LGBTQ

Apparently 500 young people have been mentioned in this court case, this class action.

The LGBTQI legal service is seeking compensation of up to $50,000 per person, as well as an apology and changes to the restrictions.

The ban stopped new patients under 18 from accessing the treatments through Queensland's public health system.

Christopher says the decision was categorically the right one, but the legal fight will continue, no doubt.

Well, you know, like you, Chip, I get the opportunity to preach at churches and conference and events all over the world, including here in the U.S. And after I preach, I would have a line of parents and grandparents coming to talk to me with tears in their eyes, talking about their young adult child.

And honestly, the volume and consistency of their story, most people, now seeming to be involved in LGBTQ as well.

And just all of that, there was just so much pain and so much heartache and also a sense of not knowing what to do that God began to break my heart.

for these parents and grandparents and just saying, God, we got to serve them.

We don't have, and I'm not just talking about renal cell cancer, I'm just saying people with sexism on both sides of the street who can have cancer, there's nothing called a man-induced or male-induced overall survival or male-related overall survival, female-related overall survival.

And if we don't have this in the first place, so diversification in the LGBTQI community where we have differences where we have inequalities we can't equalize those inequalities because the primary thing is not equalized similarly when we had a look at the ethnic inequalities we benchmark ethnicities with comparative drugs the recurring theme was a certain ethnic group did not have much representation in the drug world when it came to real-world access, as a result of which you can't even make that benchmark, you can't even make that comparison, to be honest.

There was a huge load of underreporting.

And those were recurring themes which we found in breast cancer, in melanoma, in renal cell cancer.

Yeah, so this is how we started Zantimes.

Our lens was actually looking at the human rights, covering human rights situation in Afghanistan with the focus on women and LGBTQ people.

People whose perspective not always inform news and they don't have power and platform to speak for themselves.

So it's very important for us to bring their perspective to the public and enable them to share their stories and experiences as a way for us to understand what's happening and taking their experience, trying to build a better future for Afghanistan.

Just need you to know that.

Um, "She reminds me of every female, tall, white, skinny Australian bully ever, but can y'all please give me some context around what's going on with these players? I'm so confused.

I used to love the W 'cause it was a place where it seemed like women supported one- another and placed the rights of women, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ communities at the front of mind, and openly shared political opinions and promoted inclusivity and care for other humans.

Now all I see is drama and infighting.

I know it is possible- possibly because I just see whatever the Reddit algorithm shows me, but it is still really disappointing.

... is a bit of a shit show right now.

A bit.

And that's because we allowed somebody to come back into power a second time And as the result of that, they are attacking basically anything that is good and that would focus on BIPOC, LGBTQIA plus, uh, women's rights, anything.

I hope you enjoy the episode and I'd love to hear what you think.

Leila McKay has written about LGBTQ plus leadership in the workplace.

She's a health policy expert, and now with the Queer Bookshelf, she's created a fascinating guide to the novels and memoirs that have shaped queer history and culture.

It's a book that celebrates great writing while also asking what literature can teach us about identity, politics, and the progress and setbacks of LGBTQ plus rights.

Leila, welcome to the podcast.

Thank you.

And, you know, I was I was really, really shaken by that.

And it got

Well, you know, like you, Chip, I get the opportunity to preach at churches and conference and events all over the world and including here in the U.S. And after I preach, I would have a line of parents and grandparents coming to talk to me with tears in their eyes, talking about their young adult child.

And honestly, the volume and consistency of their story, most now seeming to be involved in LGBTQ as well.

And just all of that, there was just so much pain and so much heartache and also a sense of not knowing what to do that God began to break my heart.

for these parents and grandparents and just saying, God, we got to serve them.

She uses her platform.

She does loads and loads and loads of work in the LGBTQ community.

She's got this platform.

Yes, she is very, very rich, but she also uses her platform in ways that I really do agree with.

The lore of having muscles?

Not like for, but just like what it kind of means in like the fitness community or what it means in like the LGBTQ community.

And if you kind of knew that going into it and how a lot of people have like ascribed that meeting to her.

Well, I love it.