The world’s highest ranking trans military official has been appointed as patron of a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to promote and protect the rights of LGBTI people in the Asia-Pacific region.
Each month, with the help of Kaleidoscope Australia Human Rights Foundation, the Star Observer’s “Snapshot” segment shines a light on the current state of LGBTI rights and law reform in one of our regional neighbours. This month, we take a look at Sri Lanka.
The new LGBTI Taskforce will play a role in advising the State Government on current and emerging LGBTI issues.
A NEW queer mentoring program has been launched to help sexual and gender diverse students at Monash University as they enter the workforce. Students that identify …
HUMAN rights organisation Kaleidoscope Australia has developed the first guide of its kind to processing LGBTI refugees. The Best Practice Guide, written in collaboration with global law …
The United Nations is getting better on LGBTI issues, but a new report shows many LGBTI-related human rights violations are being ignored.
LGBTI human rights organisation Kaleidoscope Australia has launched a fundraising campaign, with patron and former High Court judge Michael Kirby urging the community to donate. …
A NEWLY-launched website to help track countries with anti-gay laws has found that homosexuality is considered a crime in 80 countries around the world, higher …
THE Melbourne-based Human Rights Law Centre held a public panel discussion on the global LGBTI rights landscape last week, where the Sex Discrimination Amendment Bill …
A LEADING Australian LGBTI advocate who was present for some of the high-level talks of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka has …
