Over the Rainbow For the love of our fur-babies By Celeste de Vis There is nothing and no one, more loved and cherished than our pets, except maybe our partners and children. Our two or four-legged pets can be the life-changing difference between happiness versus depression, social interaction versus loneliness and community engagement versus isolation. Within the LGBTQIA+ community, our furry and feathered family members are treated in the highest regard. We live and breathe for our fur-babies and consider them in everything we do. We also love to show them off! Just check out the participants each year at the annual Pet Parade during Midsumma Carnival, in Melbourne, or what Pet Stock will release every June at the start of Pride Month. The amount of Pride accessories you can purchase for your furbaby is mind blowing.
“She likes to sit on my lap and weighs 24kg. This is quite inconvenient in meetings.” “She is very good at patiently protecting her personal space. She never gets aggressive yet has ways of letting you know when she wouldn’t like to be touched, like calmly shifting away, or giving you side eye. “She likes to sit on my lap and weighs 24kg. This is quite inconvenient in meetings. “Nala has made me take more responsibility for my life because I had to look after another living being, not too much though; she’s still a dog not a human baby.”
Kimmy and Sue, beloved mommas of Bailey and Ollie with a special mention to Baci, who has crossed the Rainbow Bridge to heaven. “Ollie cat was chosen because he meowed at us in the pet shop. He looked so lost and sad, that we decided to switch cats from the one we were looking at and got him. “Bailey the Golden Retriever was purchased from a breeder as a pup, as we love the breed and wanted a loving family dog. He is now eleven years old.
I asked a few fabulous people within our community about their relationship with their special family member. Here is what they had to say: Amy and Austin, beloved adoptees of Nala “We chose Nala because we could have her without telling our landlord.
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Bailey (the Golden Retriever) Photo by Kimmy
Ollie (the cat) - Photo by Kimmy
