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    Gay bishop gets no official welcome

    The Melbourne and Sydney Anglican dioceses have denied snubbing the world’s first openly gay bishop during his speaking tour in Australia. American Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson is speaking at a number of community events in Newcastle, Sydney...

    • Posted 28 days ago
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    Salamanca market tribute unveiled

    It’s been five years in the making but a new public artwork in Hobart will commemorate the largest act of gay rights civil disobedience in Australian history. Community members and city officials attended the unveiling of The...

    • Posted 28 days ago
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    Have you made your IDAHO promise?

    No more excuses, it’s time to stand up against discrimination properly – this is the new national anti-homophobia push launched today on the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). No To Homophobia organisers revealed their new ‘promise’ campaign,...

    • Posted 32 days ago
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    We need reform, not rainbows

    What’s more important: marriage equality, legal protection from discrimination or a rainbow flag? Some of Australia’s leading LGBTI rights advocates, including former High Court justice Michael Kirby and pioneering academic Dennis Altman, are concerned about the direction...

    • Posted 34 days ago
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    AFL pride campaign is “bullying”

    Efforts to address homophobia in the AFL have been labelled as “bullying and browbeating” by the Australian Family Association. In a statement published on its website on Monday, the AFA urged others to call on AFL CEO...

    • Posted 34 days ago
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    Brazilian court ruling allows gay marriages

    Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed news that Brazilian gay couples should be allowed to marry now after a top judicial body ruled that same-sex couples shouldn’t be denied marriage licenses. AFP reported the National Council of Justice,...

    • Posted 34 days ago
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    Rapid testing goes regional

    Bendigo residents now have access to rapid HIV testing through a private clinic, with hopes the new technology will improve testing rates in the regional city and surrounding areas. Rapid HIV testing drastically reduces the waiting time...

    • Posted 35 days ago
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    “We’re there because we care”

    It takes a special kind of person to voluntarily get up at 5.30am and drive a diabetic colleague from Seaford to the Alfred Hospital for a blood test before 8am. For Frankston retiree Noel Brown (pictured), it’s...

    • Posted 35 days ago
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    Marriage rally draws sombre tale

    X Factor contestant Paige Phoenix highlighted an often untouched part of the marriage equality debate on Saturday when he told of getting married to his wife, only to have it revoked on a technicality. The transgender man...

    • Posted 37 days ago
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    Marriage bill a stunt: Rainbow Labor

    The Labor Party’s LGBTI advocacy network says the Greens should focus on shoring up a free vote for the Liberal Party instead taking a bill to Parliament again. Yesterday, Greens deputy leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt...

    • Posted 40 days ago
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