This is Lauren.
She is an Echuca born bae who moved to Melbourne for the uni and studied psychology (job) and performing arts (fun) while working insane hours in the pokies section at the Parkspew Hotel. She was dating her uni BFof 3yrs until he dumped her and she took it quite badly.
Turns out she was pregdawg. And gay.
You’re not supposed to eat seafood when you’re pregnant. How did that work out?
I guess I was too busy sculling orange juice and eating vegemite out of the jar to worry about anyone else at that stage.
Sick, so how did you realise you were a gaybo?
I sampled the whole buffet but the older I got I realised ladies are more for me. I’m attracted to quick brains and kind hearts – gender doesn’t really come into it. Also, it took me awhile to realise there might have been more to my obsession with Alanis Morrissette.
Is that how you got to be the Equality Advisor for one of our good-guy Ministers?
No don’t be a moron, Sprink.
Side note: I never really felt the need to ‘come out’ per se – you don’t have to come out as straight, so why does one need to come out when you’re not straight?
Sah true. So while we are on it, surely everyone is voting yes, yes?|
You would think that but there is a lot of misinformation out there about what equal marriage will provide. I will tell you what it is NOT about:
- NOT kids: same sex couples can already have children
- NOT letting peeps marry crazy shizz like objects: marriage has always been two consenting adults and tables can’t consent to marriage
- NOT challenging freedom of religion: churches will still be able to refuse marriage to same sex couples just as they have rights to refuse marriage to inter-racial couples or previously divorced couples (not saying they’ll do this, but they have rights to).
- NOT about ‘ruining the sanctity’ of marriage: I have four words for you: Married at First Sight
I always thought that the equality debate is lame af. I didn’t think that it would have a real effect in the lgbti community until The Sprinkler’s Sam The Social Media Guy mentioned how much it has on him..
It has a real impact on your mental health, being barraged on a daily basis by people who believe that they have the right to treat you like a second-class citizen. Because at the end of the day, that’s what this is. People who think it’s okay to allow the entire country to have a say on legislation that has been amended numerous times in its history, without ever having gone to a harmful opinion poll beforehand.
This government should have a duty of care to its constituency. And not only have they shirked that responsibility, they have opened the floodgates to a level of hate that for some people, calls into question their very being.
Why about yo baby Hazel?
She’s a 4yr old legend who loves jazz fusion, tap dancing, and Alex Lahey. She also understands gender fluidity better than most adults. We went to the Jurassic World exhibition at the museum last year and she asked if the dinosaur was a ‘he, she or a them, stegosaurus’.
Favourite thing to do in Melbourne?
Take my books from Hill of Content and sit in the back garden of NGV in the giant bean bags in the sun.