Confessions of a privileged minority
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez dissects the complex ways in which privilege and disadvantage express themselves in our society.
Gender & sexuality – Page 4
Respect
By Sandra RenewA new poem by Sandra Renew calls for marriage equality and respect.
Turning the page on depression and anxiety
By Samantha JonesMelissa Broder, the poet behind Twitter account So Sad Today, delves into her most personal memories, fetishes, addictions and mental illness in the hilariously frank memoir So Sad Today.
Straight talk about toxic homonormativity
By Adolfo AranjuezColumnist Adolfo Aranjuez explains how cultural appropriation and rampant discrimination within gay communities have emerged from the phenomenon of homonormativity.
Birth certificates: reforms for the basics of life
By Sally GoldnerThe Victorian Parliament is currently considering changes to birth certificate laws. Sally Goldner from Transgender Victoria explains the importance of these changes.
The most normal thing in the world
By James Robertson-HirstWriter James Robertson-Hirst reflects on what it meant to read his story about a same sex relationship for the Emerging Writers Festival.
Green Jumpers
By James Robertson-HirstWriter James Robertson-Hirst contemplates love, green jumpers and lions in his touching short story.
Teaching gender identities in early childhood education and care
By Rebecca Simpson-Dal SantoGender-based bullying in schools show that gender diversity education is important not just for trans and gender-diverse children, but all children.
Lionel Shriver and combating the selfishness of freedom of expression
By Adolfo AranjuezRight Now columnist Adolfo Aranjuez weighs in on the Lionel Shriver controversy, and the role of language in propagating, and curbing, cultural appropriation.
Q&A with Rowena Allen, Gender and Sexuality Commissioner
Rowena Allen, Victoria’s Gender and Sexuality Commissioner, discusses her first year in the role.
Oppression Olympics: a game nobody wins
By Adolfo AranjuezRight Now columnist Adolfo Aranjuez discusses the limitations of identity-based labels as bases for discourse on oppression and disadvantage.
Discriminating differently
By Adolfo AranjuezAdolfo Aranjuez interrogates the notion of privilege and explains why “equality” and “discrimination” are more complex than you think.