Yesterday, I attended my very first protest rally. It appears that the Liberal National Party of Queensland is following the playbook of the orange idiot in the states. As much as I hate linking to a News Corp Australia website… this article made my decision to attend the National Day of Action in my state.

Peter Dutton has hinted he supports US President Donald Trump’s moves to stop trans people competing in sport against biological girls, declaring that allowing it to occur is “not in the spirit of sport.”

The immediate issue behind this rally was in Queensland. On 28th January 2025, the Queensland Government paused new public patients under 18 from commencing Stage 1 puberty blockers or Stage 2 gender-affirming hormones while it commissioned another review. Existing patients who had already commenced treatment could continue. A Queensland Children’s Gender Service evaluation had reported 491 young people waiting for care as of June 2024, which is where the number behind Project 491 came from.

I am glad I had a support person with me yesterday and we were in one of the safest “Yes” vote regions of my state for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which ultimately failed. But hearing the Welcome to Country made me tear up something fierce. It really pisses me off how this entire system is built against us, the people. What scares me the most is that, I honestly don’t know if we’re smart enough as a nation to realise we are being divided and conquered.

Hearing the stories from the speakers had a similar effect. Very emotional and relatable. So I have no issue saying a big fuck you to the Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls for fucking with people’s lives like that. You have no fucking right.

I’ve now donated and signed the petition. And I am going to (politely) hassle the hell out of my local members of parliament and remind them that trans rights ARE human rights. You Liberal Party dickwads just pissed me off something fierce.

In other news, I’ve been able to use Jetpack Social to finally link my Bluesky, Mastodon and Tumblr accounts. Anything Meta owns (Facebook and Instagram) has been purged after Meta loosened its Hateful Conduct policy, including allowing some statements about gender and sexual orientation that its previous rules prohibited.

Unfortunately, it seems we are living in interesting times. It’s time to protect and support those that need it the most. It’s time to push back before we find ourselves with the right wing completely in charge of our lives.

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