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Calling for volunteers
The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) has started planning for what should be another fun-filled Mardi Gras season. The Mardi Gras season is a very busy time for ... Read more
Tue January 26th, 2010 - 1 Comment
The fight goes on
The last year has been an extremely busy one for the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) as the fight for equality continues. While a great deal of the work ... Read more
Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments
New coalition fights for rights
The Rudd Government will again be asked to review its stance on changes to same-sex pensions. ACON has joined six other health and welfare organisations to form a lobby group seeking ... Read more
Wed February 25th, 2009 - 16 Comments
Changes explained
The organisations that urged the Federal Parliament to quickly adopt the same-sex equality reforms are preparing to change their stance in light of the grassroots call for a grandfather clause. As ... Read more
Wed February 11th, 2009 - 17 Comments
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Lobby on a mission
The Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Mardi Gras float will take on espionage flicks to spread the message of Mission Possible: 009 Sequined Service. Be a Bond with bedazzle this Mardi ... Read more
Wed February 4th, 2009 - No Comments
Changes to social security
Since the start of the 58'08 campaign last year the GLRL realised that although the introduction of equality at a federal level was going to accord new rights to tens ... Read more
Wed January 21st, 2009 - 1 Comment
Gay adoption next
The NSW Government has promised a parliamentary inquiry into legalising same-sex adoption after making changes to speed up the approval process for heterosexuals. The issue of same-sex adoption was not included ... Read more
Wed December 3rd, 2008 - 8 Comments
Two (legal) mums and a baby
Monday saw laws come into effect in NSW that give most children with two mothers equal legal status and a birth certificate which reflects their family structure. An estimated 1000 children ... Read more
Wed September 24th, 2008 - 3 Comments
Faces of equality
There seems to have been a change in the same-sex weather lately. When Channel Seven News reported the marriage of Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi it was as the ... Read more
Wed August 27th, 2008 - 1 Comment
Christians support gay de facto
The Australian Christian Lobby supports a model that would see gay couples recognised as de facto under the law. It is one of an overwhelming majority of submissions to the first ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - 5 Comments
Poor turnout for marriage rallies
Several hundred protesters gathered in Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra at the weekend in rallies supporting same-sex marriage. The attendance numbers were well down on previous years, which had attracted up to ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - 6 Comments
Full Equality: No Excuses
When asked for her opinion on gay marriage on the ABC's Q and A program last week, openly lesbian Senator Penny Wong said that the Australian community felt that marriage ... Read more
Wed August 6th, 2008 - No Comments
Record profit for Mardi Gras
New Mardi Gras will announce a stunning profit of almost $500K from the last year and a range of community donations at its Annual General Meeting to be held on ... Read more
Sun August 3rd, 2008 - 6 Comments
Marriage pressure mounts
A series of protest marches will be held in capital cities around Australia this weekend and next, calling for the repeal of the same-sex marriage ban now polls confirm the ... Read more
Wed July 30th, 2008 - 4 Comments
A blessing or blight?
As the last few WYD pilgrims straggle out of Sydney, many in our community are breathing a sigh of relief. Whether it was the throngs of devout Catholic youth roaming ... Read more
Wed July 30th, 2008 - No Comments
Current Issue
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