"There are plenty of issues with the budget currently being discussed, but I just thought I'd raise one discussed less often; much of transgender healthcare remains financially inaccessible under this budget, and the issues it fails to address hurt trans and gender-diverse people disproportionately."

Link: https://www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/labors-budget-leaves-trans-people-behind/16/12/2022

#PowerToPersuade #Trans #Healthcare #budget #auspol #AntipovertyCentre

Today, Tuesday, the #AustralianSenate's Community Affairs References Committee, chaired by Senator Janet Rice (Greens–Victoria), holds the public hearing for its Inquiry into the nature and extent of poverty in Australia, at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Leichhardt St. I am one of four witnesses, as is one of my Twitter mutuals, David Wakeham. The event is audio livestreamed, will be transcribed in the Senate Hansard, and was livetweeted by the #AntipovertyCentre.

i spent yesterday in a room with 5 other #welfare recipients talking about the system and our fucked society and boy was it bleak but it’s good to be reminded that #solidarity and time with my peers gives strength and energy every. single. time. #BTPM #AntipovertyCentre