Jac Tomlins, Author at Star Observer

For The Love Of Librarians

Jac Tomlins — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:23:06 +0000

This is the story of how a librarian saved the life of a queer kid. It’s about my friend, Daniel, my next-door neighbour, Mary, and her friend, Henry. Daniel grew ...

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How To Run A Safe Queer Event…When Everyone Else Is Cancelling

Jac Tomlins — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:50:13 +0000

I have stood across the street from neo-Nazis more than once. I came out in London in the mid-eighties when bands of skinhead thugs and National Front bully-boys would march ...

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Creating Safe Spaces For LGBT Community And Allies

Jac Tomlins — Mon, 29 May 2023 10:09:42 +0000

I want to start a conversation. I want to start a conversation about change – about how we create the change that makes the world, or our small part of ...

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On the Nature of Queer Courage

Jac Tomlins — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:00:58 +0000

I am sitting at a dinner table with a group of friends. They are the people who got me through lockdown – queers and allies with whom I laughed, cried ...

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A ‘To Do’ List for Straight People

Jac Tomlins — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 22:30:40 +0000

Straight people – I need your help. Over the last few weeks I’ve heard some pretty awful stories. They’re not new; in fact, I’ve heard them all multiple times before, ...

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There are many ways to do social change: I’m loving this one

Jac Tomlins — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:56:28 +0000

This Friday is the annual GLOBE Community Awards and I will be attending with a table of colleagues. I’ll be representing an organisation I never thought I’d work for in ...

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Treat yourself to Self-Care with a #MinorityCelebration

Jac Tomlins — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:49:44 +0000

It’s not often a Facebook post stops me in my tracks, especially one that’s only a few lines long. And rarely does it keep me awake at night while I ...

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‘I’ve listened to damaging bullsh*t about our community for 30 years’: advocacy and burning out

Jac Tomlins — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 05:47:45 +0000

"Most people who work with our community in a professional capacity undertake regular supervision to manage the emotional strain of their job, but it occurs to me that advocates and campaigners don't."

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‘The day the world changed for LGBTI Australians’: my week in Canberra

Jac Tomlins — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 02:32:12 +0000

"All of a sudden – after fourteen years of campaigning, twelve weeks of the tortuous postal survey, and eight hours in the chamber -
all but four MPs get up and move to the 'ayes' side"

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