If equality can happen for marriage, it can happen for Indigenous people
7 December 2017 saw Australia become the 25th country to legalise marriage between people of the same sex. Love essentially won. Images of my uncles and partner during the celebration on Oxford Street in Sydney filled me with feelings of jubilation and success.
Harmony Day is the perfect day to water down racial discrimination laws
Harmony Day first started in 1999, under the Howard government, and was its way of finding a warm and positive way of not actually doing anything about the issue of racial discrimination in an increasingly multicultural society.
Five figures in the history of First Nations Media you should know about
This year, on the 6th Birthday of IndigenousX we were keen to acknowledge some of the figures, organisations and publications on whose shoulders we stand. There are many, and to be frank, without them we wouldn’t be doing what we do today.
I was inspired by young blackfullas making media for black audiences
My nan Sandra Onus and my mum Tracey Onus would always take me to rallies or protests. I remember when I was 19, I went with my mum and aunties and jumped in the car and we drove to Ngunnawal country (Canberra) for Invasion Day and the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.
It’s time to listen to and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s voices
This International Women’s Day, #PressforProgress will be the call of millions of women. Across the world today, violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating of all human rights violations.
Wild Woman – Because of Her We Can
Ella Noah Bancroft is an Bundjalung woman based in the Northern NSW. She is a born artist, storyteller, teacher, director and mentor.
Her latest artworks are ones that brings together contemporary Indigenous artistic practices with topics of lesbian love, environmental forces and female engagement and empowerment.
The gap won’t close until we address intergenerational trauma
I remember on the day of the national apology to the stolen generations thinking, “This is amazing”. I couldn’t register that the prime minister had said sorry. It was a pivotal moment in my experience of Indigenous affairs and it made me feel positive about the possibility for change and a better Australia for our peoples.
Closing the Indigenous LGBQTI health Gap
Let’s dive straight in: What it heterosexism? It is the system of oppression that excludes and marginalises LGBQTI people; often unconscious and unintentional. However, conscious heterosexist attitudes/behaviours that exclude LGBQTI mob are a form of homophobia. And, homophobia kills.
We cannot wait another decade to take meaningful action
Ten years ago, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, rose in the Parliament and apologised on behalf of the nation to the Stolen Generations. He apologised for the impact of laws and policies that removed our children from their families and communities, acknowledging these past wrongs and their ongoing impact today.
