Posts tagged age of consent

The state of Queensland will ban gay conversion therapy, Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles has announced.  Miles said gay conversion therapy, which seeks to alter …

Last month the Palaszczuk government apologised to the hundreds of Queenslanders who were convicted for gay sex before the law was changed in 1991.

The changes will lead to an increase of young people accessing important sexual health services without fear of arrest

The Queensland Government plans to change the state’s age of consent laws to catch up with the rest of the country.

Representatives from across the LGBTI community agree that the first LGBTI roundtable with a Queensland government in five years was a productive start to a reinvigorated relationship.

As the LGBTI community in Queensland celebrates the restoration of civil unions, many advocates and community members are asking what’s next for LGBTI issues and law reform in the Sunshine State. We speak to a few about what they would like to see happen next year.

While the national marriage equality debate goes on (and on), public submissions into the Queensland Government’s plan to restore civil unions made the case as to why they remain an important issue for the state’s LGBTI community.

A MOTION to request a restoration of funds to the Queensland AIDS Council (QuAC) and several other LGBTI-specific motions put forward by the Queensland branch of …

The Queensland Opposition Labor party looks set to win government after a race that continues to go down to the wire. The LGBTI community now looks to Labor to see if they can honour their list of commitments made in the lead up to the election.

WHILE the Queensland Labor party last week offered a range of promises aimed at wooing LGBTI voters across the state, the Liberal National Party (LNP) government have …