SUMMARY SERIES, PART TWO: SCHOOLS (May 2011)

Find out what the birds-eye view of regional, rural and remote Australia is from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as those who support them.

Schools Introduction: Schools Summary: Introduction

For The Head: Schools Summary: For The Head
(Everyday Schools: Homophobic Hostility; That’s So Gay!; Out In Australian Schools)

For The Heart: Schools Summary: For The Heart
(Markus’, with Shane, story; Edward and David’s story; Joan and Mel’s story)

For The Hand: Schools Summary: For The Hand
(Dealing With That’s So Gay, Now; Is Your School “Ready”?; Starting School Conversations)

SUMMARY SERIES, PART ONE: MODERN DAY SNAPSHOT OF LGBT AUSTRALIA (March 2011)

Find out what the birds-eye view of regional, rural and remote Australia is from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, as well as those who support them.

For The Head: Part One For The Head
(Modern Day Snapshot of LGBT Australia; LGBT Life in Australia; LGBT Coping in Australia)
For The Heart: Part One For The Heart (ed)
(Amber’s Story; Simon’s Story; Mini’s Story)
For The Hand: Part One For The Hand (ed)
(Starting LGBT Conversations; Supporting LGBT Young People; Resources That Might Help)

In the first half of 2011 a Summary Series of the Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’ (2010) Tour will be released.  Over the next few months various themed summaries will be shared with teachers, health professionals and homophobia-curious others across regional, rural and remote Australia.

Here is an overview of the Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’ Summary Series 2011: Summary Series Introduction

Recently a final e-mail for the Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’ Tour was sent out to all corners of Australia to announce it’s end.  If you were yet not on that mailing list, read the final e-mail here: Final Tour E-mail (Dec 2010)

Thanks to the Victorian Branch of the Australian Education Union for the above image…

FULL CIRCLE, DONE AND DUSTED…

Download the thirty-eighth, and final, installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-Eight: Geelong Again

Here are some of the highlights of the 38-week national challenging homophobia tour. Included is a reflection written by Rodney Croome about Outlink (1999-2000) and Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’.

(SORT OF) SNEAKING BACK IN, SHORT AND SHARP…

Download the thirty-seventh installments of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-Seven: Melbourne

Daniel talks with Rainbow Network Victoria about Beyond ‘That’s So Gay’: The Tour Diaries.  Daniel “digs deeper” with a familiar voice.  Daniel revisits the bush telegraph.

OPTING IN OR OUT – MARILYN MUNROE WHISPERS AND COMING A LONG WAY…

Download the thirty-fifth & sixth installments of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here:
Tour Weeks Thirty-Five & Six – Tasmania

Daniel talks with rural farm boy,  “Neil” about not getting struck by lightning in church.  Daniel hears from local health professionals about what’s happening in Tasmania’s north.  Daniel revisits “Lee”, who he trained years ago in Pride & Prejudice, who has been out as lesbian in both primary and secondary schools.

A RETURN TO SILENCE – THE LITTLE LGBT GRAVY TRAIN THAT COULD, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE…

Download the thirty-fourth installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-Four: Gippsland

Daniel revisits Bairnsdale a decade after their first LGBT steps.  Daniel hears from Eve about local LGBT people’s experience of small towns and workplaces.  Daniel speaks to local LGBT young people’s group, Whatever, with “Zoe”, “Moira” and Jack.

TALKING ABOUT OUR KIDS AGAIN – LGBT FISH ‘N’ CHIPS AND BEING TRUMPED BY A PUPPY AND A FLUFFY DUCKLING…

Download the thirty-third installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-Three: Shepparton

Daniel hears from local LGBT young people that perhaps their town is not so bad after all.  Daniel speaks to local parents, with Phyllis “coming out” as the mother of a gay son to a close frienc and “Lydia” forcing it down people’s throats.  After a successful training session with local teachers and health professionals, Daniel reflects on all the US media attention on gay teen suicides.

THE RECAP EPISODE…

Download the thirty-second installment of ‘Postcards from the LGBT Edge’ here: Tour Week Thirty-Two: The Recap Episode

You’ve seen those US shows where they do the recap episode in order to drag it out one more week.  Well welcome to that stage of the tour!  Daniel spent one week of the Victorian school holidays looking back, tying up some loose ends and preparing for the final legs of his national project.

Here are some of the highlights of the first 31 weeks of the 38-week national challenging homophobia tour.  All of this and much more can be read about in the weekly location blogs at www.thatssogay.com.au