Comments on: Two thousand and great for the GLBT community

By: chris

chris — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:03:19 +0000

If Surry Hills Police command was a business providing a service to the marketplace they would have been out of business within 6 months! How long are we as a community going to put up with this??? And for heaven’s sake withdraw their invitation to march in our Gay and lesbian Mardi Gras Parade,
by allowing them to participate all we are doing is enabling
them!

By: Andrew M. Potts

Andrew M. Potts — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:04:54 +0000

Elliot, agree about the whistles- I still have mine from the anti-violence rally on my key chain and it’s the first thing I’d reach for in a mugging or gay bashing.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:06:30 +0000

I kinda agree with you Elliot, I mean I wonder how many straights just attend the Mardi Gras for the sole purpose of a laugh ?

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:15:04 +0000

Too Right Elliott, open your arms to let straight people in and thats what you end up with. Oh wow! Last weekend we all dressed up and went Bar Hopping on Oxford Street! Wow! those Gays sure know how to Party!!

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:44:29 +0000

I just want to add :

Milk had a great technique where he asked all gay people to wear whistles and to blow the whistles whenever they where attacked – we should have our own community policing system like that where we run to the sound of whistles and pound the fkers (attackers) heads in – why not? they get away with attacking us…

By: Elliot

Elliot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:40:29 +0000

I totally agree Chris, I think no one helps us because we have opened our doors to the mainstream too much, we always are there with open arms, we are only accepted on a social scale, I feel society only accepts the gay community or the gay concept when they :

a) Celebrate their hen’s nights in our clubs
b) Use our original subculture idea’s in fashion
c) Come into our clubs for an ego trip(being around gay people/places is cool ya know??)
d) Announce they are all for gays and lesbians to appear noble and fair in various social settings.

But the reality is, they wont stand up for our rights, they wont treat us equal or with respect, they wont help us – Being fore gay rights and equality is just something the majority of straight society only like to “talk” and “think” about.

Yes, we all have straight friends and we do have mainstream organisations who claim to be helpful to us, but are they really there for us to the extent of wanting to get involved within our lives and problems to help to the full extent (the majority of them)?, after all, homophobic biggtry is part of the australian culture…

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:18:33 +0000

Marital status discrimination under Commonwealth law is still there that says “a opposite sex couple” in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:59:51 +0000

This article begins with talk of the community outrage that resulted from the police inaction around the bashing of Craig Gee and Shane Brennan.The offenders are still free and roaming the streets despite the cctv photos of the thugs and all the resources of the NSW police force…what a joke!
There may be a new commander at Surry Hills Police Center but the culture is still the same. I was vilified (on the basis of my homosexuality ) while having an ealy morning coffee on Oxford St recently , I called the Surry Hills Police who arrived just seconds after I was assaulted , I pointed out the offender to the police…they let the guy make his escape without challenging him .
Last weekend my best friend was verballed harrassed (anti gay slurs) by a group of visiting thugs while walking down Oxford St , they then attacked and assaulted three young women walking by ..my friend ran across Oxford Street to report this to police who were within sight. Their response
was ..go to the police center and make a report ! Meanwhile the offenders made their escape , laughing and unchallenged.
Enough is enough..there should be New York style zero tolerance policing on Oxford Street. The police should do their job and we as a community should rise up and get fucking angry….Harvey Milk would be ashamed of us !

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:25:39 +0000

This article forgot to mention co-parenting rights introduced by the NSW Government – this gives certainty and security to thousands of children with same-sex parents.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:35:34 +0000

Unfortunately, for many older gay men and lesbians on pensions 2008 was not an ‘unequivocal’ success. Sure it may have been a partial success in that many inequities in various discriminatory laws were righted, but changes to pension arrangements will further impoverish many of us who lived through years of fear and persecution because of our sexuality.
For me and many of my sisters and brothers celebration is premature. Our struggle continues.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:47:42 +0000

2000 and great – if you are not an old gay pensioner that is, especially if you are not an old lesbian pensioner. Do they not deserve a gr8 new year as well as the rest of us.
Evidently not.
Not worth a mention in a whole article about change and some negative impacts.
If you think we are disposable due to being old and therefore tedious and droll, think again, across the world old people, especially GLBTI ones, are on the march and will NOT be stopped until justice is done. No matter what gay celebrities refuse to speak out.
A community divided can never move forward.