Aboriginal Rights

Aboriginal Homosexuality

  1. koorieboy
  2. woorama

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1.   Jul 23, 2006 9:13 PM

» koorieboy - Homosexuality amongst Our prople

Hi,
my name is Keith Ball and I am an Aboriginal gay man who works at the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations in Sydney. My work involves HIV/AIDS prevention and education for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander gay men, sistergirls and transgender people.

It's great to see that people are researching the area of homosexuality amongst my people. As a gay man who has been HIV positive for the past 16 years I think that we (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander gay men, sistergirls, transgender and HIV positive people)are finally at a point where we can ensure that issues that affect us are put out their in the public.

When I complete my Degree in two and a half years, I plan to do research on perceptions of homosexuality and associated issues in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander society, pre and post invasion.

I'm glad that a work colleague sent me this web site, as I found it to be a valuable resource for me and it's fabulous to see that we are talking about it more.

Regards to all,

Keith Ball.
(koorieboy@hotmail.com)

-- posted by koorieboy

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2.   Jul 23, 2006 10:33 PM

» woorama - Homosexuality amongst Our prople

In response to Homosexuality amongst Our prople posted by koorieboy:

great to hear from you keith. this site is for all indigenous people - and i hope you can feel at home here. that said, i am aware that gay, lesbian, bisexual, sitergirl and transgender aborigines are extremely underepresented here - which i am aware of and have been trying to remedy.

anything that you are writing - formulating ideas about your writings around your identity, please feel free to email to me - i'd really like to publish your writing as a blog or article on this site, depending on the tone.

also, i'd like to get some more discussions going here from the indigenous gay community - hope you feel welcome here and i look forward to hearing more from you. tell your friends - get some discussion going, or even just post events or anything that's on your mind.

by the way, what people you from?

-- posted by woorama

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