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“The stories make it real”

“The stories make it real”

by Jac Tomlins · Jul 21, 2016

Yesterday I gave a presentation to a group of Maternal and Child Health nurses from the City of Whitehorse about working with rainbow families. It was a fantastic session with a really engaged audience who asked lots of questions. I came away on a complete high and I’m still buzzing. What I love about these […]

Filed Under: Personal, Rainbow families Tagged With: Outspoken Families, rainbow families

“Vote 1 Jaqui Tomkin”

“Vote 1 Jaqui Tomkin”

by Jac Tomlins · Jun 29, 2016

This week I went to my local early-polling station to vote and saw my name on the Senate ballot paper. I have to admit, it was a buzz.  Just under three years ago my friend, Jason, told me he wanted to start a political party. I laughed. A lot. Crazy, I said. Impossible. Clearly, I […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal Tagged With: Australian Equality Party, Jason Tuazon McCheyne, Safe Schools Coalition

How Fluff Ball Came Home

How Fluff Ball Came Home

by Jac Tomlins · Jun 16, 2016

Two years ago, Scout and Cully approached me with a request. My response was a definite No! Not a We’ll see kind of No, or a Maybe later kind of No, but a clear, emphatic, never-in-a-million-years-and-over-my-dead-body kind of No. From that time ‘til now the girls have engaged in a sustained campaign to achieve their […]

Filed Under: Kids and parenting, Personal

Pillar of the Sixth Form!

Pillar of the Sixth Form!

by Jac Tomlins · May 28, 2016

In my final year of high school I was presented with an award.  The ‘award ceremony’ – and I use the term loosely – took place at the monthly Rotary Club lunch held at the Borehamwood Civic Hall. I was told to ‘dress smartly’ which was code for ‘wear a dress’, an item I did […]

Filed Under: Marriage Equality, Personal, Rainbow families Tagged With: Australian Equalty Party, Jason Tuazon McCheyne, marriage equality, rainbow families

Time to fight back

Time to fight back

by Jac Tomlins · Feb 16, 2016

I told this story to a small group of people recently. I couldn’t quite reach the end of it without getting choked up, and when I did finish, the room was silent. ‘You should write that down’, one of my listeners said. So here it is, written down. I came out in 1986 in England, […]

Filed Under: Personal, School and education, Youth Tagged With: Australian Christian Lobby, Australian Equality Party, Safe Schools Coalition

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