Glitter Vs Evil

 Glitter Vs Evil

  I did address this in my review of the awesome book Colouring The Rainbow so check that out. Andrew Bolt is a (legally confirmed) racist and homophobe (by his own words).  

 Andrew Bolt recently had a major hussy-fit after he (by his own admission) violently "assaulted" someone for merely playing a prank on him. The prank being that glitter was thrown in his direction. Andrew Bolt's defenders are saying that Bolt should escape charges because Bolt's homophobia runs so deep that the mere physical contact with glitter enrages him into uncontrolled hysterical violent attacks.
 I should note that as of this writing charges of assault have yet to be applied to him, and i believe he is trying to play the victim in this encounter, it seems apparent that the mainstream media are quite willing to side with him.
  It would appear Andrew Bolt has a long history of seemingly attacking minority's while being a very sensitive snowflake himself.  He is loving playing the victim he claims that his fascist views have drawn the attention of an anti-facscist group , who he blames for the glitter prank.

 Please for your own safety do not try and enlighten Andrew Bolt by sprinkling glitter about him or his person. In fact its best not to glitter anyone against their wishes, no matter how disgusting they are or how many years they have devoted to attacking innocent minority groups. Obviously throwing glitter at a fascist is wrong, but Bolts assault on the pranksters and his melodrama since was completely over the top.

If homophobes are getting you down, or you are having homophobic thoughts please seek help.

Book Review: Colouring the Rainbow

Colouring the Rainbow

Blak Queer and Trans Perspectives

Life Stories and Essays by First Nations People of Australia

Editor:                          Dino Hodge

Publisher:                     Wakefield Press

Type:                              Soft Cover

Pages:                             252

Genre:                            non-fiction

Published:                      2015

ISBN:                              9781743053935

 This book is exactly as described on the cover, we have stories and essays about being both Aboriginal and Queer. 
 While some of the essays delve a little too deeply into "UNI-speak" for me personally, i still found them interesting reads. 

 The real gems here though are the true life stories, we see Australians fighting for basic human rights in our modern world while struggling to keep their inherent spirituality. 
We hear of people who survived horrific accounts of homophobia / transphobia, in isolated outback town. 
We hear gut wrenching stories of bullying, violence, discrimination and the depression and suicide that this can cause. Reading this it reminds me jut how important the Safe Schools program is, and how instead of being scraped it should become mandatory in all schools. Surely the fact that the vocal opponents of Safe Schools  do not want LGBTQ children to survive until adulthood, is a perfect example of why Safe Schools is so needed. Sorry i digress.

 We also find within tales of acceptance, and did you know that before invasion/colonisation at least some tribes accepted LGBTQ people as they recognised the natural diversity of human sexuality. If you want to talk about traditional marriage in Australia you would have to start here.

 We hear how at least one contributor is trying to make amends for their own homophobic behavior, which they adopted at school as a way to protect themselves, yet another example of the need for Safe Schools.

 One poor soul even drew the reportedly malicious attentions of the, (legally confirmed) racist and  homophobic (by his own words) Andrew Bolt. you may remember Andrew Bolt from his recent major hussy-fit after he (by his own admission) violently "assaulted" someone for merely playing a prank on him. Andrew Bolt's defenders are saying that Bolt should escape charges because Bolt's homophobia runs so deep that the mere physical contact with glitter enrages him into hysterical violent attacks.
I should note that as of this writing charges of assault have yet to be applied to him, and i believe he is trying to play the victim in this encounter, it seems apparent that the mainstream media are quite willing to side with him.
 But that event was only recent and is not related to the matter in this book, it would appear Andrew Bolt has a long history of seemingly attacking minority's while being a very sensitive snowflake himself. 

 Please for your own safety do not try and enlighten Andrew Bolt by sprinkling glitter about him or his person. In fact its best not to glitter anyone against their wishes, no matter how disgusting they are.

 

 The book has an extensive notes section, glossary, bibliography and index. I would highly recommend this book if your interested in Australian history, LGBTQ issue, or Aboriginal Australians.
 Every commentator on Aboriginal, or LGBTQ issues in Australia should read this book before next opening their mouths, or putting finger to keys.

 Why does the media consult homophobes about LGBT issues and racists about Aboriginal issues? It just seems ass-backwards to me, why don't we instead see the opinions of scholars and the people these issues actually effect. It would be like the media getting the opinion of the Nazi groups every time a local Jewish school held a fete, no one wants or needs their opinion!

                                         Helpful Links:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community Website. 

NAIDOC Week

ACON Aids council of NSW

QuAC QLD Aids council

Open Doors Youth Service

Beyond Blue 

Australian Pride Network

Its trash Day: Sonia Kruger

Its trash Day: Sonia Kruger

 

 Sonia Kruger is apparently a 'media personality', i had to look it up as i preferring my news unbiased, i don't actually watch much commercial television.

Sonia Kruger made derogatory comments in 2008 saying:

 "Let's just say there's a sweatshop full of illegal immigrants working on them right now,'' Kruger said before referring to Lim, the show's Malaysian-born musical director.

"How's the family, Chong? All right?'' 

The station apologized without reservation for her offensive comments.

 It seems she may have learn her lesson about trivializing the plight of sweatshop workers and immigrants, but unfortunately she has turned her attention to religious discrimination.

 Sonia Kruger has called for the scrapping of the Australian constitution and the ban of Muslims entering Australia. She wants our country to do this because she is frightened of tourism. her uneducated comments were apparently inspired by an Andrew Bolt article, she might fell better if she didn't read that anymore and got her news from more respectable sources.

 For those who are lucky enough to not know who Andrew Bolt is, he is a radical right commentator who has widely been criticized for quoting leaked  intelligence documents, being a stolen generation denier, publicly defaming a female magistrate, racial discrimination against Aboriginal Australians, and his homophobia.

 Back to Sonia Kruger, she has now added LGBT children to her list of enemy's. She has attacked the one scholarship that was designed for an LGBT year 10 student. She seemed to be implying that people can not make a person disadvantaged for being LGBT. With the recent attacks and neutering of the Safe Schools anti-bullying program it seems scholarships like this one are even more necessary. She seems visibly pained by the idea of a young LGBT person getting a fair go.

I do wonder if she is also against scholarships based on race, gender, or economics?

I am also left to wonder just how serious she is about opposing terrorism when she carries on in such a homophobic manner, has she so quickly forgotten the Orlando Pulse tragedy? 

No you really cant be both, you cant be against terrorism and for homophobia.

 I can speak from experience, at my high school i was forced to the deputy's office every morning and told i wasn't welcome at the school, i was told that i should leave. I spent many days in 'the room' (isolation cell) and was eventually refused a school certificate, at least in part due to my sexuality.

Can you guess which disadvantaged minority she will attack next?

 Some Statistics:

61% of LGBT youth experience homophobia.

18% of LGBT youth experience physical homophobic abuse. 

80% of Homophobic bullying of youth happens at school.

LGBT youth are three times more likely to experience depression due to the homophobia in our society.

Further Reading:

Sonia Kruger Anti-LGBT youth comments.

LGBT facts. 

Sonia Kruger Islamophobia. 

Media Personality.

Sonia Kruger racial remarks. 

Andrew Bolt

Andrew Bolt Homophobic

All About Andrew Bolt