Victoria To Ban Religious Schools From Firing Staff For Being LGBT
In January 2021, Covenant Christian School in Sydney sacked teacher Steph Lentz after she came out as lesbian. The dismissal was legally valid under laws …
Dolly Diamond Bids Adieu
She came, she saw and she conquered. Cliched as it sounds, it could very well describe Dolly Diamond’s first show in Melbourne in 2004 as …
NSW Parliament Committee Endorses One Nation MLC Mark Latham’s Anti-Trans Bill
NSW Parliament’s Education Committee which inquired into Pauline Hanson’s One Nation MLC Mark Latham’s anti-trans education bill, has made a series of recommendations that LGBTQI+ …
Victoria To Strengthen Laws To Protect LGBT Community From Hate
The Victorian government announced that it will extend the state’s anti-vilification laws beyond existing protections on the basis of race and religion to include sex, …
Morrison Government Votes Against Transgender Workplace Protections
The Liberal Party, led by PM Scott Morrison, on Wednesday voted against an amendment to the Fair Work Act that would have protected trans, gender …
Bangladesh Court Sentences Six To Death For Killing Gay Rights Activists
A court in Bangladesh on Tuesday sentenced six members of a banned Islamist militant group to death over the 2016 killing of a prominent gay …
Actor & LGBT Activist David Paisley To Leave Scotland Over Safety Concerns
River City actor and LGBTQI+ rights advocate Daivid Paisley said he was leaving Scotland for an unknown destination because he “no longer feels safe”. The …
Online Fundraiser Started To Bring Actor Francis ‘Frankie’ Mossman Home To New Zealand
A crowdfunding campaign to repatriate Sydney-based Kiwi actor Francis ‘Frankie’ Mossman’s body back to his home in New Zealand has raised over $11,000 of its …
Crowdfunding Campaign Raises Funds For LGBTQ Afghans
A crowdfunding campaign to help LGBTQI+ persons in Afghanistan has been set up by Bobuq Sayed, Perth-born writer of Afghan diaspora, and their friends Qais …
Sydney’s LGBT Community Pays Tribute To Actor Francis Mossman
Sydney-based Kiwi actor Francis (Frankie) Mossman, well known for starring in the popular Australian gay web series The Horizon and and in the American TV …