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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is in the midst of invading Ukraine, has found time to give a shout out to fellow transphobe, author J K Rowling. Trigger Warning: This story has details of transphobic statements, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.The President in a televised speech to winners of the Presidential Young Artists Awards, claimed that the West was trying to “cancel” a 1000-year-old country and pointed to programs by Russian artists being cancelled across the US and Europe. WATCH: Vladimir Putin says the West has "cancelled" JK Rowling and are now "engaging in cancel culture" against Russia.(Begins at 1:00)pic.twitter.com/fqAin41HpO— TLDR News UK (@TLDRNewsUK) March 25, 2022“They’re now engaging in the cancel culture, even removing Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov from posters. Russian writers and books are now cancelled,” Putin claimed, comparing the cancellations to Nazi supporters burning books in the 1930s. “Recently they cancelled the children’s writer Joanne Rowling because she – the author of books that have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide – fell out of favour with fans of so-called gender freedoms,” said Putin. Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics.

A Melbourne Magistrate’s court on Tuesday dismissed the case against a senior Victorian police officer, who was charged with sharing photos and details of former AFL coach Danielle Laidley’s arrest. Trigger Warning: This story has details of transphobic conduct and transphobic slurs, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Detective Leading Senior Constable Murray Gentner (43) was one of the three police officers charged, after photos of Laidley’s arrest in May 2020, including mugshots, were widely shared on social media and by media organisations. The officers were charged with unauthorised access of police information, unauthorised disclosure of police information without reasonable excuse and misconduct in public office.

A local Chechen court on Tuesday jailed queer siblings Salekh Magamadov (21) and Ismail Isaev (19) to almost a decade behind bars after finding them guilty of “complicity with illegal armed formations”.The siblings had first come to the notice of authorities in 2019 after an officer found an LGBTQI Pride flag on Ismail’s phone. Chechen authorities had detained Salekh and Ismail last year, after the siblings tried to flee persecution. “Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev must be immediately and unconditionally released,” said Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, in a statement released prior to the sentencing.

Actor, model and socialite Christian Wilkins has slammed media coverage of his dress at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day event on Sunday.Trigger Warning: This story has details of homophobic media coverage and homophobic slurs, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Christian, son of veteran Channel Nine reporter Richard Wilkins, was dressed in a fabulous, pink halter neck mini dress for a Fair Day event at Victoria Park, Sydney. Christian Wilkins (left) calls out the Daily Telegraph’s homophobic headline (right).The experience was however marred, when on Monday Daily Telegraph’s Sydney Confidential section featured Christian’s photos with a homophobic headline.“Dude looks like a lady! Richard Wilkins’ flamboyant son Christian flaunts his VERY toned figure in a skin-tight pink mini dress with daring cut-outs”, the headline screamed. Christian, who came out as gay in public in March 2018 on the front cover of a magazine, did not mince his words when calling out the publication over its homophobic coverage.   A post shared by CHRISTIAN WILKINS (@theprincewilkins)In 2021, Christian had made his acting debut in the Stan Original series Eden, in an LGBTQI role, playing a twin named Leander. Christian has previously been a fashion correspondent for E News and starred in shows Dancing With The Stars and Filthy Rich and Homeless. In his coming out interview, Christian had said that he had “taken it upon myself to become the best damn gay I can be!”  A post shared by CHRISTIAN WILKINS (@theprincewilkins)Christian had in an interview said that he had never come

The White House has denounced Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill” which is making its way through the Florida Legislature. The Florida Senate Education Committee passed the bill on Tuesday, February 8. In response, US President Joe Biden tweeted, “I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are.“I have your back, and my Administration will continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve.”I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are. I have your back, and my Administration will continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve.

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews on Tuesday said that his government would defend the state’s laws that protect gay and trans students from discrimination. Days after he marched in the annual Midsumma Pride march, Andrews indicated that his government would challenge the Scott Morrison’s Religious Discrimination Bill if it overrides the the state’’ anti-dscimination laws. “I think everybody should be treated fairly properly. And that’s exactly the arrangements that we have in place,” said Andrews.The Andrews-led Labor government has passed a number of LGBTQI law reforms in Parliament.

Sydney Morning Herald, would prohibit faith-based schools from expelling gay students, but they would retain the right to expel trans students.The newest proposal comes a week after Morrison responded to the Citipointe Christian College’s controversial student enrolment contract to expel gay and trans students.The new proposal will amend s38(3) of the Sex Discrimination Act along with passing the Religious Discrimination Act. The SDA provision allows faith-based organisations  to discriminate on the basis of sexuality, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Grindr has removed its gay dating and hookup app from multiple app stores as the Communist Party cracks down on LGBTQI content as part of its month-long censorship campaign.The Guardian reported this campaign is happening during the Lunar New Year holiday and as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games begin. It is being conducted by China’s Cyberspace Administration. Grindr disappears from app stores in China On the eve of the Winter Olympics, let us protest in front of Chinese embassies the world over.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that amendments will be made to the religious discrimination laws to take away the right of faith-based schools to discriminate against and expel LGBTQI students. Morrison made the surprise comments on Brisbane’s B105.3 radio when he was asked about Citipointe Christian College’s now withdrawn anti-LGBTQI student enrolment contract. ““No, I don’t support that. My kids go to a Christian school here in Sydney, and I wouldn’t want my school doing that either,” Morrison said.Morrison’s announcement is a significant back flip by his government which had been seeking to pass the Religious Discrimination Bill in Parliament.

