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http://boxoceania.org/2016/03/31/a-personal-project-on-being-a-young-pasifika-trans-man/
http://archermagazine.com.au/2016/04/mexicos-cultural-history-of-lgbt-reform/
Fairytale love that crosses class boundries and gender!
An LGBTI-themed fairytale book, about a prince named Leo and a farm boy named Jack who meet and fall in love, will be officially published after surpassing its crowdfunding goal.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-12/promised-land-long-overdue-lgbti-fairytale-comes-to-life/7320074
Idris Elba Calls For Better LGBT Representation In TV And Film. The talents of LGBT, black, female and disabled actors are being “unfairly ignored,” he said.
http://www.newnownext.com/idris-elba-calls-for-better-lgbt-representation-in-tv-and-film/01/2016/?xrs=synd_facebook_logo
Australia’s secret history of sexual fluidity
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, Trans, fluid: The spectrum of sexuality and the labels we use to describe it might seem very new, but if we look back, we can see that Australia’s past is chock-full of queerness, Graham Willett writes.
Daisy Meadows, a trans woman incarcerated in a men’s prison, isolation is used both as punishment and “protection.”
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-shocking-painful-trauma-of-being-a-trans-prisoner-in-solitary-confinement
Cae Monae’s Debut Music Project, an Examination of Color and Trans Femininity
http://bullettmedia.com/article/cae-monaes-debut-music-project-an-examination-of-color-and-trans-femininity/
Solomon IsIands – New Report Finds Traditions which Emphasise Difference Must be Challenged to Address Inequality
http://sxpolitics.org/solomon-iands-new-report-finds-traditions-which-emphasise-difference-must-be-challenged-to-address-inequality/13951
20,000 lesbians in the desert (not a story about Alice Springs…)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/07/dinah-lesbian-festival-women-palm-springs
India’s 1st LGBT cab service ready to roll in Mumbai
http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/50662703.cms
Weird or no?!
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/straight-celebrities-pose-as-gay-couples_us_569fd3d9e4b0a7026bf9eb9f
Two Spirits, One Heart, Five Genders
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/01/23/two-spirits-one-heart-five-genders
Coming out in aged care: Michael shares his story
https://youtu.be/hy1zkEhWZUI
Ellen Page’s Gay Imperialism is Not Activism
http://harlot.media/articles/1513/ellen-pages-gay-imperialism-is-not-activism
Is a gay strike on the cards?
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2016/mar/31/why-knot-a-spirited-panel-discussion-on-marriage-equality-live?page=with:block-56fce661e4b0c9ed7992f8aa#liveblog-navigation