Jac TomlinsinLives Well LivedGrief is the price we pay for love: AnonI wrote this piece in 2013 and am reposting it here today (July 10th, 2024)Jul 97Jul 97
Jac Tomlins“Make Shit More Gay!”This is a copy of the speech I delivered at the opening plenary of Better Together 2024, Australia’s National LGBTIQA+ Conference, Geelong.Jun 14Jun 14
Jac TomlinsinBELOVEDHas the Time for “Queer” Finally Come?We need to have a difficult conversation. It’s about the acronym. Our umbrella term is a sensitive topic, I know, but I really think we…May 7May 7
Jac TomlinsVisibility, Connection, and Community: How we create change and stay safe in a hostile political…This is an edited version of a speech I gave at the Pride in the North Summit: Beyond the Rainbow Lanyard in Melbourne, November, 2023Nov 5, 20232Nov 5, 20232
Jac TomlinsFor the Love of LibrariansThis is the story of how a librarian saved the life of a queer kid. It’s one story, one kid, but I’m confident there are a lot more stories…Jul 27, 20233Jul 27, 20233
Jac TomlinsHOW TO RUN A SAFE QUEER EVENT…WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS CANCELLINGI have stood across the street from neo-Nazi more than once. I came out in London in the mid-eighties when bands of skinhead thugs and…Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
Jac TomlinsWhy we don’t talk about childhood sexual abuse — and why it might be helpful if we didI am sitting in a workshop with a group of people talking about childhood sexual abuse. It’s not, as you might imagine, difficult or…Apr 16, 2023Apr 16, 2023
Jac TomlinsQueers and Allies — Time to say this out loudSpeech delivered today at the Better Together 2023 Conference.Feb 17, 20235Feb 17, 20235
Jac TomlinsSecrets and Shame: The Lockdown Therapy Garden ProjectThis story references complex childhood traumaFeb 8, 2022Feb 8, 2022
Jac TomlinsFree audio book version of: “The Curse of Grandma Maple”How’s that social isolation with the kids going? Jigsaw puzzles? Monopoly? Baking? Or, like me, have you given up the battle of the…Apr 11, 2020Apr 11, 2020