“It is in the strength of our community in being here today that we can show that trans rights, trans visibility and trans pride is the popular politics.”
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Organised by the SRC’s Autonomous Collective Against Racism, Students for Palestine and Students for BDS, the event opposed the Israeli occupation of Palestine and expressed global solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
“We are seeing people turfed out of their homes. There are lines down the block just to wait to inspect unsuitable apartments full of mould, and that’s just the start.”
Yesterday, in light of suspensions against USyd’s Deaglan Godwin, Maddie Clark and the arrest of UNSW SRC Education Officer Cherish Kuehlmann, a student forum spoke on free speech and agitating against NSW’s restrictive anti-protest laws.
Judge Mark Williams heard evidence that she had been imprisoned on false information from NSW Police.
Student activists from across NSW campuses assembled to oppose the event, critical of what a business summit for corporate executives will do to tangibly better the lives of Australians in a cost-of-living crisis.
The rally was held to counter transphobic speaker Kellie-Jay Keen.
The rally called for greater rights and reform ahead of the NSW State election.
Mardi Gras has evolved since 1978 — gone are the days when the community was close enough to simply take over Oxford Street with little oversight.
The history of Fair Day was at the forefront of my mind when I arrived: a planned street festival of…