Posts tagged Australian Capital Territory

Conversion practices performed on a child or a person with impaired decision making ability will be a crime in the Australian Capital Territory and can …

Despite their pivotal roles in Australia’s marriage equality campaign, figures such as RODNEY CROOME AM, SHELLEY ARGENT OAM, IVAN HINTON-TEOH OAM and others have been …

Australia’s first openly gay leader of a state or territory government has become the first to enter into a same-sex marriage, in another political first …

The couple claimed that despite the repeated transfer requests they were told their case is not the same as that of a heterosexual couple.

As part of the new laws, couples can choose between “parent 1” and “parent 2”, “mother” and “mother”, “father” and “father”, or “mother” and “father” on the birth certificate of their newborn.

For those in the nation’s capital, the SpringOUT Festival in November is when the city’s LGBTI pride can be celebrated in an exuberant fashion. Matthew Wade took a sneak peek as festival organisers prepared for its 17th year.

THE High Court has unanimously struck down the Australian Capital Territory’s same-sex marriage legislation after declaring it unconstitutional. This means the 27 couples who wed …

THOUSANDS of social media users continue to dominate Facebook and Twitter feeds with posts that show widespread support for Australia’s first ever legal same-sex marriages …

Pressure is mounting on the Abbott Government from both sides of the marriage debate ahead of the likely passage of marriage equality legislation by the …

The ACT’s Deputy Chief Minister and Sports Minister, Andrew Barr, has announced the creation of a new program to tackle homophobia in the territory’s sporting …