8 Days of Solidarity, Intersex Awareness, Queer Censorship, Incarceration

Tuesday, 14 November 2017 - 7:00am to 8:30am

with Ayaan, Ruby, George and Lauren

7:00am Acknowledgement of Country

7:05am 8 Days of Solidarity, a grassroots campaign to show solidarity with refugees who have been locked up in detention. It will be 8 days of action to highlight the longest time spent in Australia’s detention facilities, which is 8 years.12 to 19 of November.

7:30am Tony Briffa, Former Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of the City of Hobsons Bay and co-executive director of Intersex International Australia (OII), speaks about intersex awareness.

7:40am Community Announcements

7:50am Jess Jones, writer from the Star Observer speaks about censorship of queer twitter hashtags. 

8:00am Alternative News, the team discusses women and people of colour in incarceration.

8.10am Miranda from Inside Out Solidarity, speaks about the grassroots group aiming to build a network of LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Queer) people, sistergirls and brotherboys both inside and outside prisons.