We’ve got a new events calendar here at the GQA website, which we’ve just finished setting up.

You might think it’s just another calendar, BUT this one is different! Just by clicking the +Subscribe button, you can add the calendar to your computer or smartphone and Never Miss Another Event!

Dead useful really.

Take a peek at the new events calendar by clicking here!

Sexing the Transman: | Buck Angel | OL25424315M

Sexing the Transman

Buck Angel brings you a groundbreaking educational adult film about trans male sexuality, consisting of interviews and jack-off scenes with four different transmen (aged 20-35).

Each scene starts with an interview in which the performers share details about who they are and why they transitioned from female to male.

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Brighton council rules toilets gender-neutral.

To some it seems preposterous to have gender neutral toilets, but to genderqueer and trans folk it’s something sorely needed.

Perhaps in Oz we can get these too!

Julie Burchill, transphobia and hostility towards the victims of oppression | Dean Burnett | Science | guardian.co.uk.

Heres a really well written article on the weirdness which is one group harassing another.

The University of Western Sydney is currently recruiting LGBTQI young people to be involved in an Australia-wide online survey. The survey aims to give young LGBTQI people an opportunity to contribute to the development of community and professional education resources that aim to counteract homophobia, transphobia and harassment.

If you identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning or Intersex (LGBTQI), are aged between 16-27 years, and live in Australia we would love to hear from you.

If you would like to be involved, please follow the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QueerStories

The results from this survey will contribute information that will lead to greater awareness of the needs of queer youth in the wider Australian community.

Find out more:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queer-Stories/171326546324685#!/pages/Queer-Stories/171326546324685

Contact: A/Prof Kerry Robinson (k.robinson@uws.edu.au); Dr Nida Denson (n.denson@uws.edu.au); or Dr Peter Bansel (p.bansel@uws.edu.au)

Starting Next Summer, Easy Bake Ovens Will Be Gender Neutral.

Thanks to the efforts of a 13 year old boy and his family, a toy oven will be made to be gender neutral rather than pink and purple.

It’s a small step for cooking…

Petition to make gender-neutral Easy-Bake Ovens – Boing Boing

Here’s a great petition to create gender neutral toy ovens so everyone can use them!

Sign the petition here!

The video

Saint Harridan – Saint Harridan.

Get onboard with Saint Harridan clothes, designed for MtF and female shaped bodies.

It’s a brilliant idea!

Carl Sagan on Wikipedia | Buy books by Carl Sagan on Book Depository

We’re posting this video to act as a little reminder  of how similar we all are despite our socialisation, our clothing choice, our body-shapes and our beliefs. It is a reminder that we all came from the same place, by the same path.

We hope you enjoy this video.

The dialogue is that of the scientist Carl Sagan who would have been 78 on Saturday the 10th November. He is the author of many great works including Cosmos – a personal journey, Broca’s brain, the science fiction book Contact and his final work, Billions and Billions; he is a scientist of great note who worked on the Voyager probes (which are only now leaving the solar system for truly interstellar space) among other great projects.

Tea Party group trying to deny transgender voters | San Diego Gay and Lesbian News.

Dirty tricks in San Diego, California, with voting for Transgendered people being affected by the right-wing Tea Party.

Polare Magazine

We picked-up 4 copies of the NSW Gender Centre’s “Polare” magazine here in Melbourne today and they’ll be added to the GQA library very soon!

w00t!

Google Instant Search Officially No Longer Discriminates Against Bisexuality

Well, that’s good! Google search has removed “bixexual” from it’s blacklist. Honestly people, it’s the 21st century; it shouldn’t have been on any list other than “let people search for whatever they please”!

Dubious Testosterone Treatments Are More Popular Than Ever

Testosterone is being used in several countries apparently to reverse the ageing process, despite evidence to suggest it does no such thing.

We’re wondering if these gentlemen have to go through a psychological screening in order to get the medication?