Posts by paulkidd@aus.social
(DIR) Post #APJl7ve2VfvhJ3WybA by paulkidd@aus.social
2022-11-06T04:13:37Z
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Should police be included as participants in Pride March? I was on the radio over the weekend discussing the issue. Check out the podcast at https://joy.org.au/saturdaymagazine/2022/11/saturday-magazine-5th-november-2022-paul-kidd-policing-in-lgbtiq-spaces/ and find out more about the campaign at https://nopoliceatpride.com.
(DIR) Post #APJpHNiXuBsKnMOxhg by paulkidd@aus.social
2022-04-26T07:51:43Z
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Should I toot an #introduction? I guess…?
:leftsharkdance: I’m a blue tick on the birdsite, and therefore part of the problem
:heart_trans: I’m a queer, HIV-positive, extremely left wing activist and criminal lawyer
:firstnations: I live completely off-grid at an undisclosed location on Dja Dja Wurrung country, in central so-called Victoria
:comrade: My pronouns are he/him/comrade
I don’t tolerate TERFs, SWERFs, or cops whether sworn or self-appointed
:blobcheerbounce: I’m interested in public policy, social theory, law, risk, gender, consent … and #eurovision
:vibing: I’ve been on Mastodon since the early days. I can also be found at @paulkidd@anticapitalist.party.
(DIR) Post #APJpHPlSILOJ8xmJW4 by paulkidd@aus.social
2022-04-26T07:54:12Z
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* I’ve been on mastodon since the early days but NOT MUCH
(DIR) Post #At045hrFp5mUGK00wq by paulkidd@aus.social
2025-04-11T21:50:32Z
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“Even on policies which the Coalition have allegedly released, the details remain such a haze of contradictions and backflips that most voters would struggle to know what they actually were.”
(DIR) Post #AuIbbCalQBtp5k9QI4 by paulkidd@aus.social
2025-05-20T22:11:18Z
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Two Sydney men have been sentenced to more than six years for robbing five men they arranged to meet through the dating app Grindr. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/21/sydney-men-jailed-gay-dating-app-grindr-robberies-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
(DIR) Post #AuXOw8h9zBAP9Zr1YO by paulkidd@aus.social
2025-05-28T00:01:40Z
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Strip searches – which disproportionately increased against young girls and women – speak to a underlying issue within #policing. Police scholars have long observed an internal culture of #misogyny and #sexism, both domestically and internationally. https://theconversation.com/from-strip-searches-to-sexual-harassment-australian-policing-has-long-been-plagued-by-sexism-256781
(DIR) Post #AuoMfjfhp5aAg5jGls by paulkidd@aus.social
2025-06-05T05:33:33Z
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Groundbreaking research from the Doherty Institute in Melbourne might bring us one step closer to a cure for #HIV. Incredible stuff. #HIVcure https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other