Welcome, dear reader, to our February issue of GCN, as we step bravely and positively into this new and exciting year. While the decade may have changed, our priorities – to support, highlight and celebrate our wonderful community in every way we can- have not. To plan properly for the future, we must reflect on the past as well as taking stock of where we are today. With that in mind, we decided on a theme of Past, Present and Future, so in the following pages we take a look at the milestones the community has achieved and, more importantly, at all the issues which still seriously affect our community.
Our beautiful cover image this month has been provided by The Stairling Collective as part of the upcoming Every Woman exhibition which will soon open in Collins Barracks. Featuring portraits of trans woman and non-binary femmeidentifying folk, it’s part of the Herstory Project uncovering fascinating women’s stories from history, mythology and contemporary culture.
We hear from Equality For Children founder Ranae von Meding who shares the frustrations and the fear of being an LGBT+ parent still left out in the cold while trying to get equal rights for her children.