Kim Kemmis
@kimkemmis.bsky.social
Historian/writer. Bi. PhD USyd. Social history of opera & history of sexuality. ADHD/ASD. Conversion therapy survivor.
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One more time because I don't want it buried or lost...
Conversion Therapy isn't 'therapy' - it's torture. Declaring it protected by Freedom of Speech is saying that it's 'ok' to torture members of the LGBTQ+ community...like my daughter...
That dog don't hunt.
#LGBTQ+ #Conversiontherapy
Conversion Therapy isn't 'therapy' - it's torture. Declaring it protected by Freedom of Speech is saying that it's 'ok' to torture members of the LGBTQ+ community...like my daughter...
That dog don't hunt.
#LGBTQ+ #Conversiontherapy
Conversion Therapy: A Generation of Torture and American Shame
Christmas is nearly upon us, and here in the mountains we’re all getting ready to celebrate the holidays. I have lost much of my family and…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
One more time because I don't want it buried or lost...
Conversion Therapy isn't 'therapy' - it's torture. Declaring it protected by Freedom of Speech is saying that it's 'ok' to torture members of the LGBTQ+ community...like my daughter...
That dog don't hunt.
#LGBTQ+ #Conversiontherapy
Conversion Therapy isn't 'therapy' - it's torture. Declaring it protected by Freedom of Speech is saying that it's 'ok' to torture members of the LGBTQ+ community...like my daughter...
That dog don't hunt.
#LGBTQ+ #Conversiontherapy
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NSW premier “Chris Minns’ protest ban has the premise that preventing the murder of Jews in Sydney means consenting to the murder of Palestinians in Gaza. It is not just authoritarian: it is breathtakingly racist and must be resisted.”
Opposing genocide and supporting justice for all is not a crime.
Opposing genocide and supporting justice for all is not a crime.
Minns’ protest ban: breathtakingly racist, authoritarian, and must be resisted - Michael West
Chris Minns’ protest ban is not just authoritarian: it is breathtakingly racist and must be resisted, writes Nick Riemer.
michaelwest.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
NSW premier “Chris Minns’ protest ban has the premise that preventing the murder of Jews in Sydney means consenting to the murder of Palestinians in Gaza. It is not just authoritarian: it is breathtakingly racist and must be resisted.”
Opposing genocide and supporting justice for all is not a crime.
Opposing genocide and supporting justice for all is not a crime.
Just finished a book that came with high recommendations from trusted sources. It was bloody awful soap, written to formula, not at all the literary triumph they claimed. Am convinced that the majority of adults read books like this because they don't really don't want to be adults.
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Just finished a book that came with high recommendations from trusted sources. It was bloody awful soap, written to formula, not at all the literary triumph they claimed. Am convinced that the majority of adults read books like this because they don't really don't want to be adults.
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With conversion therapy bans likely to be declared unconstitutional, states and their professional boards still have meaningful room to protect thepublic.
But they have to be careful to regulate professional conduct and informed consent, not ideological speech.
How?
1/14
#conversiontherapy
But they have to be careful to regulate professional conduct and informed consent, not ideological speech.
How?
1/14
#conversiontherapy
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
With conversion therapy bans likely to be declared unconstitutional, states and their professional boards still have meaningful room to protect thepublic.
But they have to be careful to regulate professional conduct and informed consent, not ideological speech.
How?
1/14
#conversiontherapy
But they have to be careful to regulate professional conduct and informed consent, not ideological speech.
How?
1/14
#conversiontherapy
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December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Saw an Aston Martin 4-door in traffic this morning. Driving one of those is a dead giveaway that life didn’t go the way you hoped it would.
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Saw an Aston Martin 4-door in traffic this morning. Driving one of those is a dead giveaway that life didn’t go the way you hoped it would.
Yesterday I filled out a Sino-Nasal Outcome Test. The short name is SNOT-22. They do this deliberately so that inner Kim always remains a 12-year-old and never, ever grows up.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Yesterday I filled out a Sino-Nasal Outcome Test. The short name is SNOT-22. They do this deliberately so that inner Kim always remains a 12-year-old and never, ever grows up.
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"By attempting to brainwash gay youth into becoming “normal”, conversion practices promotes Trump’s war on the LGBTQ+ community. That explains why, relying on junk science, a Health & Human Services Dept report issued last spring appeared to support the practice."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Conversion therapy’ is homophobic and dangerous. Yet it threatens to make a comeback | David Kirp
Bans on the dangerous practice, condemned by national mental health organizations, could soon be struck down
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"By attempting to brainwash gay youth into becoming “normal”, conversion practices promotes Trump’s war on the LGBTQ+ community. That explains why, relying on junk science, a Health & Human Services Dept report issued last spring appeared to support the practice."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A motion passed at today's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras AGM. Markedly more abstentions for this than the other motions - tacit opposition or couldn't care less?
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A motion passed at today's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras AGM. Markedly more abstentions for this than the other motions - tacit opposition or couldn't care less?
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It’s the commercialisation of this special day that makes us so sad…
I dunno, I just think we’ve lost sight of the true meaning of Black Friday.
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s the commercialisation of this special day that makes us so sad…
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This isna repeated finding. We need money to provide services.
Lack of social support linked to higher level of loneliness among bisexual individuals
According to an EHU study, lack of social support leads to increased loneliness of bisexual people. The work by Garikoitz Azkona of the Psychobiology group explored the relationship between sexual ori...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This isna repeated finding. We need money to provide services.
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500 points if they can put some spin on it and get all three walkers while missing the car 🤣👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
500 points if they can put some spin on it and get all three walkers while missing the car 🤣👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
"Der Ballwerfer", 1907, by Richard Daniel Fabricius, outside the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany
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Look what I got in my inbox this morning: The Australian Christian Lobby agitating to get its supporter base to support efforts to loosen the laws on gay conversion practices - properly called Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change efforts. (1/4)
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Look what I got in my inbox this morning: The Australian Christian Lobby agitating to get its supporter base to support efforts to loosen the laws on gay conversion practices - properly called Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change efforts. (1/4)
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And I know, I know, I know, I know
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I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
And I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know
Hey, I ought to leave young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone
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Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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I did not know the Cisco Kid was Romanian. But I know now why every native Spanish speaker I have heard since my childhood sounds a bit weird.
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I did not know the Cisco Kid was Romanian. But I know now why every native Spanish speaker I have heard since my childhood sounds a bit weird.
Police don't need more powers to stop nazis. They can already stop them. They just don't want to.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Police don't need more powers to stop nazis. They can already stop them. They just don't want to.
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in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
in short:
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
if you're looking for love, get your nuts out by the fire.
Nathan Lyon should be sponsored by Lion Nathan.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Nathan Lyon should be sponsored by Lion Nathan.
Disgusted with the history profession. Years of arguing over what is or is not fascism, what is or is not genocide, yet doing nothing to stop the world burning. And my own work on minorities who are being persecuted around the world is deemed 'not strategic' enough to support.
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Disgusted with the history profession. Years of arguing over what is or is not fascism, what is or is not genocide, yet doing nothing to stop the world burning. And my own work on minorities who are being persecuted around the world is deemed 'not strategic' enough to support.
But tell me why cops should march in Mardi Gras...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Queer Sydney mural removed from police station just days after going up
The artwork, Queer Sydney: A History, was hung at Surry Hills Police Station, metres from where the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is held.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
But tell me why cops should march in Mardi Gras...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...