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I was assaulted after I passed the chip shop at the roundabout about an hour ago.

As I was negotiating the cars coming off the roundabout I heard abuse being shouted at me from behind. I had my hands full of shopping, and was wearing pants with bad elastic, so I chose to ignore it. The abuse continued and at least one rock was thrown at me. Rather ( Read more... )

I taped an episode of Boston Legal and what I thought would be an episode of 30Rock. However, it turned out be The Most Hated Family in America, about a bizarre show about an inbred "Baptist" church that pickets military funerals with "God Hates fags" signs!

Are these folk demented? They seemed serious but it was almost impossible to take them ( Read more... )

I am still angry and upset, even 20-30 minutes later.

I got accosted on the bus coming home with a full load of shopping by three young drunks. First fucking words - "Hey, that's really a guy!" I had my mobile phone radio on and pretended to not hear them, but maybe I shouldn't. Maybe I should have just stood up and demanded an apology.

Seriously, I ( Read more... )

I was feeling a little off after getting caught in the rain last night, and of being up until early morning. And it got tougher as the day went on.

Trans Murders

First up, I did research for this year's  Transgender Day of Remembrance Web Comic Project. The theme's a bit different this year, but requires a bit of research into how my trans brothers ( Read more... )

Came across a reference to this on a friend's journal. Sigh - not only are they homophobic over there. but trans-phobic as well!

SBS are currently screening Focus.


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Just saw a film on SBS called Focus. It starred ## and ## and was all about bigotry and racism in mid 1940s America, apparently based on an Arthur Miller novel. Although I didn't find any of the main characters attractive or terribly sympathetic, I felt compelled to watch.

It made me think about the Cronulla riots and just how easy it is for ( Read more... )