Comments on: Backlash After NSW City Council Votes to Ban LGBTQI+ Books in Libraries

By: Bob Hay

Bob Hay — Thu, 16 May 2024 00:10:41 +0000

Is the Council exempt from the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act or is their action liable?

By: Emma Talbot

Emma Talbot — Fri, 10 May 2024 12:43:11 +0000

Same sex families are real and deserve to be treated equally by others

By: Michael Mair

Michael Mair — Fri, 10 May 2024 01:07:29 +0000

Bigotry is alive and well in Australia with many heterosexuals…so tragic the rainbowphobia in their heads and hearts

By: John Mukky Burke

John Mukky Burke — Thu, 09 May 2024 07:37:44 +0000

I salute those who have already condemned the action of Cumberland Council. To ban same parent books is a retrograde step and demonstrates a refusal to acknowledge the humanity of those who are different. The effect on children in same sex families could arguably be more damaging than to the parents because they will have witnessed and lived amongst those members of society who are narrow-minded, begoted, whose experience of living their lives is quite possibly tainted by a belief that they know more about the human condition than all they disagree with.

By: AL

AL — Wed, 08 May 2024 03:23:36 +0000

I live in this LGA as an openly gay person. This all terrifies me, sadly Im not surprised. It is a deeply conservative area, an area i dont feel altogether safe walking around. My husband and I’ve been called names, ive felt the glares of people and i refuse to catch public transport after dark because of this. I’m afraid to hold my husbands hand too in public or show affection. My family has history here, my dad had a restaurant in the area for a long time, as well as relatives here. The Western Suburbs can be such a great place with so much happening but this is the downside of it.

By: Kathryn Holt

Kathryn Holt — Wed, 08 May 2024 00:19:59 +0000

This is outrageous. Steve Christou is appealing to his support base not the broad spectrum of Cumberland communities. Banning books – what next? I take exception to interpretations of religious works that see women beaten, humiliated and subjugated, denied an education and a happy and fulfilling life, or closer to home see 16 year old boys stabbing random strangers. Can I therefore petition the council to ban those foundation works? Same sex marriage is legal – a majority of the Australian population voted for it – no one section of the population has the right to deny children living in same sex families the right to see their reality represented in print. And it’s even worse because the motion extends to any aspects of same sex parenting. Parenting is difficult for anyone, are same sex parents to be denied the same sort of guidance and advice extensively offered to heterosexual parents? Happy well adjusted children should be the goal – not demonising those who do things differently.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 07 May 2024 23:22:41 +0000

Change.org petition here: https://change.org/CouncilBookBan Please share.