Last year I was asked to talk about QC. The video below was the result:

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...and this is my rely, one year on:

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The artwork I'm making for the Queer Collaborations 2012 Art Show.


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I'm semi-retiring Elsie (again) and most of my other alts in SL. Apart from attending support groups and posing for webcomics/graphic novels they won't be in-world much at all. I'm not abandoning Second Life (tried that before, doesn't work) but every thing's in a state of flux right now and I need to sort that out. Also, SL is a lot emptier with ( Read more... )

I seemed to get my nose rubbed in things when  my sister-in-law referred to me as "he" when ordering at a cafe and the waiter called me "sir" afterwards when delivering the meal. And that was within 2 hours of arriving. Mind you, there were other reminders about the issues for me in Perth.

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My experiences at Queer Collaborations last week highlighted my need to (probably) make this one the last QC I attend.

Why so? Well for one I've been to seven QCs, and overall although the individual events vary greatly, overall they are a repeating pattern that doesn't change much. At an average QC there will be at least one issue of great ( Read more... )

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Finally processed this, shot at QC 2010.

Just some photos from the bake Sale at NUSA yesterday. Proceeds go towards sending us to Queer Collaborations '09 which takes place this year at the Australian National University, Canberra.

This is a group shot of the Queer Collective after the event
(yours truly looking like a mad hag at middle rear).


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I came across this image which I drew back in 2006 just now, looking for something else.


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Got home yesterday from Sydney.

Woke up at 5am, and couldn't get back to sleep so I went down to the lounge. Amanda was down there, waiting for her shuttle to the airport, so I said goodbye to her.

Had a big breakfast at 7, and got dressed and packed by 9am. Everyone else seemed to be waking up and the place was packed. There was a huge pile of ( Read more... )

Went to the Protest at the pub, and later to the dance at the Manning Bar.

The protest did what it was meant to do. We all sat down on the floor and chanted slogans to draw attention it. The police were called and they had batons and there were paddy wagons waiting for us if we resisted. But we didn't - we left we we were asked to by the police. The ( Read more... )