Labor talks a big game on diversity and inclusion. But as a gay man, I’ve lost patience with the glacial pace of the party’s reform agenda.
to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for World Pride. Or who can forget when the PM and the foreign affairs minister joined the Mardi Gras Parade with the NSW Premier Chris Minns last year? But performative politics is easy, real and substantive change is more difficult.despite such a move being recommended by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and supported by the Actuaries Institute of Australia, among many others. This comes on top of the decision to.
At the NSW state level, the Labor government keeps deferring the debate on an “equality bill” by Independent MP Alex Greenwich which seeks to address all legislative barriers to LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing. Again, a promise made while in opposition is being kicked into the long grass. What’s driving this lack of ambition to support vulnerable groups? Of course, “tactical” and “small target” political considerations play a part but currently, diversity beyond gender within Labor is accidental while it should be enshrined in the party rules.A new Muslim parliamentarian who wears a hijab is celebrated as she should be but we all saw what happened there.
I have regularly been “the only gay in the village” within forums and on committees, and it is often incredibly difficult to speak up. What is worse is that often this view is rejected, and you are patronisingly told what you “should” be doing and that you should be grateful to have a seat at the table. In other words, “Shut the f**k up and listen to your superiors”.
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