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Contents:
- HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ATRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ABORIGAL POLICIAN
- HERE'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY AND INDIGENO IN ATRALIA
- OUT OM THE LD: THE GROWTH OF GAY GREENLAND
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ATRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ABORIGAL POLICIAN
Lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgenr and tersex Aborigal people reprent diversy wh the already diverse Aborigal culture. But they also belong to some of the most margalised groups Atralia. * gay aboriginal twitter *
Lbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgenr and tersex Aborigal people reprent diversy wh the already diverse Aborigal culture.
LGBQTI = Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Transgenr and = Gay, Lbian, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex and was origally a rogative term for 'gay', now beg reclaimed by some gay men, lbians, bisexuals and transgenr people as a self-affirmg umbrella term. " [5]The Tiwi Islands, about 80 kms north of Darw, are home to Atralia’s largt per pa transgenr populatn, wh lols claimg that up to 5% of approximately 3, 000 rints intify as transgenr, gay, lbian or bisexual.
HERE'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY AND INDIGENO IN ATRALIA
"They said you were a gay and we said we didn’t re, we jt want ho." * gay aboriginal twitter *
[6]Challeng for transgenr, gay & lbian Aborigal peopleThe biggt challeng are racism, sexual health, liftyle, suici, mental problems, self-teem and inty, but also changg one's name and a lack of support [3].
To survive, young homosexual Aborigal people sometim date the oppose sex to hi their te sexual orientatn.
OUT OM THE LD: THE GROWTH OF GAY GREENLAND
[7]"Beg gay a regnal, ral, or even remote town that don’t feel acceptg or safe n make you feel ashamed of who you are, " says Mark Nannup, a Yamatji man om Meekatharra. [7]It's an experience Allan Clarke, a gay Muwari man who grew up Bourke, has been through.