Tasmania Police releases LGBTI recruitment video
It was once dubbed “Bigot’s Island” by the international media for its political and social hostility towards homosexuality, but Tasmania has come a long way …
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Hobart rally urges protection for Tasmania’s anti-discrimination laws
Approximately 250 people attended a rally in Hobart over the weekend to oppose a federal government plan to override and water down Tasmania’s anti-discrimination laws. …
Waters washes up Down Under
Cult filmmaker and ‘Pope of Trash’ John Waters is returning to Australia to promote his book Mr Know-It-All and perform his spoken word show, Make …
Call for major parties to defend Tas anti-discrimination laws
The Tasmanian Greens Party has passed a motion condemning the federal government’s controversial Religious Discrimination Bill in the hopes of protecting the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act. …
Hobart religious discrimination protest called off over bad weather
A political rally that was due to be held in Hobart tomorrow has been called off and will be rescheduled due to a bad weather …
Albanese urged to defend Tasmanian anti-discrimination laws
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 …
‘This is a historic day’: Tasmanian parliament passes major gender reforms
“This is a historic day for transgender and gender diverse people, not only in Tasmania but around the world.”
Advocates celebrate as Tasmania’s upper house passes landmark gender reforms
The reforms, which include optional gender markers on birth certificates, passed the upper house late on Thursday evening, sending the legislation back to the lower house for assent next week.
Tasmania’s upper house gives in-principle support to legal reforms for trans people
“The Upper House vote giving in-principle support to these landmark reforms is an important step forward,” said Transforming Tasmania spokesperson Martine Delaney.
Tasmanian Upper House votes down push to delay trans reform legislation
Tasmanian trans advocates said the motion to subject the bill to further inquiry being voted down was a sign that the “urgency” of the reforms was being recognised.