Kim Kemmis
@kimkemmis.bsky.social
Historian/writer. Bi. PhD USyd. Social history of opera & history of sexuality. ADHD/ASD. Conversion therapy survivor.
Yesterday I filled out a Sino-Nasal Outcome Test. The short name is SNOT-22. They do this deliberately so that inner Kim always remains a 12-year-old and never, ever grows up.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yesterday I filled out a Sino-Nasal Outcome Test. The short name is SNOT-22. They do this deliberately so that inner Kim always remains a 12-year-old and never, ever grows up.
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"By attempting to brainwash gay youth into becoming “normal”, conversion practices promotes Trump’s war on the LGBTQ+ community. That explains why, relying on junk science, a Health & Human Services Dept report issued last spring appeared to support the practice."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Conversion therapy’ is homophobic and dangerous. Yet it threatens to make a comeback | David Kirp
Bans on the dangerous practice, condemned by national mental health organizations, could soon be struck down
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"By attempting to brainwash gay youth into becoming “normal”, conversion practices promotes Trump’s war on the LGBTQ+ community. That explains why, relying on junk science, a Health & Human Services Dept report issued last spring appeared to support the practice."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A motion passed at today's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras AGM. Markedly more abstentions for this than the other motions - tacit opposition or couldn't care less?
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A motion passed at today's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras AGM. Markedly more abstentions for this than the other motions - tacit opposition or couldn't care less?
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It’s the commercialisation of this special day that makes us so sad…
I dunno, I just think we’ve lost sight of the true meaning of Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s the commercialisation of this special day that makes us so sad…
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This isna repeated finding. We need money to provide services.
Lack of social support linked to higher level of loneliness among bisexual individuals
According to an EHU study, lack of social support leads to increased loneliness of bisexual people. The work by Garikoitz Azkona of the Psychobiology group explored the relationship between sexual ori...
www.news-medical.net
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This isna repeated finding. We need money to provide services.
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500 points if they can put some spin on it and get all three walkers while missing the car 🤣👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
500 points if they can put some spin on it and get all three walkers while missing the car 🤣👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
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Look what I got in my inbox this morning: The Australian Christian Lobby agitating to get its supporter base to support efforts to loosen the laws on gay conversion practices - properly called Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change efforts. (1/4)
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Look what I got in my inbox this morning: The Australian Christian Lobby agitating to get its supporter base to support efforts to loosen the laws on gay conversion practices - properly called Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change efforts. (1/4)
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And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
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Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Police Academy 1
Police Academy 2
Police Academy 3
Police Academy 4
Police Academy 2
Police Academy 3
Police Academy 4
I did not know the Cisco Kid was Romanian. But I know now why every native Spanish speaker I have heard since my childhood sounds a bit weird.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I did not know the Cisco Kid was Romanian. But I know now why every native Spanish speaker I have heard since my childhood sounds a bit weird.
Police don't need more powers to stop nazis. They can already stop them. They just don't want to.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Police don't need more powers to stop nazis. They can already stop them. They just don't want to.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
Nathan Lyon should be sponsored by Lion Nathan.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Nathan Lyon should be sponsored by Lion Nathan.
Disgusted with the history profession. Years of arguing over what is or is not fascism, what is or is not genocide, yet doing nothing to stop the world burning. And my own work on minorities who are being persecuted around the world is deemed 'not strategic' enough to support.
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Disgusted with the history profession. Years of arguing over what is or is not fascism, what is or is not genocide, yet doing nothing to stop the world burning. And my own work on minorities who are being persecuted around the world is deemed 'not strategic' enough to support.
But tell me why cops should march in Mardi Gras...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Queer Sydney mural removed from police station just days after going up
The artwork, Queer Sydney: A History, was hung at Surry Hills Police Station, metres from where the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
But tell me why cops should march in Mardi Gras...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Postdoctoral Fellow in History
Undertake independent research and contribute to UNSW’s vibrant History program as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in any area of historical study.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
School of Humanities & Languages #unsw is hiring TWO postdoctoral fellows in history! 2 years fixed term, open to different specialisations. Deadline is Nov 2
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
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In light of #SCOTUS hearing the ludicrous lawsuit that seeks to make #conversiontherapy legal for minors, I thought I’d share my new book a/b conversion therapy: SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY.
Would you help me spread the word?
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Would you help me spread the word?
bookshop.org/p/books/sham...
Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy
Survivors' Stories of Conversion Therapy
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October 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In light of #SCOTUS hearing the ludicrous lawsuit that seeks to make #conversiontherapy legal for minors, I thought I’d share my new book a/b conversion therapy: SHAME-SEX ATTRACTION: SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF CONVERSION THERAPY.
Would you help me spread the word?
bookshop.org/p/books/sham...
Would you help me spread the word?
bookshop.org/p/books/sham...
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January 7, 2026, will be the first International Day to End Conversion Therapy. That date was chosen as that is the day Canada's ban came into effect in 2022. As a survivor and one of the architects of the ban, I'm incredibly happy to be helping with organizing this day. Keep watching for more info
October 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
January 7, 2026, will be the first International Day to End Conversion Therapy. That date was chosen as that is the day Canada's ban came into effect in 2022. As a survivor and one of the architects of the ban, I'm incredibly happy to be helping with organizing this day. Keep watching for more info
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September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just took some paracetamol, gonna get me some more autisms.
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Just took some paracetamol, gonna get me some more autisms.
I wish evangelical Christians obsessed with the Rapture would take more of an interest in the things Jesus actually taught.
September 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I wish evangelical Christians obsessed with the Rapture would take more of an interest in the things Jesus actually taught.
Where do I begin with these despicables? Sydney Anglicans complaining that the law doesn't allow them to be cruel to people anymore. Simply evil. #ConversionPractices
sydneyanglicans.net/news/we-will...
sydneyanglicans.net/news/we-will...
“We will obey God”
Synod stands firm on prayer ban.
sydneyanglicans.net
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Where do I begin with these despicables? Sydney Anglicans complaining that the law doesn't allow them to be cruel to people anymore. Simply evil. #ConversionPractices
sydneyanglicans.net/news/we-will...
sydneyanglicans.net/news/we-will...