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Is there a correct way to be queer?
Lots of people seem to think there is, despite the fact our community is connected more by difference than anything else. We are united by our lives, identities, and sexualities being outside of the mainstream.
One of the most policed letters of the LGBTQIA+ acronym is the humble “B”, who receive scrutiny and criticism when their relationships are not deemed “queer enough”. The way some people talk, it’s like bisexuals need to have some kind of queer card stamped every time they have sex with another queer person in order to be allowed to march at Pride.
Gatekeeping inside the queer community helps nobody, and also shows a profound lack of imagination. Remember - ACAB includes policing other people’s sexualities.
OPINION
How do I be bisexual inside a committed relationship?
Most bi+ people never come out - only 1 in 5 men do. That invisibility lets tired stereotypes take root: confused, greedy, incapable of monogamy. Research has debunked them, but the fear hasn’t gone anywhere, especially inside relationships.
This fear has led to many bi people in relationships questioning how to honour their sexuality - but as this article explains, “Your relationship doesn’t cancel your identity. Your monogamy doesn’t shrink it. And your silence doesn’t protect it.”
by Give It To Me Bi - Chad Barnier & Steve Spencer
NATIONAL NEWS
ABC Drops Pride in Diversity And LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Programs Citing Editorial Independence
The ABC has quietly withdrawn from key LGBTQ+ and diversity partnerships, including ACON’s Pride in Diversity program, after significant external pressure equating the relationships with a loss of editorial independence.
In an internal announcement first reported by The Guardian Australia, the ABC confirmed it would end memberships with ACON’s Pride in Diversity program, the Australian Disability Network and the Diversity Council of Australia following a review of external partnerships.
by Patrick Lenton
NATIONAL NEWS
Pride Cup Petition Urges Aus Sporting Bodies To Reject IOC’s “Harmful” Gender Testing Rules
A new petition led by Pride Cup is calling on the global sporting community to reject what advocates describe as harmful and discriminatory coercive sex testing policies implemented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The petition comes in response to the IOC’s recently announced eligibility rules, which will bar transgender women and many intersex athletes from competing in women’s events at the Olympic Games.
by Patrick Lenton
More people can now donate plasma, including gay men, transgender people, and PrEP users.
An intimate space, where you can relax in a cosy booth surrounded by an oasis of colourful kitsch.
VIC NEWS
Moira Deeming ‘Does A Bradbury’ In Wild Liberal Preselection Race
Controversial Victorian anti-trans Liberal MP Moira Deeming has secured preselection for the party’s upper-house ticket in Melbourne’s Western Metropolitan Region, in a dramatic reversal just days after being dumped from the ballot.
Deeming was officially endorsed after all other eligible candidates withdrew, ending a chaotic preselection process that saw her initially overlooked in favour of community leader and businessman Dinesh Gourisetty.
by Michael James
