“When we speak to the defilement that has been committed against Queer Honi and queer people, we could speak to the front cover, to a queer body emblazoned on the front, with the symbolism and the history that represents not only our joy, but also survival, and also protest, and systemic violence.”
With this edition we hope to explore identity and language, and how our identities and experiences as queer people intersect with the language used to describe, attack, and affirm us.
Almost 200 copies of the edition, labelled Fagi Soit, were retrieved from a bin at Fisher Library, on Tuesday with hundreds more copies found in bins across campus found on Wednesday.
In the age of the Internet, anyone can call anything a ‘queer icon’, whether they be a celebrity, ordinary person, or inanimate object.
I don’t believe lecturers, tutors, workers, or even the students of USyd have ill intentions, but rather lack understanding on how to properly accommodate and support LGBTQIA+ students within the classroom.
When I was 20, I had my heart broken for the first time. Then, I came of age. Again. This time, properly.
When you engage in a pornographic medium that encourages a large amount of imagination and interpolation from you, it can reflect your deepest desires.