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Committee consults with community
Gay community leaders have met with the Human Rights Consultation Committee to discuss marriage, anti-discrimination legislation and the need for a human rights charter. Committee chair Frank Brennan and member Mary ... Read more
Tue September 15th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Stand up for adoption equality
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby was pleased when the NSW Parliament Law and Justice Committee recommended abolishing current laws banning adoption by same-sex couples. Disappointingly, however, the Committee also ... Read more
Wed August 12th, 2009 - No Comments
Battlelines drawn for ALP conference
Supporters of same-sex marriage, civil unions and sexuality anti-discrimination laws will be competing with the nuclear power debate for focus on the last day of the ALP National Conference in ... Read more
Tue July 28th, 2009 - 7 Comments
Churches seek middle ground on gay students
The law shouldn't allow religious organisations to discriminate just because of their sexual orientation, a Sydney Anglican bishop has claimed. But students who come out as gay or atheist in ... Read more
Tue July 14th, 2009 - 9 Comments
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Rudd’s HIV call to Asia
The Rudd Government will encourage Australia's Asia-Pacific neighbours to introduce laws that protect people with HIV and homosexually active men from discrimination -” laws it is yet to introduce at ... Read more
Tue April 14th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Barnardos calls for same-sex adoption
Adoption and foster care agencies were split over whether same-sex couples make good parents at the first day of a NSW inquiry on Tuesday. Barnardos, the only secular agency in NSW, ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - 3 Comments
National news briefs
Pink gets Faker Faker, led by openly gay Sydney-based singer Nathan Hudson, has scored one of the year's most sought-after gigs, supporting Pink for part of her Australian tour. The boys will ... Read more
Wed February 4th, 2009 - No Comments
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Tony, please think before speaking
You have to feel sorry for Tony Abbott. He has been criticised for speaking without thinking, in his comments on women’s virginity, and on homosexuality “challenging orthodox notions of the right order of things”. The ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Talk to us, Tony
Manly Liberal MP Mike Baird has “strongly recommended” Opposition leader Tony Abbott break his ... Read more
Gabbing with Glambert
Appropriately for someone whose goth-glam appearance is the subject of much tabloid fodder, out-and-proud ... Read more
Court rules in favour of trans teen
Transgender rights advocates have welcomed a Family Court decision to allow a trans teenager ... Read more
Police apologise to Blacktown victims
Police will do by better by gay and lesbian victims of crime, NSW’s top ... Read more