#chilloutfestival — Public Fediverse posts

Daylesford's Chill Out Festival was a lot of fun, despite me having pneumonia.

It was Michael's first time and I hadn't been for 12yrs when my gf at the time fought all the time because I was not meeting her expectations and I was embarrassing her in front of her friends or something (this is the same ex who threw autism at me - prior to my diagnosis - like it was a filthy accusation).

This trip with my loving supportive partner rewrote a lot of dialogue for me. The Daylesford community is extremely welcoming, the LGBTQIA+ community were united and even the boys who wouldn't normally look twice at you in the city were ready to have a chat.

However, the reason I looked up Daylesford fascists on google this morning was because when we got to the fountain to stake our position for the March we discovered a cow's tongue hanging from it.

We took this as a warning and given the area's history with neo-nazis, especially coming out of the primordial soup around Chill Out, we were alert to abuse, despite the overwhelming community love and support.

A lot of people think, especially since marriage equality was won, that the Rainbow Community in Australia have it a lot better now and are largely accepted. However, we still need to be vigilant because there are those that want to eradicate us.

Once again I say to our allies: speak out, speak often.

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