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Andy Kaladelfos

@andykaladelfos.bsky.social
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Criminologist & Historian @ UNSW, unceded Bedegal Land Co-Convenor Gendered Violence Research Network Co-Lead Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer, Trans, and Intersex People They/Them 🏳️‍⚧️ linktr.ee/andykaladelfos

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
“Had such a ban, as is now suggested, been in place a few years ago, I would have been arrested for being outside St Mary’s cathedral with other abuse survivors during George Pell’s funeral." Exactly. These bans are anti-democratic. #auslaw #auspol 1/2 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship
Those who protested outside Catholic churches believe they would have been arrested if such laws were in place
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
These medications aren't banned for anybody but trans youth. In fact, they're considered so safe they're allowed for purely psychosocial benefits in cis kids with early puberty.
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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The PM's answer to the question about the impact of the social media ban on LGBTIQ+ kids shows that he simply does not understand the needs of this community, and does not seem to be concerned that his policy will dramatically increase their isolation and therefore risk of depression. #auspol
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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
'Everything we can to keep our kids safe.' Except protecting LGBTQ+ kids against discrimination - the thing we promised to do before being elected, and even held an ALRC review which laid out *exactly* how it should be done, before walking away from that commitment. #auspol
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Michelle Arrow @michellearrow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Extraordinarily repressive plans from Uni of Sydney to undermine academic freedom on campus, in the Orwellian guise of ‘New Civility Rules’: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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University of Sydney review proposes ‘civility rule’ that requires ‘meaning of contested words’ to be made clear
Lecturer questions if academics will have to explain context of every phrase they use, saying those who speak up on Palestine would be affected
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Australian Women's History Network @auswhn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
To mark the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, revisit a #VIDAblog where @andykaladelfos.bsky.social examines the historical ability of the criminal justice system to respond to sexual abuse within the family. #16DaysofActivism Read here ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
YOUNG WOMEN SPEAKING OUT ABOUT INCEST, KATH MCCANN, 1992. GIFT OF MEGALO ACCESS ARTS INC 1993, IMAGE VIA NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA COLLECTION.IS THERE LIFE AFTER INCEST?, CAROLE WILSON, 1988. IMAGE VIA STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA.
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Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉 @kdertadian.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Yet when participants were encouraged to engage with more imaginative thinking around decrim, the answer was never criminal, civil or social sanction. As one participant put it, people who use drugs should have options other than "jails, institutions, or death"
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share! Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c... Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
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A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer
for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates
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Kate Davison @queerstorian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Latest publication: ‘An Inclusive History of LGBTQ+ Aversion Therapy: Past Harms and Future Address in a UK Context’. Co-authored with four excellent collaborators including @rebeccawynter.bsky.social (the others are not here yet). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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An Inclusive History of LGBTQ+ Aversion Therapy: Past Harms and Future Address in a UK Context - Kate Davison, Katherine Hubbard, Sarah Marks, Hel Spandler, Rebecca Wynter, 2024
From the 1950s, aversion therapy gained an international foothold as a behaviourist means to alter what was then considered ‘deviant’ behaviour. Using primary r...
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