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Gillian Martin

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Gender Female
Born Newburgh
United Kingdom
Party Scottish National Party
BooksCocktails at Naptime: A Woefully Inadequate Guide to Early Motherhood
Education University of Glasgow
Position Member of the Scottish Parliament since 2016
First minist Humza Yousaf
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Gillian Anne Martin is a Scottish politician who is serving as Minister for Energy since 2023. A member of the Scottish National Party. she has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Aberdeenshire East since 2016.

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... " The development was also welcomed by Energy Minister Gillian Martin...

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... The government instead backed another amendment by SNP MSP Gillian Martin that would mean anyone convicted of a sexual offence who wants to apply for a GRC will need to be fully risk assessed...

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Quaden Bayles: fundraiser for boys in bullying-video hits $300,000

Quaden Bayles: fundraiser for boys in bullying-video hits $300,000
Feb 22,2020 10:25 am

... Can you please educate your children, your family, your friends? people think it s okay to laugh and to stare Gillian Martin, the Chairman of the British charity-Restricted Growth Association (RGA), says it is a long way to go in changing the perception of dwarfism...

Quaden Bayles: fundraiser for boys in bullying-video hits $300,000

Feb 22,2020 10:25 am

The video of the quadi wines has been shown millions of times online

raised Some A$452,000 ($300,000; £230,000), as part of a campaign to send a nine-year-old Australian boy to Disneyland after a video of his deep distress over being bullied, went viral.

Yarraka Bayles published crying the clip of your son, the quadi, after he was attacked in the school for his dwarfism.

"This is it, what is the meaning of bullying," she says in the video, in which he says his life will end.

Now, a GoFundMe page, triggered 30 times More Than its $10,000 goal.

The page was designed by US comedian Brad Williams went to the video go viral, to send money, the quadi to Disneyland.

to lead The National Rugby League Indigenous All Stars team also invited the quadi, the for the side for the game against the Maori All Stars on Saturday.

celebrities such as actor Hugh Jackman and basketball player Enes Kanter spoke, while Parents in other countries, joint video message by their children.

Jackman told the quadi "you are stronger than you know, mate", and called on all to "to be friendly".

on the occasion of a press conference, Ms Bayles said, you hope that your son's experience was to raise awareness about the effects of bullying.

"We lose a lot to many people because of bullying, because of the discrimination due to racism. There are so many factors of bullying," She Said .

"It is every parent's worst nightmare, the loss of your baby, and for me, this is my reality Every Day ," She Said , adding that suicide attempts are "very real".

"on top of that, an aboriginal boy with a disability, people do not understand, this is a two-edged sword. It is racism, And Then there is a discrimination on the basis of disability. "

What's in the video, the quadi happens?

In the confrontation of the six-minute video, posted on Tuesday, quadi mother describes the merciless bullying experienced by her son Every Day . The Family , the Australian Aborigines, life in Queensland.

"I took my son out of school, experienced a bullying episode, rang the client, and I want people to know - Parents , educators, Teachers - this is the effect that bullying has," Ms Bayle says, as a to sob her son.

"of Each individual. Day, Something Happens . Another episode, another is bullying, the other taunt, another name-calling.

"Can you please educate your children, your family, your friends?"

'people think it's okay to laugh and to stare"

Gillian Martin , the Chairman of the British charity-Restricted Growth Association (RGA), says it is a long way to go in changing the perception of dwarfism.

"This story, I'm thrilled with it... but it's a much deeper question, which grew here about the specific bullying and prejudice in and around dwarf, because we, as a Society , culturally and globally, are conditioned dwarfism amusing," she told the BBC-OS-program.

"We are too conditioned... to the object, the person as inhuman, as a person of Comedy. "

Gillian Martin , seen here with her 20-year-old daughter Quinn, conditioned says the company to find dwarfism amusing

American Motivational Speaker Becky Curran Kekula, who lives with dwarfism, believes it is one of The Last of the conditions people think is acceptable to laugh and stare.

"has A lot to do with low numbers, because there are only 30,000 Little People in the United States alone,".

"people have not seen a little person in your daily life, so that affect a lot of representations in the media, how we are treated In Society . "

Warwick Davis called the video "deeply disturbing"

the actor Warwick Davis , the co-founder of Little People UK, said, the video of the quadi was "deeply upsetting to".

"It is really sad that this kind of thing goes on in The World today. We see ourselves as a caring, passionate species, when, in fact, in The Heart of it, we are really not sometimes," he told the BBC.

"I think the Parents have a role to play. Education begins at home and as Parents , we should all be responsible for Our Children and for their attitude in The World ," he said.

If you or someone you know, needs support for any questions about this story, in Australia you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636



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Source of news: bbc.com

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