Posts tagged LGBTI rights

A lawmaker from Indonesia’s House of Representatives has claimed foreigners “need not worry” about proposed laws criminalising extramarital sex, contained in the draft revision to …

“It sounds like the Government’s proposal would prevent employers from being able to protect their businesses from the damaging public actions of employees.”

“We have to face the stark reality that the movement to weaken Australia’s LGBTI legal rights under cover of religious freedom is not going away.”

One party didn’t seem to know the difference between trans and intersex.

“We owe it to our neighbours in Brunei to stand up for their rights.”

The Sultan of Brunei first announced the small but wealthy nation would adopt full sharia law in 2014, which prompted a global backlash. The laws will now come into effect on April 3.

MP Charles Santiago Santiago tweeted that the “government has a duty to protect and promote the interest of women from the LGBT community” in the face of a media campaign “demonising” LGBT people.

NSW Police told the inquiry that despite internal efforts, “homophobic or transphobic sentiments have not been eliminated entirely from the force, or from society more generally”.

Wintour called for Margaret Court Arena to be renamed before saying she has “been alarmed by your Prime Minister’s record on LGBTQ rights, which seems backward in all senses.”

Senator Cormann is heading the Australian contingent at next week’s World Economic Forum, which will also be attended by a high-level Russian delegation potentially including President Vladimir Putin.