Jeffrey McCall, the founder of ‘ex-gay’ group, Freedom March has admitted in a post that he’s hooked up with multiple men since last year.Truth Wins Out, an organisation fighting against anti-LGBTQI extremism spotted McCall’s November 7 post.According to Metro Weekly, McCall claimed to “have lived as a gay sex worker, and then as a transgender woman named Scarlett”. Following this, “he renounced his sexuality and gender identity, and [founded] Freedom March”. Freedom March holds ex-gay rallies across the United States.

A Catholic diocese in Michigan has asked its pastors to deny baptism, communion and other sacraments to gay, trans and non-binary people, unless they have “repented.”Warning: This story has details of homophobic and transphobic views of a religious organisation and might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Bishop Reverend John F Doerfler of the Catholic Diocese of Marquette outlined a set of guidelines  for the church in July.

Canadian MPs – both Liberal and Conservative – have voted unanimously to ban discredited conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity.According to the Guardian, there was a “surprise motion on Wednesday by the Conservatives to fast-track the legislation.”The House of Commons has unanimously adopted a motion by Conservative MP Rob Moore to pass C-4, the government’s bill to ban conversion therapy in Canada, through all stages without amendment.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/BO4GeJUCR2— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) December 1, 2021The decision was met with applause from both sides of politics in the House of Commons.

Sky News Australia.Morrison had personally introduced the Religious Discrimination Bill in Parliament on November 23.

By Michael MacKayOn The Transgender Day of Remembrance I am reflecting on the transgender lives lost to anti-transgender violence.

Victorian Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick’s eldest daughter Kielan, who came out as trans last year, was attacked in the early hours of Friday morning on Smith Street in Melbourne.

IBAC is appealing to anyone who may have information in relation to allegations a photograph taken of former AFL coach Dani Laidley at Geelong Racecourse was shared by Victoria Police officers via text message alongside transphobic comments. https://t.co/wU6pikB3Yb pic.twitter.com/WpUKY51x9v— IBAC (@ibacVic) November 10, 2021The Age had reported on Wednesday about Laidley’s frustration at being surreptitiously photographed while attending the Ballan Cup at the Geelong Racecourse on November 6 and the alleged sharing of the photo by officers accompanied by transphobic messages. Last year, three Victoria police officers were charged with criminal offences over an alleged leak of Laidley’s photograph while she was in police custody.

Pauline Hanson has begun to gather her troops in the lead up to next year’s Federal Election. Hanson recently announced that One Nation will be running for the Tasmanian Senate via newly endorsed party member and serial political hopeful, Steve Mav.Hanson said she was “pleased to announce Steve Mav as my number one senate lead candidate in Tasmania for the upcoming federal election.”“We are of the same value, we believe in the same objectives, we have the same passion for Australia,” Hanson added.It is of little surprise that Mav shares many of the questionable views also held by Hanson’s One Nation Party.

Newly released emails have highlighted the distress caused to LGBTQI Australian Defence Force employees following Defence Minister Peter Dutton’s ban on events with “particular clothes in celebration” earlier this year.

The Bondi Memorial – a public artwork dedicated to the victims and survivors of homophobic and transphobic attacks that gripped Sydney from the 1970s to 1990s, was unveiled at Marks Park in Tamarama. “For decades, our communities have endured the pain and trauma of these horrific acts of violence. We know that many gay men and trans women were killed, tortured or assaulted across Sydney, including along the city’s coastline and eastern suburbs.

Hobart City Council has received criticism from a number of trans rights advocates after it was revealed that Women Speak Tasmania, a group that likens the transgender community to a “cult” and a “social contagion”, have booked Hobart Town Hall for an upcoming public forum on November 27.The concerns were first raised by Hobart Councillor Jax Fox, who told Star Observer that when the event was first booked for back in August, they adamantly tried shut it down but were told there, “wasn’t the policies or procedures in place to do that and that they didn’t want any media attention.”“I had a meeting with the CEO last week and asked about it and was told it had been cancelled.

Warning: This story has details of violence against a trans person and might be distressing to some readers. Twenty-seven-year-old David Bogdanov had contacted Kuhnhausen though Snapchat and the pair had arranged to meet up for a “sexual encounter”. Bogdanov later went on to claim in police interviews to being “really, really, disturbed” when he learned Kuhnhausen was trans.Bogdanov who was 25 at the time, claimed that Kuhnhausen had reached for her gun, forcing him to a wrap a phone charger around her shoulders to pull her away.