Dominic Perrottet Vows To Protect LGBT Community From Injustice In NSW
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has said that he would work to support the LGBTQI community and to ensure that they are not discriminated against in …
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Australia Signs UN Statement To End Non-Consensual, Invasive Surgeries On Intersex Children
Australia has signed a statement supporting the protection of rights of Intersex people at the UN Human Rights Council for the second year in a …
Victorian Liberals Promise They Will Never Roll-Back Gay Conversion ‘Therapy’ Ban
The Victorian opposition has promised that they will not amend or roll-back the state’s “world-leading” law that bans gay conversion practices. Liberal MP James Newbury, …
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 …
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+ …
‘Census 2021 Feels Like An Insulting Erasure Of Australia’s LGBTQI+ Communities’
By Anna Brown, CEO, Equality Australia & Nicky Bath, CEO, LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Tonight is census night, but once again LGBTIQ+ people won’t be properly counted. …
Religious Discrimination Bill Cannot Be At The Cost Of LGBT Rights, Says Liberal MP Dave Sharma
The Federal government is set to bring in a new – its third – draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill later this year. But a …
Victoria Pledges To Ban Non-Consensual & Intrusive Surgeries On Intersex People
The countless years of advocacy by intersex people is finally starting to produce results as the Victorian government has pledged to introduce legislation that will …
Australian Government Fails To Protect Rights of Trans And Intersex Persons
The Australian government has failed to accept two of five recommendations regarding LGBTQI+ rights, following the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) …
Liberal Democrats Will Vote Against Conversion Practices Ban
Liberal Democrats have announced that they will oppose the Victorian government’s new Bill banning conversion practices that seek to change a person’s sexual orientation and …