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1.0KArticleHope Over Fear – A Reflection on Police in Mardi Gras
I’ve endured my fair share of police abuse. Not long after coming out I was arrested along with many others for staffing...
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Making the Voice a Small Target has been a Mistake
Experienced marriage equality campaigner Rodney Croome takes aim at the 'small target' marketing strategy on issues of national importance.
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The Hope Jon West Rejects
Rodney Croome wrote the following article for Tasmania Times in 2013. It is a response to the late Prof Jonathan West’s essay...
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Protest and Persuasion
Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak event in Hobart has sparked a discussion about how best to respond to her brand of anti-trans...
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Turf War: What’s Really Behind Recent Attacks on Trans Tasmanians
Since 2020 Tasmania has suffered more organised opposition to the rights of trans and gender diverse people than other Australian states. Why...
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In Praise of Protest
In this article, Rodney Croome looks at two Tasmanian protest traditions, LGBTIQA+ and convict, that have been overlooked in the debate over...
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Jessie Rooke’s Message: Perseverance and Persuasion Make Change
Jessie Spinks Rooke may have died over a hundred years ago, but she has a message for us that is more important...
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What is the Sydney Hindrance?
I recently wrote an article in which I referred to ‘the Sydney Disease’ holding Australia back on LGBTIQ+ human rights. Because some...
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Why I Will Hand Back my Order of Australia if Religious Discrimination Bill Passes
Tasmania has more to lose than any other state if the Federal Religious Discrimination Bill passes. That’s why I will hand back...
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Lessons from the Rainbow Isle
Rodney Croome and other LGBTIQ activists explain why Tasmania is so far ahead on LGBTIQ equality and what can be learn from...
