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Dorothy

July 2, 2014 by 55Upitty

I have always been open about my age, but I am particularly comfortable, and proud, to say that I am eighty. When I was about three, I can remember having a sense of another presence around me, a comforting presence. I always felt there was something beyond me. I was brought up a Methodist, and then the Methodist church became part of the Uniting Church. I am so glad I had a father who was a radical thinker.   I never […]

Categories: Christian, Lesbians, Mothers, Uncategorized • Tags: African National Congress, age, ageing, ageism, anti-apartheid movement, australia, australian politics, books, Catholicism, clergy, clerical collar, Death, fascist, feminism, feminist, gay, God, graffiti, grandchildren, grandmother, human rights, Human Rights Medal, journalism, lesbian, LGBTI, love, Macquarie University, Methodism, Methodist, minister, mission, mother, neo-Nazi, neo-Nazism, ordain, ordination, Pitt Street Uniting Church, politics, protest, racism, racist, Redfern, relationships, sex, sexuality, South Sydney Herald, Synod, Tasmania, Uniting Church, vietnam, Waterloo, White Australia policy, woman, women, women's movement, Woprld Council of Churches

Lyn

December 11, 2012 by 55Upitty

…people saw me as cute, oh, like a Chinese doll.  Except I had a horrible temper.  They soon found out I wasn’t such a sweet little thing.  I’ve had to grow my personality to cope with being different, and I could either choose to be a victim or I could choose to think of myself as special…   My sexuality is the central theme of my experience.  Again, I am part of a minority, and I am very proud of […]

Categories: Activists, Disability, Fashion, Feminist, Lesbians, Professionals, Race, Sport • Tags: aboriginal health service, abortion, abortion clinic, abortion history, abortion protest, age, ageing, ageism, asian, asian australian, australia, australian politics, ballroom, books, brisbane, child, childhood, chinese, consciousness raising, dance, disability, discrimination, doctor, exercise, fashion, feminism, feminist, feminist medicine, foucault, gay, golf, gym, health, history, homophobia, hong kong, immigrant, immigration, juliet mitchell, latin, latin dance, law, lawyer, legal, legal system, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, mardi gras, medicine, migrant, migration, older people, our bodies ourselves, pauline hanson, people with a disability, photography, politics, portraits, protest, queensland, queer, race, racism, refugee, refugee review tribunal, relationships, retirement, right to protest, safety, salsa, same sex ballroom dance, same sex dance, separatism, sex, sexism, sexual identity, sexuality, social security tribunal, style, swimming, swing, sydney, sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras, sydney gay and lesbian mardi gras 2014, tennis, vietnam, vietnam war, visibility, viv mcgregor, viv mcgregor photography, woman, women

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Kaye

August 21, 2012 by 55Upitty

…I remember going to see Peter Pan, and being so impressed by a woman, dressed as a boy, who could fly around with her companion, Wendy.  I realised that a girl could live like that… That’s how I came to be jailed by the Bjelke-Petersen government.  I got three weekends in jail – the men got five!  You can imagine how happy my parents were when I rang them from the Watch House. Dad refused to go bail. I’m fifty-nine […]

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