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Thursday, November 26, 2009
FW: Blue Mountains group camp 4-6 December
FWD....
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From: bushscout
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:31 PM
Subject: Combined camp 4-6 December
Hi Lemons,
Attached is the flier with all the details of our upcoming camp with Lemon Zest and Rainbow Babies. If you are planning on coming and haven't let me know then please do so as I need to give Turon Gates an idea of numbers soon.
The fee is $24 per car per night, plus $6 per dog, and you pay the caretaker at the site. All the information about the camp facilities are attached, and you can get more information or a map on the Turon Gates website. Please remember that only socialised, friendly and well behaved dogs are welcome, as there will be children and small dogs. Although there are no organised walks, there are walking tracks around the property, as well as horseriding, relaxing, eating.......
Cheers
Jocelyn
Bush Lemons
0414 572991
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Fwd: SAME SEX MARRIAGE RIGHTS RALLIES ALL AROUND OZ THIS SATURDAY
Same sex marriage rights rallies on Saturday 28 November all around Australia
. The purpose of the rallies will be to launch the year of action for same-sex marriage rights.
Sydney
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Sydney Town Hall
Melbourne
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: State Library
Canberra
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Garema Place, Civic
Brisbane
When: 1pm Saturday 28 November
Where: Queens Park, George and Elizabeth Sts- opposite the Treasury Casino
Adelaide
When: 11 am Saturday 28 November
Where: Parliament House
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REAL- Respect and Equality Amongst Lesbians.
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Fwd: LipStik Dec @ Hostage X Nightclub Wollongong
LipStik
GLBTI NIGHT
Friday 18th Dec
Camp Christmas
Staring Penny Clifford Sydney Drag Queen Diva
Hostage X Nightclub
8pm-3am No Lockout (FREE ENTRY BEFORE 11PM)
270 Crown St
Wollongong
Watch out for our ad in the Dec issue of LOTL
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Kind regards
Mathew Rosen
AFTERGLOW
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Kind regards
Mathew Rosen
AFTERGLOW
REAL- Respect and Equality Amongst Lesbians.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Macarthur Advertiser- anti lesbian behaviour- your support needed
We need to bombard the Macarthur Advertiser with letters
Many of you may have seen the article that the Macarthur Advertiser published two weeks ago advertising the "My Fair Lemon" lesbian fair at WILMA Women's Health Centre. While this article might have looked like the newspaper was supporting our community event, this so-called support was undermined by the headline that ran above the article - the online version read "Men! Keep Out of Lesbian Event". The print version read "Men! Please Keep Away". Aside from the fact that this headline would catch the eye of men flicking through the paper rather than the intended audience of women, it was deliberately provocative and offensive to men. It also put the safety of women attending the fair in danger by publishing the full address of the event under the inflamatory headline.
I wrote a letter to the editor complaining about the headline (as did several others), but my letter was not published. Instead, the newspaper published another homophobic rant by Judith Bond under the heading "Sold a Lemon", in which she once again called lesbians all manner of names and ranted on about how homsexuality is unnatural and wrong etc etc.
I urge you all to write a letter to the Macarthur Advertiser BEFORE PUBLICATION ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK either in response to Judith's letter, or condemning the paper for continuing to publish her rants. Really, the fact that they continue to publish this rot is nothing short of vilification.
I submitted a short letter this morning as follows:
I found Judith Bond's negative definitions of 'lemon' last week rather queer. Lemons are natural fruits made by Judith's Creator God that are healthy, refreshing, zesty, and tasty. There's nothing unnatural about same-sex relationships. What is unnatural is Judith's self-righteous, hateful homophobia and it's about time this newspaper stopped publishing her offensive rants
I urge all of you to write to the Advertiser so that they get the message that there are a lot of us out here who are offended by their continued homophobia.
Regards
Mez
For those of you who are interested, my letter to the Advertiser last week read as follows:
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Many of you may have seen the article that the Macarthur Advertiser published two weeks ago advertising the "My Fair Lemon" lesbian fair at WILMA Women's Health Centre. While this article might have looked like the newspaper was supporting our community event, this so-called support was undermined by the headline that ran above the article - the online version read "Men! Keep Out of Lesbian Event". The print version read "Men! Please Keep Away". Aside from the fact that this headline would catch the eye of men flicking through the paper rather than the intended audience of women, it was deliberately provocative and offensive to men. It also put the safety of women attending the fair in danger by publishing the full address of the event under the inflamatory headline.
I wrote a letter to the editor complaining about the headline (as did several others), but my letter was not published. Instead, the newspaper published another homophobic rant by Judith Bond under the heading "Sold a Lemon", in which she once again called lesbians all manner of names and ranted on about how homsexuality is unnatural and wrong etc etc.
I urge you all to write a letter to the Macarthur Advertiser BEFORE PUBLICATION ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK either in response to Judith's letter, or condemning the paper for continuing to publish her rants. Really, the fact that they continue to publish this rot is nothing short of vilification.
I submitted a short letter this morning as follows:
I found Judith Bond's negative definitions of 'lemon' last week rather queer. Lemons are natural fruits made by Judith's Creator God that are healthy, refreshing, zesty, and tasty. There's nothing unnatural about same-sex relationships. What is unnatural is Judith's self-righteous, hateful homophobia and it's about time this newspaper stopped publishing her offensive rants
I urge all of you to write to the Advertiser so that they get the message that there are a lot of us out here who are offended by their continued homophobia.
Regards
Mez
For those of you who are interested, my letter to the Advertiser last week read as follows:
I am writing to express my concern at what disappointingly appears to be discriminatory and homophobic reporting by your newspaper.
I am a local lesbian involved in the "My Fair Lemon" event that will take place on Sunday 25 October at the WILMA Women's Health Centre. I had been looking forward to the event, however, after reading the Advertiser's article on the event in yesterday's paper I am now not only embarrassed by the way lesbians in the local area have been portrayed as anti-men, but also concerned for my safety and the safety of other women who will be attending.
I fail to understand why the offensive and deliberately provocative headlines 'Men! Keep Out of Lesbian Event!', as appeared on the website, and 'Men! Please keep out of it!', as appeared in the print version, were necessary. WILMA Women's Health Centre, as a women-only safe space, prohibits men from entering its premises at all times, not just when hosting lesbian-friendly events. Why then, did the Advertiser deem it necessary to emphasise the prohibition on men on the premises when the occasion is a lesbian event? The Advertiser's use of these headlines is offensive in that it carries the implication that lesbians are aggressive, man-hating monsters, an inaccurate and unfair stereotype that unfortunately has plagued lesbians for many years. Homophobic and socially irresponsible media portrays such as the Advertiser's headlines perpetuates this ridiculous myth and continues to create barriers for lesbians becoming accepted as ordinary women within our communities. Of even more concern is the potential for such reporting to incite ill-informed backlash that could well end in harassment and violence. Compromising the safety of women in the community for the sake of a sensationalist headline is never acceptable.
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