Prof Sandy O’Sullivan (Wiradjuri, trans they/them)
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Prof Sandy O’Sullivan (Wiradjuri, trans they/them)
@sandyosullivan.bsky.social
Aboriginal trans professor doing anti-colonial work across policy, universities, museums, art, gender, culture, supporting older queer lives @IndigFutures.

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February 4, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Aboriginal people across the continent have been shouting out the hypocrisy of the media and govt for not talking about the explosive device thrown into a group of Invasion Day protesters in Boorloo/Perth. 1st I heard about it was from Tarneen Onus Browne. Politicians still haven’t brought it up.
January 28, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social
#Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums
January 23, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Racism is off the charts this January. I guess we get to have new charts.

Meanwhile here I am posting about gender affirming surgery and turning 60 and lots of amazing support and then nonsense racism that means we have read it and deal with it. Because other people don’t need to read that stuff.
This year I’m turning 60. I’ve made the decision that in the next two or so years – work commitments dependent – I’ll be getting gender-affirming surgery.

Nothing’s a done deal but things will be changing and I guess I just wanted to say I’m really excited about it and really grateful.
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This year I’m turning 60. I’ve made the decision that in the next two or so years – work commitments dependent – I’ll be getting gender-affirming surgery.

Nothing’s a done deal but things will be changing and I guess I just wanted to say I’m really excited about it and really grateful.
January 19, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Today would have been my sister Gina‘s 63rd birthday. Gina was an amazing person and I miss her terribly.
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 AM
This is a really important public facing work by Dr Tamika Worrell who works in my centre. Read the work that Tamika has been doing for people who are thinking about cultural appropriation. In our same centre, we have Dr Innez Haua and Distinguished Prof Bronwyn Carlson all writing across this!
The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
January 17, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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The ‘Bush Legend’ is bringing us short videos of an Aboriginal person teaching us about native animals. But he isn’t real.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/this-ti...
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Next Sunday would have been my sister Gina’s 63rd birthday. I found this lovely picture of her from a few decades ago. It’s such an evocative photo; I really miss her.

*I’ve always done weekly lead ups to birthdays of my family. So this continues, hey.
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Look, lots of fun things for Christmas catching up online with my sister. Lots of lovely pressies. And a beautiful day outside with birds singing, to be fair mostly squawking, and just a nice relaxing time.
December 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I love Christmas. But since my mum and brother and sister - who all loved it - have died, I don’t have the desire to celebrate with others. I’m at home writing for the entire season anyway, so it’s lovely to reflect and reproduce some of the rituals we always shared. Oh, and food!
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Remembering the time Sam Kerr once again proved she doesn't miss chaser.com.au/sport/sam-ke...
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Hey, if you’re struggling this Christmas season, me too. I see you.

Sometimes the most important thing is to survive it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Check in on your trans and gender diverse kin. There’s a lot of positive stories going around at the moment and they’re really powerful, but they can also do a number on you if your mental health is not great. Check in.
December 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I’ve met so many amazing people on here (and the *other place*) who challenge the colonial project of gender, some in big ways, some just through your actions. I just want to say that I really appreciate you.

You are changing this world for the better.
December 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is the next project. Please get in touch, or save this until next year.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Today is the last day of the Future Fellowship that I’ve been doing for the last five years. If any of the work we’ve done in thinking about queer in Indigenous lives, creativity, the colonial project of gender and everything else has had an impact on your work or life I’d love to hear from you.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Join us for our latest Queer as…a podcast with brilliant writer and poet, and talking about their latest for an into writing the brilliant play, swim - it’s EvN!

queer-as.org/a-podcast/evn/
EvN
EvN © Anna Jacobson EvN (Ellen van Neerven) Ellen van Neerven (they/them) is an award-winning author, editor and educator of Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage. EvN‘s first book, Heat and Light …
queer-as.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Really appreciate this. We’ve loved doing it. Three queer Indigenous people up so far…9 more to go in the first series.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Just gonna say this: our families don't all hate or revile us as queer Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people aren't trying to find a way to alienate our families and friends. This white queer rendering of queer Aboriginal people as cast out by mob is ridiculous and a colonial fantasy. And racist.
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I got a haircut. It feels so good. Now this is how trans people should be spending #TransgenderAwarenessWeek… having affirming care!

ID: me in a selfie in my car with a fresh haircut.
November 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
During #TransAwarenessWeek2025 we are featuring the wonderful Campbell X on the podcast. Campbell is an amazing trans filmmaker whose recent work focus on anticolonial reckonings, #LandBack and trans bodies. The podcast is also conducted by 2 trans folks, Han and me.

queer-as.org/a-podcast/ca...
Campbell X
Campbell X Campbell X’s work deals with queer memory, desire and Blackness across the African diaspora through filmmaking, theatre and curation. He directed the award-winning queer urban roma…
queer-as.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Join us on Queer as… a podcast as we speak with Campbell X whose work deals with queer memory, desire and Blackness across the African diaspora through filmmaking, theatre and curation. He talks with us about #LandBack, trans bodies and the promise of ancestors.

queer-as.org/a-podcast/ca...
Campbell X
Campbell X Campbell X’s work deals with queer memory, desire and Blackness across the African diaspora through filmmaking, theatre and curation. He directed the award-winning queer urban roma…
queer-as.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM