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Catholic priest supports gay parents
A Queensland Catholic priest has made headlines by publicly contradicting his Archbishop after that state voted to legalise altruistic surrogacy for same-sex couples and singles this month. Brisbane Archbishop John Bathersby ... Read more
Mon March 15th, 2010 - 3 Comments
Clergyman stands up for adoption rights
The Rev Dr Jason John of Bellingen Uniting Church and the Mid North Coast Presbytery got a rude shock when he opened his mail last month to find a letter ... Read more
Tue December 15th, 2009 - No Comments
ACT gay groups call for boycott
ACT marriage activists have called on the ACT gay and lesbian community to boycott the civil union scheme if provisions set down by the Rudd Government undermine the legal standing ... Read more
Wed December 9th, 2009 - 1 Comment
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
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Marriage showdown in 2012
The Labor Party's loose collective of GLBTI members is confident same-sex couples will earn greater relationship recognition at the party's next conference. While Rainbow Labor failed to get everything it wanted ... Read more
Tue August 4th, 2009 - 37 Comments
Standing in reform’s way
On Tuesday, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Premier Nathan Rees had broached a deal with the Reverend Fred Nile to put gay adoption on the backburner in order to secure ... Read more
Tue May 26th, 2009 - No Comments
Company joins equality change
BY GEORGIA MASON-COX Gay and lesbian partners can now access cheaper fees for some products offered by financial services company IOOF. The company has extended its fee aggregation structure, which previously only ... Read more
Tue May 26th, 2009 - 1 Comment
Adoptation
Last Friday I was invited to take part in a public debate about same-sex adoption rights. As luck would have it, I wasn't available. Even so, the topic got me ... Read more
Tue May 19th, 2009 - No Comments
Centrelink goes bush
Inner-city same-sex couples have had access to seminars run by health and welfare groups on the recent Centrelink changes, and now rural areas will get their chance. Centrelink will run its ... Read more
Tue May 19th, 2009 - No Comments
Census to count gay marriages
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) plans to release data on same-sex couples who tick the -˜married' box on the 2011 national census. Previously same-sex couples who tried to declare a ... Read more
Tue May 12th, 2009 - 28 Comments
July deadline
As Centrelink's July 1 deadline for same-sex couples to declare their relationships draws closer there still seems to be a lot of confusion surrounding what the changes mean for welfare ... Read more
Tue April 28th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Gay pension threat
Two elderly gay men were told their Centrelink pensions would be cut as part of the new same-sex reforms because they can't prove they aren't in a relationship. The pair, who ... Read more
Wed November 5th, 2008 - 41 Comments
58 ‘08
Last week the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL) was the first organisation to make an oral submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for the Senate Inquiry into ... Read more
Wed August 13th, 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
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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