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Liz Duck-Chong

Sydney
As seen in: The Guardian, SBS, Pedestrian TV, Junkee, Crikey, Overland, Meanjin, Archer Magazine, Sydney Writers' Festival
post-fertile funny girl 💘 writer, carpenter, health researcher, makes film/music & co-owner of a reclaimed timber shop 🏳️‍🌈 all opinions mine etc (she/they)

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Writer, photographer, sexual health nerd, filmmaker, pun aficionado, podcaster, occasional musician, bumblebee enthusiast and ex-roadie, Liz is a true renaissance figure in the sense that most of them were really gay. They write about the history of reproductive health, rape politics, girldick, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, and far more besides. Self-described post-fertile funny girl, she enjoys long walks after dark, collects food-shaped earrings, and we’ve probably totally met before at like tha…

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Coming out of compulsory heterosexuality: Guess what? I'm gay! - Archer Magazine

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By Zoe Simmons, Liz Duck-Chong, Matilda Meikle
| Archer Magazine Verified
Content warning: This article briefly mentions violence and discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people. It’s hard to be a queer person in this world, especially when you’re still discovering that part of yourself. As a millennial, homosexuality was still illegal in many parts of the world when I was born. Tasmania didn’t change its archaic laws until 1997, unlike most other states who had decriminalised it in the ’70s or ’80s. While laws may have changed, negative attitudes have certainly remained.
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Single and non-monogamous: Is polyamory an identity or a lifestyle?

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By Liz Duck-Chong
| Archer Magazine Verified
My first years of non-monogamy were, if I’m being honest with you, exhausting. DM slides, dates and dancefloor pashes collided in that fun-but-slightly-strung-out way that you only really notice when you stop for a minute and realise the room is spinning. Image: Annie Spratt When exploring a new connection, the story is familiar for a lot of polyamorous people: an oft-flurried process of experimentation and elimination, in service of deciding if the pieces click and if the pros are worth the cons.
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Trans rights are being targeted around the world. In Australia, it means complex ID risks

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By Liz Duck-Chong
| Crikey Verified
A milestone event in July will see New South Wales join the rest of the country in legally allowing trans and gender-diverse adults to update the gender marker on their birth certificates without requiring surgical intervention. This change, a result of the Equality Bill that passed the lower house in NSW last year, acknowledges that trans people of all genders deserve the dignity of recognition, even if they may not be able to access, afford or even desire gender-affirming surgery.
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