Cake to share newsletter 10

Cake to share

Cake to share is a random section of the newsletter where people can share something with others. Not all cake suits all tastes, so please sample or skip as you wish. Email your cake to share to outnt@outnt.info

Que Kenny Indigenous transgender activist and radical radio host in photography exhibition “An undeniable right”

“In Ntaria, 130km west of Alice Springs in Australia’s red centre, Que Kenny stands in country made famous by artist Albert Namatjira, her shock of red hair glowing against the clear blue sky. An Aboriginal transgender activist, studying law at Deakin University but living in and working for her central desert community, Kenny has fought against more kinds of discrimination than most.”

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/06/unadulterated-strength-the-women-of-indigenous-australia-in-their-own-words

Home and abroad, things need to be better

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/02/lgbt-people-suffer-widespread-violent-abuse-discrimination-new-un-report


Domestic violence in same sex relationships
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/domestic-violence-a-silent-epidemic-in-gay-relationships-20150530-1mm4hg.html

Marriage equality debate:

NT News giving it their all on marriage equality
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/straight-talk-on-gay-marriage/story-fnk0b216-1227387220094

Possible law reform in Tasmania in relation to gender change by a married person

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-10/laws-forcing-a-couple-to-divorce-if-one-undergoes-gender-change/6536102

The opposition to marriage equality

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/samesex-marriage-not-inevitable-conservatives-warn-tony-abbott-20150608-ghivd0.html

Queers against marriage equality

“Marriage is the proverbial burning building, instead of pounding on the door to be let in…queers should be stoking the flames!”
http://www.againstequality.org/about/marriage/

Boy scouts in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/us/boy-scouts-president-calls-for-end-to-ban-on-gay-leaders.html?_r=0