![]() ![]() VOX POP 2: I know a lot of my friends have especially trans friends who have been physically abused. ![]() Usually go and getting the call of oh are you a girl or a boy or stuff like that. VOX POP: It is pretty regular to, you know, get verbal abuse, being called a dyke, faggot, anything along those lines. NICOLE BUTLER: Last night in Brisbane an exhibition called Prejudice and Pride was launched to celebrate the history of the gay movement in Queensland but some of those attending the festivities say homophobic attitudes are still all too common. SHANE MCLEOD: We are said to live in relatively enlightened times yet a new study has found that persecution of those who don't fit the heterosexual norm is rife in Queensland.Ī survey of 1100 homosexual, bisexual and transgendered people has found the overwhelming majority have been harassed or abused and most are suffering in silence.
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