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    Category - Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Why We Will Always Need Pride | WhyNot?
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Why We Will Always Need Pride

    Words by Natalie 20 VIC “We get it, you’re gay! You don’t need to keep telling us about it! I don’t see why you need a WHOLE MONTH just to talk about the fact that you’re gay. Seems unnecessary to me.” I remember that...

    Words by Natalie 20 VIC

    4 min read
    Gifted, but Quirky
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Gifted, But Quirky

    Words by Jess, 23 VIC For me, being diagnosed with autism changed my life in an enormous way. I finally had an answer for all my life’s questions, and the more I looked into the female presentation of autism, the more...

    Words by Jess, 23 VIC

    4 min read
    The Cost | WhyNot
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    The Cost

    Words by Chelsea, 23 VIC He slapped my arse With a cardboard box He thought it was a joke, Of course. Brown cardboard, White skin, My privilege didn’t stop him. Laughing,  Walking across an invisible...

    Words by Chelsea, 23 VIC

    2 min read
    The Queer Rubik’s Cube | WhyNot
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    The Queer Rubiks Cube

    Words by Zali, 21 NSW Being queer is an endurance test you can’t quit. When I was sixteen, I came out as bisexual for the first time. Over the past five years, I’ve come out what feels like a thousand times. Almost...

    Words by Zali, 21 NSW

    6 min read
    Identity Identification
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Identity Identification

    Words and imagery by Jack, 19 VIC I am an outsider. I am a man. I am young. I am an autistic person. It’s important to define what you are. Not in words, or for anyone else to hear. But it’s important to know who...

    Words by Jack, 19, VIC

    5 min read
    Sexuality | I Vow to Thee LGBT
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    I Vow to Thee LGBT

    Words by Laura, 25 NSW Photo by Elyssa Fahndrich on Unsplash I wrote this poem as a facetious take on Canberra’s latest ‘religious freedoms’ debate, about whether Christian schools should have the right...

    Words by Laura, 25 NSW

    4 min read
    Dear Brother John | Why Not?
    Identity, Diversity & Inclusion

    Dear Brother John

    Words by Akira, 22 VIC Dear Brother John, This morning I woke up to a Sydney Morning Herald article outlining some alarming suggestions following the religious review commissioned in the wake of last year’s marriage...

    Words by Akira, 22 VIC

    4 min read

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