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COMMUNITY GROUP REPORTS ON ISOLATION AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FACED BY INDIGENOUS LESBIANS
Found here.
Here’s What It’s Like To Grow Up Gay And Indigenous In Australia
Read here
“When I was 14, the gay thing was kept a secret in me. I didn’t tell anyone. It was absolutely terrifying. I mean it was [the NSW country town of] Walgett 15 or 16 years ago, when homosexuality wasn’t even accepted in mainstream culture, imagine being in a small country town in western NSW.”
100 Voices: Karen Brown
“Karen talks about: Pollys Social Club; Chameleons; Boomerangs; Park Inn; the Birdcage; Capriccios; Clover Club; Mardi Gras; Stolen Generation; Aboriginal Community.”
A part of the 100 voices project (Sydney LGBT oral history) found here.
(note: this is not a full interview. You must contact them here to retrieve a copy)
Indigenous singer rejected offer to perform national anthem at AFL Grand Final
“it’s pretty clear she made two objections — one based on racial grounds, and the other on gay rights. (It shows) we are way more tolerant of gay rights than we are of indigenous seeking equality.”
Resilient Individuals: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Intersex Rights National Consultation Report • 2015
Report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (2015)
Full text:
Click to access SOGII%20Rights%20Report%202015_Web_Version.pdf
Chapter 11: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
IndigiLez case study:
“Indigilez is a place where the women find connection. Indigilez provides the safe place for Indigenous women to speak their mind and tell their journey of sexuality and culture. Indigilez empowers and provides leadership to a minority group of women that were once isolated, discriminated against and not treated equal. Indigilez uplifts the spirits and encourages healthy life style choices for today and the future.” – pg. 62.
CAAMA Nurnakah: Indigilez, Kellum Steele, & Aunty Vanessa
http://caama.com.au/nurnakah-show-17-07-15
IndigiLez Support group QLD: http://www.indigilez.org/
Brotherboy: Kellum Steele
Sistergirl: Vanessa Smith
Outside In, Life of Difference
Lou Bennett explores gay and Aboriginal issues, writes Fiona Scott-Norman.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/outside-in-life-of-difference/2007/05/17/1178995277981.html
Aboriginal Reconciliation Study Circle for Lesbians
Lesbians in Sydney
“It is likely that sexual relationships between Aboriginal women constituted recognised forms of sexual behaviour which were included in ritual activities prior to European settlement. However, very few accounts of same-sex activity between women exist from this period and it is therefore extremely difficult to draw any firm conclusions for the Sydney region.”
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/sydney_journal/article/viewFile/915/1244
ATSI Rainbow Archive 