Posts tagged hate crimes

Twenty four year old Ross Warren, a news presenter from Wollongong, was last seen driving along Oxford Street, Sydney’s iconic gaybourhood on July 22, 1989. …

Italy’s Senate has voted against a bill that would have made violence against LGBTQI people, women and people living with disabilities, a hate crime. Of …

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, …

Weeks after the Gardiner’s Creek Trail, that winds through the eastern suburbs of Burwood and Ashwood in Melbourne, reopened after major upgrades, local residents were …

The hate crimes that devastated the NSW gay and trans communities during the 1970s through to 2010 were an example of the deplorable level of …

By Rita Bratovich It’s a sad truth that many of the significant turning points in LGBTQI history are also horrendously violent and tragic. The murder …

A NSW Parliamentary Inquiry will re-examine violent crimes committed against gay and transgender people during the 1970s through to 2010. The Inquiry is currently accepting …

NSW Police told the inquiry that despite internal efforts, “homophobic or transphobic sentiments have not been eliminated entirely from the force, or from society more generally”.

“If 2018 has taught us anything, it is that we are stronger when we work together.”

The inquiry was announced in September to investigate LGBTI hate crimes which took place between 1970 and 2010.