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Move on GLBT rights: EU

The European Union has reaffirmed that countries wanting to join must provide genuine protections for their GLBT citizens. In accepting reports on membership bids by Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey, the European ... Read more
Tue March 2nd, 2010 - 2 Comments
Ceremonies decision may impact states

Gay rights advocates in the Asaid the changes lowered the bar for other jursidictions looking to introduce legal ceremonies for same-sex couples. Equal Love Canberra spokesman John Kloprogge criticised the ACT ... Read more
Mon December 21st, 2009 - 6 Comments
Australia finally condemns Uganda

Australia has joined the chorus of nations raising concerns with Uganda’s Government over its proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The bill punishes any expression of same-sex intimacy with life imprisonment, while HIV-positive GLBT ... Read more
Mon December 21st, 2009 - 3 Comments
Being gay is a state of limbo

In 2002 the Indonesian Government granted legal autonomy to Aceh, allowing the province to institute Islamic Sharia law, a framework that explicitly punishes homosexual acts. It was subsequently reported that 52 ... Read more
Tue August 18th, 2009 - 4 Comments
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Denmark – the global leader

Although still a teenager discovering his own sexuality, Copenhagen-educated Jesper, 37 remembers clearly the moment when the first same-sex couple were officially recognised. I remember the images of the wedding. ... Read more
Tue July 28th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Rights key in representation

The will of the people is one thing, but it may be the influence of the few that has the greatest impact on the rise of gay rights, according to ... Read more
Tue July 21st, 2009 - 1 Comment
Protest or pride?

This time of year always sees a debate in Sydney Star Observer's letters page and on its online forums on the contemporary relevance and purpose of Mardi Gras. Is it an ... Read more
Wed March 4th, 2009 - 2 Comments
Political problems need political solutions

As the disappointing news filtered through last Thursday that a majority of Californians had endorsed Proposition 8 (the amendment to the Californian Constitution which would expressly define marriage as between ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - No Comments
Stop…Obama time

Not only the first black president of the United States of America, last Tuesday Barack Obama also became its first president to specifically acknowledge gays in an acceptance speech, thanking ... Read more
Wed November 12th, 2008 - 6 Comments
Stuck in a political wilderness

When millions of people cannot make ends meet, who considers discussing such things [as gay rights] in Parliament? said former Ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk in 1999. L'viv-raised Val, 30, believes the ... Read more
Wed October 22nd, 2008 - 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




