This article explor shiftg social arrangements on social media as experienced by Aborigal and Torr Stra Islanr gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, tersex, and queer (LGBTIQ+) peopl. The digal social assemblag are suated wh a broar ntext of heteropatriarchy and settler lonialism Atralia and beyond. In digal spac, multiple margalised groups enunter dialogic engagements wh their iends, followers, works, and broar publics. The exploratn of how digal disurs ()visibilise Indigeno LGBTIQ+ diversi unrle the timate and pervasive reach of settler lonialism, and highlight distctly queer Indigeno strategi of ristance. Through the experience of Aborigal and Torr Stra Islanr LGBTIQ+ artists, activists, and celebri, this article monstrat the shiftg uni and disuni that shape how we e to know and unrstand the plexi of Indigeno LGBTIQ+ inti and experienc.
Contents:
- HERE'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY AND INDIGENO IN ATRALIA
- ABORIGAL GAY MEN
- NOT OUR CULTURE? OPEN HEARTS HELPED ME GROW UP INDIGENO AND GAY
- DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE
HERE'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GROW UP GAY AND INDIGENO IN ATRALIA
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. * aboriginal gay *
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.
ABORIGAL GAY MEN
Aborigal gay men are unique & special. It is your duty, as the future of your people, to play safely, tt often, & treat early to end HIV. Learn more. * aboriginal gay *
" [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. [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. [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.
NOT OUR CULTURE? OPEN HEARTS HELPED ME GROW UP INDIGENO AND GAY
Dameyon Bonson says as a young gay Indigeno man he sperately need a role mol, but none was available, so he set up Black Rabow, the first mental health and suici preventn support service of s type * aboriginal gay *
"It wasn’t until I moved to Sydney that I found eedom among the ncrete towers and the lovg embrace of olr stnch gay black men, women and sistergirls.
DARW'S GAY SCENE: TAKE A TOUR THROUGH NT'S QUEER HISTORY WH ACTIVIST AND AMIC DR DO HODGE
"I thk if you add homophobia for GLBTIQ people that is jt another extra burn that people have to bear and somethg they have to rpond to their liv, " explas Steven Ross, a gay Aborigal man [2] to go to the male ward of a health clic or hospal mak sistergirls unfortable as they might meet other male relativ of their extend fai.