn’t quite go how we’d hoped, did it? Whether you spent all day glued to live updates or hid under the covers hoping it would all go away, ...

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]]> Abbie Jane: My Local Council’s Motion to Remove LGBTQIA+ Books Really Worries Me /news/abbie-jane-my-local-councils-motion-to-remove-lgbtqia-books-really-worries-me/233521 Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:55:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233521 Abbie Jane from The Rainbow Shoelace Project (and our October issue cover star) talks about Port Macquarie’s local council putting forward a motion to remove LGBTQIA+ books, and how worried ...

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]]> The Equality Bill – Stripped-Down, Skimpy but Still Standing /opinion/the-equality-bill-stripped-down-skimpy-but-still-standing/233449 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:06:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=233449 Last night, on October 17, NSW Parliament passed the stripped-down Equality Bill, brought by Independent MP Alex Greenwich. Claims of sell-out over the Equality Bill In response to Pride in ...

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]]> Navigating the Culture War: How to Support Trans Friends in a Changing World /news/navigating-the-culture-war-how-to-support-trans-friends-in-a-changing-world/232841 Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:30:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232841 While I usually wouldn’t mind a bunch of middle-aged lesbians fighting over each other about what’s in my pants, the culture war is a strange and unnerving place to be ...

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]]> Kween Kong Wearing the Aboriginal Flag Upside Down on Drag Race Didn’t Advocate For Us – It Harmed Us /opinion/opinion-kween-kong-aboriginal-flag-upside-down-harmful/232667 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 07:53:06 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232667 Like many around the world, I declared my fandom for RuPaul’s Drag Race from the first episode in 2009. Particularly as a young queer country kid, it was a game changer.  ...

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]]> Navigating Non-Binary Fashion In A Binary World /news/navigating-non-binary-fashion-in-a-binary-world/232524 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:11:57 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232524 Given all the contradictory expectations we have for clothes, it’s easy to get your kickers in a twist, but finding the right clothes as a non-binary person challenges those expectations. ...

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]]> Understanding The Difference Between Trans and Intersex People /opinion/understanding-the-difference-between-trans-and-intersex-people/232434 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:32:37 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232434 Following the wave of anti-trans sentiment directed towards Algerian boxer Imane Khelif Dr Antimony Deor unpacks the differences between transgender and intersex people and their lives. Sex is often thought ...

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]]> The Power Of Pink Hair: Being Queer In The Classroom /news/the-power-of-pink-hair-being-queer-in-the-classroom/232426 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 04:08:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232426 Wear It Purple Day holds particular significance to me as both a proud gay man and a teacher. This August, I once again find myself reflecting on the importance of ...

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]]> Navigating Love And Relationship Roles As A Non-Binary Person /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013 /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013#comments Sun, 14 Jul 2024 01:32:15 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=232013 On International Non-Binary People’s Day Dr Antimony Dior reflects on navigating love and relationships as a non-binary person. It was forty degrees in Canberra, but I still wasn’t expecting Dee ...

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]]> /opinion/navigating-love-and-relationship-roles-as-a-non-binary-person/232013/feed 1 GREY MATTERS: In Praise of Gay ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ïpapers /opinion/in-praise-of-gay-newspapers-grey-matters/231993 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:55:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231993 Is it a stretch to say gay newspapers were a mini forerunner to today’s internet? Check these similarities… ½ñÈÕ³Ô¹Ï Old editions are time capsules with headlines telling big stories – ...

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]]> Grey Asexual People Explain How They Experience Dating, Sex and Attraction /news/grey-asexual-people-dating-sex-attraction/231517 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:57:45 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=231517 Asexuality encompasses a very broad range of experiences and wide array of identities – including grey asexual, demisexual, aromantic asexual, cupiosexual, and many more. This includes a wide array of ...

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