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SA keeps removing discriminatory laws against LGBTI people, while Victoria faced defeat on key pieces of legislation

The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby recently surveyed LGBTI Victorians about issues they were most important and should be addressed on both a local and federal level.

The controversy over Safe Schools continues.

More than 190 community groups, organisations, political groups, and businesses marched along St Kilda’s Fitzroy St yesterday to celebrate Pride March. While attendance numbers were similar to last year, the federal Opposition Leader was in attendance for the first time ever.

Just over a year after Victorian Parliament became the first state to pass gay sex conviction expungement laws, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a formal state apology is now in order.

Following the recent decision to expand NSW’s PrEP trial, Victorian politicians and advocates have called on Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jill Hennessy to follow suit.

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.

World AIDS Day 2015 in Melbourne saw HIV researchers and scientists, alongside those living with HIV, come together to discuss the future of the virus and remember the lives lost to the epidemic.

A new guide has been created for high school teachers aimed at making sexual and gender diverse awareness and inclusivity part of the national curriculum.

Adoption equality for gay and lesbian parents was passed in Victorian Parliament by an overwhelming majority of upper house MPs, but the clause preventing religious discrimination was removed from the bill.