Laura_S
- Location
- Lake Macquarie, Hunter Valley, Australia
- Birthday
- October 18
- Title
- Ms
- Bio
- Born 1957. An Australian transgendered Artist/Writer. Laura began her gender transition in 1994, and after a drastic move from Perth, Western Australia to Lake Macquarie, New South Wales in 1996, studied at Newcastle University. She has a Bachelor (Hons) in Visual Arts, and Laura's "Queer Stuff" and "Apocryphal Tales" strips has appeared both in Out Now and Polare.
Laura is also a neo-pagan, a modern Gallae of Cybele, and her web comic series Tales of the Galli (n historical drama) reflect this. Her interests include philosophy, film and music, Forteana and virtual reality. Laura is the current custodianship of the Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomic Project. She is currently working on two graphics novels as part of her Masters in Fine Arts: Real Life Trips and Gender Transition for Innocents.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Why Same-Sex Mariage is not
the same as Marriage Equality
March 23, 2013 02:02AM - WHEN COMMUNITY ISN'T: How
"Queer" and "LGBT*" fail
June 21, 2012 06:38PM - QUEER STUFF: Marriage Equality
June 18, 2012 06:59PM - TDOR Webcomic Project 2011
October 31, 2011 07:55AM - I am one of a hundred
October 31, 2011 07:32AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I loved the first film
version of Judge Dredd. In the
decade
before it was made
I…”
June 21, 2012 07:03PM - “It felt strange to read
this, and in fact it triggered
a huge
depressive
episode…”
October 16, 2011 02:20AM - “As a T-Girl (as MTFs who
get surgery in Thailand
sometimes
refer to ourselves)
wh…”
April 18, 2009 09:25PM
Laura_S's Links
Why Same-Sex Mariage is not the same as Marriage Equality
Same-sex marriage is the addition of marriage between same-sex couples, to existing marriage legislation. The best example is the legislation in New York (see copy of the legislation in pdf form). This was seen as a huge victory when it was passed, and by…
WHEN COMMUNITY ISN'T: How "Queer" and "LGBT*" fail
I've been meaning to write this article since the last Queer Collaborations. I left it for some time because I didn't want to write something that seemed to be from a "sour grapes" attitude. But that's hard to do when examples of what I'm talking about are shoved in one's face… Read full post »
QUEER STUFF: Marriage Equality
From TDOR Webcomic Project 2011
Just a reminder about this year's Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomic Project. And just what is that?
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The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed (or forced to suicide) due to anti-Transgender hatred or prejudice., and i… Read full post »
I am one of a hundred
Last month, the day after my birtrhday, I attended the laumch/opening of "100 Women". This was not only the launch of the book of the same name by the University of Newcastle, but also the opening of the exhibition of photos featured in the same. Now I would have attended this… Read full post »
Transgender Day of Remembrance Web Comics Project
Last year I took on running the Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomics Project. Or rather, I took on the archive, because as was shown the previous year in 2009, even when there is no one actually organising the project, people still independently do it!
This year around I've been caught up… Read full post »
The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online
I just discovered the Dictionary of Australia Artists while looking for a photo of a friend. I-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g. Read full post »
Why am I here?
So, why, after already having such things as a live journal or a facebook, have I joined Open Salon?
Good question. Initially this was to post a comment on someone else's blog. Then I had a look and saw that this seems to be a place where interesting posts are made.… Read full post »
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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