“Look after you – you’re actually not invincible and being visible, being involved in advocacy, and dealing with other people’s shitty responses will add up and take its toll.”
“That’s not free speech, that’s not fair,” said Binary Australia’s director Kirralie Smith.
One party didn’t seem to know the difference between trans and intersex.
“Religious freedom is a vital aspect of Australian society and religious communities should feel respected and protected,” the committee’s report states, recommending legislation to remove discrimination exemptions not be passed and for the issue to undergo another inquiry.
“This is not some epidemic of gays being expelled. Rather than responding to a pressing social need, this bill, we view, has been proposed in support of a long-term political strategy advanced by a vocal minority.”
Pratt, an out lesbian who has a son with her trans ex-partner, was recently appointed Labor’s new national equality spokesperson.
“Western Australians who support marriage equality can be very proud of the success we’ve had here, but that was in large part because of PFLAG”
The news comes after a tumultuous few days for LGBTI issues in Canberra.
A motion calling for all Labor MPs to vote for marriage equality seems destined to fail at the ALP’s national conference, which starts tomorrow. But the head of the party’s internal LGBTI group has said the only way to get the numbers in Parliament is for the Coalition to allow a free vote.
ACTING Labor leader Tanya Plibersek has called on her party to change its position on marriage equality from one with a conscience vote on the matter …
