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ADDED ON: 05/26/2023

Liberal Senator Alex Antic Asks If ASIO Is Monitoring ‘Violent Trans Activism’

Over the past year, far-right groups and neo-Nazis have targeted the LGBTQI community and queer events, but South Australian Liberal Senator Alex Antic wanted to know about the rise of “radical transgender”…

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ADDED ON: 05/08/2023

Nations urge Tonga to give women land rights and improve LGBTQ record

Tonga has received mixed reactions during its human rights evaluation at the 43rd Session of Universal Periodic Review in Geneva. The Kingdom's Foreign Minister Fekitamoelo 'Utoikamanu heard mixed reviews by over 50 UN member…

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ADDED ON: 04/30/2023

LGBTQ+ rights lag in Pacific despite Cook Islands’ gay sex move

A move to decriminalise gay sex in the Cook Islands is a welcome step but LGBTQ+ people in the Pacific Islands region still lack basic rights and risk discrimination - or worse…

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ADDED ON: 04/23/2023

‘They just go to Thailand’: the long and costly wait for gender-affirming surgery in Australia

Two years ago, Kavitha Sivasamy, an articulate, elegant Canberra lawyer, began to face her fears about undergoing gender-affirming surgery. “It’s really scary to go through something so invasive,” she says. Gender dysphoria…

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ADDED ON: 04/19/2023

Melbourne’s queer Muslims break fast together during Ramadan

In a warm, well-lit room tucked away in Melbourne's CBD, the city's queer Muslim community has come together to break fast during Ramadan. This Iftar — meaning the meal eaten after sunset…

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ADDED ON: 04/14/2023

Presbyterian Church of Australia calls for right to ban LGBTQ+ and sexually active student leaders

The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says students’ leadership qualities shouldn’t be tied to their sexuality as a major church group calls for the right to exclude gay pupils from roles like school…

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ADDED ON: 04/03/2023

Community survey calls for improved care for transgender Tasmanians

To mark International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Equality Tasmania released a landmark report on transgender people’s experiences in Tasmania. The report details the results of a community survey of over 80…

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ADDED ON: 03/24/2023

Videos urged counter-protesters to attack LGBTQ+ activists outside Sydney church

Videos circulating on WhatsApp in the days before LGBTQ+ activists say they were set upon by a mob outside a church in Sydney urged people to disrupt the protest and “drag” the LGBTQ+…

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ADDED ON: 03/23/2023

Christian activist charged after violent attack on LGBTQ protesters outside St Michael’s Church in Belfield

Three men have been charged over a violent ambush on LGTBQ protesters who were picketing outside a Sydney church where One Nation's Mark Latham was set to speak. New South Wales Police…

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ADDED ON: 03/22/2023

FAR-RIGHT CHRISTIAN MEN ATTACK LGBT ACTIVISTS IN SOUTH-WEST SYDNEY

Far-right Christian men, some wearing Christian Lives Matter T-shirts, set upon and attacked LGBTQI activists outside a church in the southwest Sydney suburb of Belfield, where One Nation MLC Mark Latham was…

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ADDED ON: 03/21/2023

Kiwi transgender woman considers surgery overseas as local demand soars

A Kiwi transgender woman is considering getting her gender affirmation surgery done overseas as demand in New Zealand for the service soars. Ella Jenkins, 23, was put on the list for surgery…

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ADDED ON: 03/21/2023

Victoria to ban Nazi salute after ‘disgusting’ scenes at anti-trans protest

The Andrews government will move to ban the Nazi salute within months after the gesture was used at a protest attended by neo-Nazis at the weekend. Victoria’s attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, says…

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