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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 …

New research shows that LGBTIQ Australians feel the current social situation, with the ongoing religious freedom debates, is worse now than during the 2017 same-sex …

The Equality Tasmania group has urged Labor leader Anthony Albanese to rule out supporting the Coalition’s proposed override of state discrimination legislation, after ALP frontbencher …

“Just as it was well past time for marriage equality in 2017, so too is it well past time for appropriate primary identity documents for trans and gender diverse people in 2019.”

The joint statement urges politicians to rule out any new exemptions in a proposed Religious Discrimination Act.

The exemption would protect views like those expressed by Israel Folau, whose four-year contract with Rugby Australia was terminated as a result of his recent anti-LGBTI social media posts.

Current legislation requires trans and gender diverse people to have undergone costly and intensive sex reassignment surgery before being able to apply for a change on their certificate.

Liu has previously made comments denigrating Safe Schools and marriage equality.

“In Tasmania we have shown it is possible to make substantial progress towards LGBTI equality, regardless of the government’s stance.”

Despite countless polls suggesting Labor was the overwhelming favourite to topple the Liberal-National Coalition, Prime Minister Scott Morrison ultimately swept the Coalition to victory.