Tim Wong

Senior Research Associate. Interest: Psychology, critical psychology, qualitative research in health and illness (HIV, cancer), gendered violence, sexuality

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Lidia Thorpe’s #MardiGras disruption is the latest in an ongoing debate about acceptable forms of protest at Pride. There appears to be a distance between the desperate need for protest/grass roots activism of 1978 and now. https://t.co/OaJKrXyWS1

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

For some #LGBTQ+ older people, events like #WorldPride can be isolating – we need to better understand how to support them. Despite changes, the consequences of living most of one's life in a #homophobic and #transphobic society have been considerable. https://t.co/fMlZ5lc70B

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word '#queer'. While there is a clear history of the word being used in aggressive and insulting ways, the meaning(s) and uses of queer have never been singular, simple or stable. https://t.co/cnXOmKtofl

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

NSW Police questioned researchers' independence in gay hate crime review, inquiry hears. This is an organisation that views internal investigation of its own employees as legitimate?! #LGBTQ https://t.co/Cg4Emfk4ss

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Manly's jersey predicament taught sport an important lesson about inclusion, just not the one the club intended.
https://t.co/kfNaIH0Hol

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan launches new campaign to combat #racism. This campaign is also to highlight and bring awareness that racism not only exists in the interpersonal level, but also exists in the systemic level.
https://t.co/JNR4vkldKY

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Not talking about it doesn’t mean it's behind us! 😬😷 #CovidIsNotOver

[Prof Brendan Crabb @CrabbBrendan]

47 dead already announced today in just two states with more to come. It's outrageous, and intolerable, or at least should be. #COVID19Aus

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

It's Harmony Week, but let's discuss what it is really about: #racism
https://t.co/T4hCey3SZy

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Are you a more holistic or analytic thinker? Take this quiz to find out. Yet another scale/quiz that will help us work out who we are in binary terms. https://t.co/ID0a8cxwli

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Academics claim UNSW course evaluation enables teacher ratings https://t.co/kUtjNFI3P5

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the #ReligiousDiscriminationBill? The ongoing work of this government to ensure people have the right to be a bigot and be protected for being a bigot!!
https://t.co/DcIARGqn2o via @ConversationEDU

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

A win for #transgender athletes and athletes with sex variations. A new Olympics framework recognises human rights as a fundamental responsibility of sports governing bodies. https://t.co/QD67kChdrM via @ConversationEDU

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you #Covid_19 https://t.co/D9cBuX3GHK via @ConversationEDU

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Read the student survey responses shared by academics and you'll see why Professor Hambling is justified in burning hers. https://t.co/b4WTWVMP4b

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

What is casual #racism? Exactly what to look out for. A good FYI piece for people from dominant cultures who think understanding racism, being able to talk about racism, and FEELING racism are the same thing. https://t.co/UT7AekA0h2

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

@UNSWADA @derridalicious on how #COVID19 has shone a light on the ugly face of Australian antisemitism - it cannot be disentangled from other forms of colonial and racial violence and #xenophobia, and #racism in all its forms https://t.co/RftuREI2jA

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Some have medical conditions that make it harder to get a #COVID19vaccine and be vaccinated. https://t.co/VaSN2HoedG

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Important insights from Michelle Dowd - ICU nurse manager at Liverpool Hospital. #COVID19 taking enormous toll on families and healthcare workers. Politicians should learn from her in how to talk meaningfully about human tragedies. https://t.co/CiGYX7EiD7

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

#Racism exists but few will admit they're #racist. Until that's addressed, Australia has a problem Until we acknowledge the racism within us, the racist ideas we each carry, we can't work towards decreasing racism.
https://t.co/Lhf0DPPMHi

[Tim Wong @WKTimWong]

Australian way, Australian results: Scott Morrison's 28 'Australias' in one press conference – video ... it's priceless!
https://t.co/QPvgWoERYF