> Trans people have always existed. The majority of the original Native American tribes were actually nonbinary. Unfortunately many of them were killed when White settlers deliberately handed them blankets with the incorrect pronouns embroided on them.
The Victorian “Change and Suppression” act that mandates “affirmation only” discussions around gender was due for review earlier this year. I’ve asked about it numerous times in Parliament. I’ve requested that it be open for public submissions and the Cass Review be taken into consideration.
Why has this review not been done?
Our Government talks a big game on science but in reality they aren’t interested at all. They’re covering their arse.
> @TwisterFilm The moment I realized that puberty blockers stop physically maturity while the person ages into the age of consent, I couldn’t un-realize it.
> Iran’s government says it has lifted a ban on access to WhatsApp and Google Play after more than two years. That's according to the official IRNA news agency.
@erici Ticket machines in the vehicles sounds like a bad idea indeed. In a normal city ticket machines are placed in stops and stations and sell tickets and passes. But in Melbourne these machines only top up the pt card, so anyone without a card is screwed unless there is a place nearby selling them. I find it hard to comprehend how this regressive design was approved in the first place
A transport expert says people are being too hard on the Myki system after Premier Jacinta Allan was grilled by Tony Jones on 3AW Mornings about the system.
Chief executive officer of Hale Infra Strategy. Dr Chris Hale told Shane McInnes, Melbourne’s system is only four or five years behind world-leading cities such as London and Singapore, while Sydney has invested hundreds of billions into their Opal system.
“It’s a discussion we could have that can’t be absent of the cost that these high-end, sophisticated systems,” he said.
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