Prof Sandy O’Sullivan (Wiradjuri, trans they/them)
Aboriginal trans professor doing anti-colonial work across policy, universities, museums, art, gender, culture, supporting older queer lives @IndigFutures.
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- Aboriginal people across the continent have been shouting out the hypocrisy of the media and govt for not talking about the explosive device thrown into a group of Invasion Day protesters in Boorloo/Perth. 1st I heard about it was from Tarneen Onus Browne. Politicians still haven’t brought it up.
- Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social #Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
- Racism is off the charts this January. I guess we get to have new charts. Meanwhile here I am posting about gender affirming surgery and turning 60 and lots of amazing support and then nonsense racism that means we have read it and deal with it. Because other people don’t need to read that stuff.
- This year I’m turning 60. I’ve made the decision that in the next two or so years – work commitments dependent – I’ll be getting gender-affirming surgery. Nothing’s a done deal but things will be changing and I guess I just wanted to say I’m really excited about it and really grateful.
- Today would have been my sister Gina‘s 63rd birthday. Gina was an amazing person and I miss her terribly.
- This is a really important public facing work by Dr Tamika Worrell who works in my centre. Read the work that Tamika has been doing for people who are thinking about cultural appropriation. In our same centre, we have Dr Innez Haua and Distinguished Prof Bronwyn Carlson all writing across this!
- The alternative: say #NoAI, and yes to real First Nations voices: @letterscentral.bsky.social @firstnationscen.bsky.social @robertarnol.bsky.social @big-tony.bsky.social @drtracywesterman.bsky.social @sandyosullivan.bsky.social 🖤💛❤️
- The alternative: say #NoAI, and yes to real First Nations voices: @letterscentral.bsky.social @firstnationscen.bsky.social @robertarnol.bsky.social @big-tony.bsky.social @drtracywesterman.bsky.social @sandyosullivan.bsky.social 🖤💛❤️
- The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real. 👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
- Next Sunday would have been my sister Gina’s 63rd birthday. I found this lovely picture of her from a few decades ago. It’s such an evocative photo; I really miss her. *I’ve always done weekly lead ups to birthdays of my family. So this continues, hey.
- Look, lots of fun things for Christmas catching up online with my sister. Lots of lovely pressies. And a beautiful day outside with birds singing, to be fair mostly squawking, and just a nice relaxing time.
- I love Christmas. But since my mum and brother and sister - who all loved it - have died, I don’t have the desire to celebrate with others. I’m at home writing for the entire season anyway, so it’s lovely to reflect and reproduce some of the rituals we always shared. Oh, and food!
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- Hey, if you’re struggling this Christmas season, me too. I see you. Sometimes the most important thing is to survive it.
- Check in on your trans and gender diverse kin. There’s a lot of positive stories going around at the moment and they’re really powerful, but they can also do a number on you if your mental health is not great. Check in.
- I’ve met so many amazing people on here (and the *other place*) who challenge the colonial project of gender, some in big ways, some just through your actions. I just want to say that I really appreciate you. You are changing this world for the better.
- This is the next project. Please get in touch, or save this until next year.
- Today is the last day of the Future Fellowship that I’ve been doing for the last five years. If any of the work we’ve done in thinking about queer in Indigenous lives, creativity, the colonial project of gender and everything else has had an impact on your work or life I’d love to hear from you.
- Join us for our latest Queer as…a podcast with brilliant writer and poet, and talking about their latest for an into writing the brilliant play, swim - it’s EvN! queer-as.org/a-podcast/evn/
- Really appreciate this. We’ve loved doing it. Three queer Indigenous people up so far…9 more to go in the first series.
