Andy Kaladelfos
@andykaladelfos.bsky.social
Criminologist & Historian @ UNSW, unceded Bedegal Land
Co-Convenor Gendered Violence Research Network
Co-Lead Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer, Trans, and Intersex People
They/Them 🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/andykaladelfos
Co-Convenor Gendered Violence Research Network
Co-Lead Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer, Trans, and Intersex People
They/Them 🏳️⚧️
https://linktr.ee/andykaladelfos
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“Had such a ban, as is now suggested, been in place a few years ago, I would have been arrested for being outside St Mary’s cathedral with other abuse survivors during George Pell’s funeral."
Exactly. These bans are anti-democratic. #auslaw #auspol 1/2
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Exactly. These bans are anti-democratic. #auslaw #auspol 1/2
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Clergy abuse survivors hit out at moves to ban protests outside Australian places of worship
Those who protested outside Catholic churches believe they would have been arrested if such laws were in place
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:06 PM
“Had such a ban, as is now suggested, been in place a few years ago, I would have been arrested for being outside St Mary’s cathedral with other abuse survivors during George Pell’s funeral."
Exactly. These bans are anti-democratic. #auslaw #auspol 1/2
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Exactly. These bans are anti-democratic. #auslaw #auspol 1/2
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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These medications aren't banned for anybody but trans youth.
In fact, they're considered so safe they're allowed for purely psychosocial benefits in cis kids with early puberty.
In fact, they're considered so safe they're allowed for purely psychosocial benefits in cis kids with early puberty.
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Health secretary says emergency measures banning sale and supply will be made indefinite after expert advice
Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely across the UK, except for use in clinical trials, the government…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:59 AM
These medications aren't banned for anybody but trans youth.
In fact, they're considered so safe they're allowed for purely psychosocial benefits in cis kids with early puberty.
In fact, they're considered so safe they're allowed for purely psychosocial benefits in cis kids with early puberty.
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The PM's answer to the question about the impact of the social media ban on LGBTIQ+ kids shows that he simply does not understand the needs of this community, and does not seem to be concerned that his policy will dramatically increase their isolation and therefore risk of depression. #auspol
Albanese, not beating allegations of being an out of touch cis hetero man.
What do you mean expose kids trying to figure out who they are, who they can be. That's just kids in the city, Albo condemn kids outside the metro to never finding their people.
Video part 1
www.sbs.com.au/news/the-fee...
What do you mean expose kids trying to figure out who they are, who they can be. That's just kids in the city, Albo condemn kids outside the metro to never finding their people.
Video part 1
www.sbs.com.au/news/the-fee...
November 30, 2024 at 9:22 PM
The PM's answer to the question about the impact of the social media ban on LGBTIQ+ kids shows that he simply does not understand the needs of this community, and does not seem to be concerned that his policy will dramatically increase their isolation and therefore risk of depression. #auspol
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'Everything we can to keep our kids safe.'
Except protecting LGBTQ+ kids against discrimination - the thing we promised to do before being elected, and even held an ALRC review which laid out *exactly* how it should be done, before walking away from that commitment.
#auspol
Except protecting LGBTQ+ kids against discrimination - the thing we promised to do before being elected, and even held an ALRC review which laid out *exactly* how it should be done, before walking away from that commitment.
#auspol
November 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
'Everything we can to keep our kids safe.'
Except protecting LGBTQ+ kids against discrimination - the thing we promised to do before being elected, and even held an ALRC review which laid out *exactly* how it should be done, before walking away from that commitment.
#auspol
Except protecting LGBTQ+ kids against discrimination - the thing we promised to do before being elected, and even held an ALRC review which laid out *exactly* how it should be done, before walking away from that commitment.
#auspol
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Extraordinarily repressive plans from Uni of Sydney to undermine academic freedom on campus, in the Orwellian guise of ‘New Civility Rules’:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
University of Sydney review proposes ‘civility rule’ that requires ‘meaning of contested words’ to be made clear
Lecturer questions if academics will have to explain context of every phrase they use, saying those who speak up on Palestine would be affected
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Extraordinarily repressive plans from Uni of Sydney to undermine academic freedom on campus, in the Orwellian guise of ‘New Civility Rules’:
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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To mark the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, revisit a #VIDAblog where @andykaladelfos.bsky.social examines the historical ability of the criminal justice system to respond to sexual abuse within the family.
#16DaysofActivism
Read here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#16DaysofActivism
Read here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
November 27, 2024 at 6:08 AM
To mark the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, revisit a #VIDAblog where @andykaladelfos.bsky.social examines the historical ability of the criminal justice system to respond to sexual abuse within the family.
#16DaysofActivism
Read here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
#16DaysofActivism
Read here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/histori...
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Yet when participants were encouraged to engage with more imaginative thinking around decrim, the answer was never criminal, civil or social sanction. As one participant put it, people who use drugs should have options other than "jails, institutions, or death"
November 20, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Yet when participants were encouraged to engage with more imaginative thinking around decrim, the answer was never criminal, civil or social sanction. As one participant put it, people who use drugs should have options other than "jails, institutions, or death"
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since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
A “Gender Critical” and “TERF” Primer
for readers trying to make sense of “feminists versus transgender activists” debates
juliaserano.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
since all the "gender critical"/TERFs are migrating here, thought I'd share this primer explaining their history, dissecting their beliefs, & debunking their talking points. no-paywall links, pls share!
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/a-gender-c...
Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/a-gender-cri...
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Latest publication: ‘An Inclusive History of LGBTQ+ Aversion Therapy: Past Harms and Future Address in a UK Context’.
Co-authored with four excellent collaborators including @rebeccawynter.bsky.social (the others are not here yet).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Co-authored with four excellent collaborators including @rebeccawynter.bsky.social (the others are not here yet).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
An Inclusive History of LGBTQ+ Aversion Therapy: Past Harms and Future Address in a UK Context - Kate Davison, Katherine Hubbard, Sarah Marks, Hel Spandler, Rebecca Wynter, 2024
From the 1950s, aversion therapy gained an international foothold as a behaviourist means to alter what was then considered ‘deviant’ behaviour. Using primary r...
journals.sagepub.com
November 11, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Latest publication: ‘An Inclusive History of LGBTQ+ Aversion Therapy: Past Harms and Future Address in a UK Context’.
Co-authored with four excellent collaborators including @rebeccawynter.bsky.social (the others are not here yet).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Co-authored with four excellent collaborators including @rebeccawynter.bsky.social (the others are not here yet).
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...