South Australia Abolishing ‘Gay Panic’ Defence?
Forty five years after South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality, it is the only jurisdiction yet to outlaw the discriminatory …
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November 21, 2016 Advocates unanimously condemn ‘pointless’ HIV spit test
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November 2, 2016 Greens call for PrEP trial in South Australia
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February 11, 2016 South Australian female co-parents to both be recognised on child’s birth certificate
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February 3, 2014 Renewed calls to abolish ‘gay panic’ defence
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Advocates unanimously condemn ‘pointless’ HIV spit test
Advocates have said the laws are pointless and work to undo the efforts being made in Australia to end HIV stigma.
Greens call for PrEP trial in South Australia
The state government has been ‘strongly resistant’ to the trial, saying the pool of participants would be too small to run one.
South Australian female co-parents to both be recognised on child’s birth certificate
Female co-parents who conceive a child through donor sperm at home or in a clinic will now both be recognised on the child’s birth certificate, without the need to have lived together for a minimum of three years. This is the first in a number of South Australian LGBTI law reforms to be addressed in the upcoming year.
Renewed calls to abolish ‘gay panic’ defence
A PLEDGE by the South Australian Greens to abolish the gay panic defence has been welcomed by LGBTI rights groups across the country, renewing calls …
SA Govt urged to keep HIV response in community hands
Calls have been made for the South Australian government to continue funding community-based, peer-driven HIV-related projects and services following its decision last month to close …
South Australia marriage bill defeated
A same-sex marriage bill has been defeated in South Australia’s State Parliament after a morning of debate. The Same Sex Marriage Bill 2013, …