7 September 2016

後同性婚姻時期的世代 — 胸膛餵哺將成為常態

文:Lyle Shelton
譯:Salt of the Earth

這是伊文(Evan)的故事。最新一期的《時代雜誌》將伊文和他的「初生」嬰兒稱呼為同性婚姻新世代的勇敢表表者。

伊文在生理上屬於女性,即使我們再不能稱其作女人。

伊文在數年前開始變性療程,轉為男性。為了成功懷孕,他曾經縮減服用睪丸素(Testosterone)的劑量。

伊文的伴侶是一名女性,故此他們必須倚靠他人的協助、接受捐精,才能懷孕。

我們(Australian Christian Lobby)必須強調,我們認為任何形式的代孕、捐精、捐卵都是不符合道德標準的。

《時代》文章的附圖顯示長滿鬍鬚的伊文,正在為他的兒子進行母乳餵哺。這樣大膽的一幅照片,難道我們還可以視若無睹嗎?

Evan stopped Testosterone treatment in order to get pregnant. (Image: Elinor Carucci for TIME)

Evan, who stopped his hormone treatments before trying to get pregnant, chest-feeds his newborn son in their Massachusetts home (Image: Elinor Carucci for TIME)

3 February 2016

SIT-STAND DESKS MAKE YOUR EMPLOYEES HAPPIER

Researchers urge corporations to invest in sit-stand desks for workers’ well-being

By Winmas Yu
Sydney – January 22 2016
Ground breaking research shows sit-stand desks can boost employees’ energy and maintain productivity levels at work.
Sit-stand desk: Rumba 2 Stage Workstation (Image: Zenith Interiors)

20 November 2015

基督徒依照教會訓導選舉代議士的責任


文章原載於: 《公教報》 第3744期,主曆2015年11月22日

湯漢樞機於十一月六日發表牧函,呼籲信友在各級選舉中,「考慮候選人對於家庭和婚姻議題的立場,作為選舉議員的其中一個重要指標。」


16 November 2015

守護信仰:宗教、言論自由面臨嚴重威脅

文章原載於: 樂山樂水

澳洲主教團面臨首宗同性戀歧視訴訟

《澳洲人 The Australian》2015年11月12日
Bishops face discrimination case
譯:Didymus

澳洲天主教會全體主教,將捲入一宗足以影響宗教自由與言論自由的訴訟,並為同性關係及跨性別歧視立下全國先例。早前,塔斯曼尼亞省反歧視委員會裁定,該教區向天主教學校學生及家長派發的一本推廣傳統婚姻的小冊子,羞辱同性戀者及跨性別人士,或已違反塔省反歧視條例。


圖片來源:Marriage Alliance (https://www.facebook.com/themarriagealliance)

12 October 2015

Linguistic and visual analysis of a news story on the Liberal Party leadership challenge

On Tuesday, September 15, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article written by Mark Kenny, titled Turnbull calls for era of fresh vision with the sub-title Showdown: ‘It will be a thoroughly Liberal government’ (Kenny, 2015a; Appendix A), following the dramatic event happened on Monday, in which the federal government’s by then communication minister Malcolm Turnbull called for a special Liberal Party meeting to vote for a new party leader and prime minister for the nation. The equivalent online story on The Sydney Morning Herald’s website is titled Liberal leadership: Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott to become PM (Kenny, 2015b).