Posts tagged NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby

As we usher in a brand new year, the Star Observer reflects on some of the biggest LGBTI news stories of 2015 – from important law reforms to topics that had everyone talking.

The NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby has named a new committee and will continue its advocacy work and push on with its priority of fighting discrimination in 2016.

The LGBTI community has said it loud and clear: any form of public vote on marriage equality is a bad idea. And there are many reasons why. Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby co-convenor Sean Mulcahy explains.

Thanks to the surge in momentum that followed the introduction of same-sex marriage in Ireland and the US recently, Australia is now the closest it has ever been to achieving marriage equality. In the latest Hotseat segment inside the Star Observer’s August edition, Justin Koonin gets to the bottom of what needs to be done in order for it to soon become a reality.

Ground breaking LGBTI University Guide reveals the campuses doing the most to support LGBTI students, but organisers say Australia is being outpaced by UK.

The famous Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is not just an opportunity to highlight LGBTI discrimination and the need for justice to a national and worldwide audience. It’s also personal for many in the LGBTI community. NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby’s Justin Koonin explains.

THERE are calls for the NSW Parliament to use the next few sitting weeks to introduce a bill that will repeal ‘gay panic’ laws. Following …

The 2013 Australian Human Rights Awards will have a LGBTI flavour with the likes of trailblazing intersex activist Gina Wilson and the NSW Gay and …

It seems a reflection of the times and the growing support of gays and lesbians in more sections of Australian society than ever before, that …

NSW will attempt to become the second jurisdiction in Australia to legislate for same-sex marriage laws next week as the federal government’s High Court challenge to the …