Queer View Mirror

Solidarity with Karen Wyld and all those standing up against genocide. Absolutely appalling to see the backlash by powerful people on the wrong side of history

@theage @abcmelbourne @abcnews @GuardianAus

😲 Wow! As Zverev starts to speak, someone in the crowd shouts: “Australia Believes Olya and Brenda (who both accused him of assault)”

The LGBTIQ+ community sees you using us to to pinkwash Israel’s genocidal acts, Dan Andrews. And we know the truth is that the woman in the rainbow t-shirt would be slaughtered by Israel.

In my time tattooing, I've covered up 37 Harry Potter tattoos. Zero trans tattoos though. Weird.

Israel killed Hind Rajab, her cousins, her aunt and uncle. They slaughtered the paramedics sent to save her. If this one atrocity had been committed by Hamas against Israelis on 7th October, it would be seen as one of the most depraved acts that day 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A reminder to every journalist reporting on Peter Dutton's comments this morning – Israel seized the Rafah border from the Palestinian side in May. It's closed. People in Gaza can not get out. They can not come to Australia because they can not leave Gaza.

Here is what Jayson Gillham's said on his Sunday August 11 performance that outraged @MelbSymphony's Zionist donors. Two of the pieces Jayson played were a cry against injustice and oppression. The first was by Hungarian Jewish composer and holocaust survivor Ligeti. Jayson introduced the piece explaining how Ligeti was twice oppressed as a Hungarian in Romania and as a Jew and how he was forced into a labor camp and survived Auschwitz etc... The second piece was a last minute addition to the program, 'Witness' new work by Aust composer Connor D'Netto dedicated to the journalists of Gaza. Jayson introduced this piece by saying in the last 10 months Israel killed over 100 journalists a number were a targeted assassinations. This is a war crime. Journalists were targeted to prevent them from documenting and broadcasting of war crimes. Witness in Arabic means Shahid - from the same root word as Shaheed which means martyr. So there you have it. Two introductions one applauded the other might cost his career. This is what discrimination and privilege look like. #Palestine #MSO #Gaza #Israel #GazaGenocide

Thinking of all the creatives who are speaking out despite punishment from cultural institutions right now. You can censor all the art you like but resistance is creative, creativity is resistance

SHAMEFUL🚨🏳️‍🌈: Labor backflips and will retain the right for religious orgs to discriminate against queer people … in the name of “social cohesion”. How can any LGBTQIA+ person, or anyone who cares about us trust Labor? theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

BREAKING: spread the word. The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra #MSO just canceled a musician because he played a piece dedicated to Palestinian journalists killed in #Gaza in his previous performance. This is the email they sent to those who wished to attend his upcoming concert in two days on why they cancelled him: "During Jayson Gillham's performance yesterday (Sunday 11 August) Mr Gillham made a series of introductory remarks prior to giving the world premiere of the Conor D'Netto piece Witness, a late addition to the advertised programme. Witness was accepted for performance at the request of Mr Gillham on the basis that it was a short meditative piece. Mr Gillham made his personal remarks without seeking the MSO’s approval or sanction. They were an intrusion of personal political views on what should have been a morning focused on a program of works for solo piano. The MSO does not condone the use of our stage as a platform for expressing personal views. Mr Gillham will not be performing in the advertised concert with the MSO this Thursday night at Melbourne Town Hall. Customers will be advised of this change to Thursday's program as soon as possible. The MSO was at no point made aware of the content of the remarks Mr Gillham was intending to make. They were made completely without authority. The MSO understands that his remarks have caused offence and distress and offers a sincere apology. It has been a priority for us to address this difficult situation today. The MSO’s values are Respectful, Collaborative, Innovative and Diverse and they are at the heart of what we do and how we act. They guided why we accepted the work to be performed, and why we’ve acted as a result of the unauthorised statements. Music brings people together and that is why one of our guiding principles is “We unite our individual strengths and celebrate our unifying love of music, fostering understanding and belonging”. In standing for humanity and peace we seek for every one of our performances to be a welcome and safe place for all" Yours in music, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra #Palestine #Israel #Gaza_genocide

@SenatorWong Weird that they just keep on doing it, it’s almost like asking nicely isn’t having an impact

Innocent Palestinians cannot continue to pay the price of defeating Hamas. Australia condemns the deaths of civilians from Israel’s strike on Al-Tabeen School. Israel must comply with international humanitarian law. We again call for an immediate ceasefire.

After the shameful way that anti-trans activists have attacked Imane Khelif ask yourself who ultimately benefits from their demand that women conform to traditional stereotypes of femininity?

We keep toying with leaving twitter dot com, but for now we’ll #blockmusk #blockelonmusk #blockElon

The fact that Joanne hasn't opened her big trap to talk about Imane in THREE DAYS tells me that she's GOT to know she could be in serious legal trouble, and I think that's so beautiful

This is the essay that inspired Sam’s book Detachable Penis. It’s a brilliant piece of writing

Israel is genociding Palestinians in Gaza. Decent people are devastated by the screams and endless pain of mothers, fathers and children abandoned to the fury of their executioners. Where is the so-called civilised world? Shame on us, really.

Imane Khelif wins her semifinals match and advances to the Olympic finals with a message for everyone: "Refrain from bullying" ❤️ “I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects. It can destroy people, it can kill people’s thoughts, spirit and mind. It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying.”

Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, who would become the first Indigenous woman governor in US history