Oceania

LGBTI Rights in Oceania


ADDED ON: 11/11/2021

How ABCQueer hopes to help young LGBTQIA+ people feel less alone

Mon Schafter: As a proud queer person and the Content Lead of ABCQueer, this week's news that the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and WorldPride will be broadcast on the ABC…

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ADDED ON: 11/04/2021

NSW government announces inquiry into Sydney’s unsolved gay and transgender hate crimes, murders

The NSW government has announced an inquiry into brutal hates crimes committed against members of Sydney's gay community over 40 years. In July 1989, 25-year-old newsreader Ross Warren disappeared from Sydney's eastern…

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ADDED ON: 11/03/2021

The Better Lives Project to educate on intersex variations

The Better Lives Project has been launched to educate midwives and parents about the needs of children born with variations of sex characteristics. Intersex is the umbrella term used for people with…

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ADDED ON: 10/28/2021

Australian professional footballer Josh Cavallo comes out as gay

Australian footballer Josh Cavallo became on Wednesday the first current professional player to come out as openly gay. Cavallo currently plays for Adelaide United in Australia's soccer league and has represented his…

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ADDED ON: 10/25/2021

SYDNEY COULD HAVE AN LGBT MUSEUM BY 2023

A new plan for a queer memorial and museum on Oxford Street is in development. Unlike other major cities such as Melbourne, whose Victorian Pride Centre opened in July this year, Sydney…

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ADDED ON: 10/19/2021

Australia Moves Closer to Ending Harmful Intersex Surgeries

The Australian Human Rights Commission issued a report today analyzing the persistent practice of medically unnecessary non-consensual surgeries on children born with variations in their sex characteristics. The commission urged authorities to…

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ADDED ON: 09/16/2021

New Zealand locals send record 100,000 submissions to ban LGBT conversion practices

New Zealand is on its way to become the land of conquering the impossible, and adding another feather to this cap of victories is its new record against conversion practices. More than…

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ADDED ON: 09/08/2021

Misinterpretation of conversion therapy ban bill causing confusion in some churches

Concerns have been raised about how far the proposed legislation goes, and whether parents could be criminalised for having conversations with their children about their sexuality or gender identity. The Bill aims…

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ADDED ON: 07/30/2021

New Zealand introduces bill to outlaw LGBT conversion therapy

WELLINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - New Zealand introduced on Friday legislation that proposes up to five years in prison for practices intended to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender…

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ADDED ON: 07/25/2021

”OUT FOR AUSTRALIA’ EXISTS TO SUPPORT LGBT STUDENTS & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS’

Less than 32% of LGBTQIA+ employees in Australia are out to everyone in their workplace and studies reveal that this number is going down. Out For Australia is one of the few…

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ADDED ON: 07/21/2021

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL CANNOT BE AT THE COST OF LGBT RIGHTS, SAYS LIBERAL MP

The Federal government is set to bring in a new – its third – draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill later this year. But a growing number of Liberal MPs are voicing…

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ADDED ON: 07/19/2021

Alarm as anti-gay messages and Nazi graffiti found in Melbourne

Victorian based LGBTI Jewish group Aleph Melbourne has voiced concern over anti-gay and Nazi graffiti appearing on Gardiners Trail which weaves it was through Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. “Aleph Melbourne condemns the senseless…

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