Katherine Wolfgramme, Author at Star Observer

Let Us Be Rid of the Toxic Hierarchy Once And For All in LGBT Australia

Katherine Wolfgramme — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 02:42:03 +0000

I do not believe the elevation of oneself at the cost of making anyone else feel inferior has a place in Sydney’s Gay Community, let alone in any Gay Community ...

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REVIEW: The Little Prince

Katherine Wolfgramme — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 09:30:04 +0000

The Little Prince is an adaptation of the much loved french fairytale Le Petite Prince, as expected of a European Production the adaptation is very chic and paired back in ...

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Atari Metcalf: married to the medicine

Katherine Wolfgramme — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:48:03 +0000

Atari Metcalf is about to begin work as a junior doctor in a hospital after completing a medical degree. He tells the Star Observer about his experience of being transmasculine ...

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Running for your life: trans sporting pioneer Ricki Couglan

Katherine Wolfgramme — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:16:09 +0000

Ricki Couglan became the first trans athlete to compete openly in sport with the blessing of Athletics Australia in 1993 after being outed in the media. She told her story ...

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About a Neighbour, About a Girl: Georgie Stone

Katherine Wolfgramme — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:01:05 +0000

Georgie Stone is a leading trans youth advocate, the first transgender actor on Neighbours, and was the 2018 Victorian Young Australian of the Year. She spoke with the Star Observer’s ...

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Finding the “T” in the Alphabet Soup

Katherine Wolfgramme — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:41:24 +0000

“The struggle for even the simplest acceptance of transgender people, families and children is at a tipping point. Our youth attempted suicide rate is at twenty times the national average and that simply can’t continue.”

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‘It’s worth it for every time a trans person tells me I make them feel less alone’: Aram Hosie

Katherine Wolfgramme — Mon, 13 May 2019 04:12:22 +0000

"Look after you – you’re actually not invincible and being visible, being involved in advocacy, and dealing with other people’s shitty responses will add up and take its toll."

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‘Trans people will forever change and grow and that’s a beautiful thing’: Rebeckah Loveday

Katherine Wolfgramme — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:32:05 +0000

"Love yourself and know that you are worthy of love."

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‘You will live through heaven and hell, but you will live’: non-binary advocate Norrie

Katherine Wolfgramme — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 04:25:53 +0000

"Hopefully [in the future], with more acceptance, transgender people will go on to have happy and fulfilling lives, and less will fall to the life-shortening events that we used to suffer in the bad old days."

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‘It’s harder to hate us when you know us’: non-binary transmasculine PT Dibs Barisic Sprem

Katherine Wolfgramme — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:10:28 +0000

"I think my generation is feeling somewhat safer to be out, depending on so many other factors of course. It’s crucial that there is more trans representation in the media, and in entertainment."

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‘I transitioned when I was fifty-one’: trans elder Katherine Cummings

Katherine Wolfgramme — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:44:28 +0000

"I hope for the day when trans is accepted as a simple variation from the norm, to be neither condemned nor praised."

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Here’s what Trans Day of Remembrance means to the trans community

Katherine Wolfgramme — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 05:16:01 +0000

“It’s in remembering the stories of those that we have lost to the hands of this struggle that we find our strength.”

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Sydney’s gay nightlife is making space for the trans community

Katherine Wolfgramme — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:54:44 +0000

As Sydney’s LGB communities evolve, so too has Sydney’s trans community, thanks to both community inclusion and venues creating spaces for trans people.

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How to respect trans people in the workplace

Katherine Wolfgramme — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:17:55 +0000

The first and easiest way to convey your respect is to use their correct pronouns.

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‘Gay men and lesbians are our allies’

Katherine Wolfgramme — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:00:35 +0000

Trans visibility is at an historic high but how has this come to be?

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