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WHY DO JOHN QUIGLEY, DANIEL AND SO MANY OTHERS HATE ME?

In recent days I have signalled that I am stepping back from the gender war I declared on the government...

By Andrea ThompsonApril 16, 2024

I DON’T WANT TO BE TRANSGENDER ANYMORE

I don’t want to be transgender anymore. I want to live in a post-trans world and get beyond the idea...

By Andrea ThompsonJanuary 11, 2024

Andrea Thompson on the steps of Parliamant House - Photo by V Graphic design by @miles.menagerie

WHO KILLED GENDER LAW REFORM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA? DISCREDITED NONSENSE AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Recently I attended protest rallies organised by Queer Liberation Boorloo aimed at prompting the State Government to live up to...

By Andrea ThompsonNovember 15, 2023

#6 THE LIST MAKER

We’d arranged to meet at Picabar, but when I arrived he was standing outside looking like he’d been there for...

By Andrea ThompsonMarch 30, 2023

THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023

When I came out as a transgender woman publicly on 1 March 2021, I had no thought for the proximity...

By Andrea ThompsonMarch 8, 2023

VALUES CLARIFICATION

One of the early contenders for a piece on the reincarnated Around The Sound was Fran Veltman, who sent me...

By Andrea ThompsonDecember 10, 2022

THE PROBLEM WITH CRAIG SILVEY AND ‘HONEYBEE’

When I meet people for the first time or in certain contexts, they will often get around to asking, “Have...

By Andrea ThompsonOctober 16, 2022

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