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Added on: 08/25/2019

WORLD Australians ‘overwhelmingly’ believe religious groups should not have the right to discriminate against LGBT people

08/24/2019

The Galaxy/YouGov poll, commissioned by PFLAG Australia, showed that 63 percent of people in Australia disagreed with religious discrimination against groups like unmarried mothers or people who…

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Added on: 08/15/2019

Bill to allow transgender people to change birth certificate without surgery clears first hurdle in Victoria

08/15/2019

A bill to allow transgender and gender diverse people to change the sex listed on their birth certificate without surgery has cleared its first hurdle, passing the…

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Added on: 08/14/2019

Australian national newspaper condemned for appalling coverage of transgender issues

08/14/2019

Journalist Bernard Lane of The Australian newspaper, announced a gender issues section on the broadsheet’s website on Friday to widespread criticism from LGBT+ advocates. The section so far…

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Added on: 08/13/2019

Australia Prime Minister Joins Transgender Policy Backlash

08/09/2019

Cricket Australia (CA) have come under fire for a new policy aimed at making the sport inclusive for transgender and gender diverse players, with Prime Minister Scott…

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Added on: 08/08/2019

Australia: Pressure building on Qantas to end LGBT+ deportations

08/07/2019

A group of influential LGBT-supportive celebrities have signed an open letter calling on Qantas to end its forced deportations of LGBT+ asylum seekers. Quantas, Australia’s largest airline,…

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Added on: 08/03/2019

Australian booksellers petitioned to pull ‘conversion therapy’ titles

08/01/2019

Equality Australia have launched a petition calling on Australian booksellers to remove titles promoting harmful LGBTIQ “conversion therapy”. The group’s call comes after Amazon recently agreed to…

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Added on: 07/29/2019

Do LGBT asylum seekers need to look and act queer?

07/26/2019

LGBTQI+ Muslims seeking asylum are more successful if they speak, dress and act in accordance with Western notions of homosexuality, according to a new study. The study,…

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Added on: 07/17/2019

With Number 96, Australia brought queer people to TV decades before anyone else

07/15/2019

Once upon a time Australian TV led the world in shattering LGBT taboos – with the world’s first regular gay character in 1972, followed by a trans…

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Added on: 06/23/2019

Struggle among progress as countries restrict LGBTQ rights

06/23/2019

The world has been transformed in many ways in the 50 years since the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, with major shifts in the past decade alone…

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Added on: 06/13/2019

Samoa Fa’afafine Association protests censor of Elton John film

06/12/2019

LGBTI rights advocates in Samoa are protesting against the censoring of the Elton John biopic Rocketman. Samoa’s only cinema revealed the ban on Friday on its Facebook…

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Added on: 06/06/2019

Dance club for LGBT elders to be held in South Australia for the first time

06/05/2019

A dance club for LGBT elders will be held in South Australia for the first time, as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. The free event is…

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Added on: 05/16/2019

Māori, Pasifika, LGBT and disabled over-represented in Auckland homeless count

05/16/2019

More than 3600 people were living without shelter or in temporary accommodation on one night in Auckland last year, and nearly 40 per cent of those were…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

Rainbow flags confiscated at Singapore concert of openly gay singer Troye Sivan

05/06/2019

Fans of the openly gay singer Troye Sivan were told not to wave rainbow flags during a concert in Singapore last Friday. LGBTQ rights activist Benjamin Xue…

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Added on: 05/05/2019

LGBT discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines

05/04/2019

In a week when issues of gender and sexuality in sport have been in the spotlight, new research has found many LGBT athletes feel unsafe and vulnerable…

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Added on: 04/14/2019

Rugby Australia will sack Israel Folau over ‘disrespectful’ anti-gay posts

04/10/2019

The NRL has slammed the door shut on offering a career lifeline to under-fire cross-code star Israel Folau. Folau is set to be sacked by the Australian…

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Added on: 04/14/2019

Controversy as Tasmania makes gender optional on birth certificates

04/10/2019

Tasmania made it optional to list gender on birth certificates on Wednesday, a move criticised by the Australian island’s leader and Christian activists who fear it would…

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Added on: 04/13/2019

Israel Folau’s Rugby Australia contract to be terminated following anti-LGBT posts

04/12/2019

Rugby Australia have announced they plan to terminate Israel Folau’s contract following his anti-LGBT comments on social media. The devout Christian posted a message on his Instagram…

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Added on: 04/12/2019

Same-sex marriage will never happen in Fiji: PM

04/08/2019

“As long as we are in government – Fiji will not allow same-sex marriage.” This is the statement from Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama while opening the Raralevu…

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Added on: 03/18/2019

Sydney to make Jewish LGBT+ history

03/18/2019

Event convenor, Dayenu’s Kim Gotlieb, said the program for this landmark conference – the first of its kind to be held in the Asia-Pacific region – is…

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Added on: 03/16/2019

LGBTI groups condemn terrorist attacks at two New Zealand mosques

03/15/2019

LGBTI advocacy groups around the world have condemned Friday’s terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that have left at least 49 people dead. Express,…

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Added on: 03/09/2019

Homophobic, transphobic flyers appear before Sydney election

03/06/2019

Homophobic and transphobic flyers have appeared around Sydney, Australia, in the run up to this month’s state election. The flyers, which appeared on Reddit, are written in…

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Added on: 03/07/2019

“I thought Australia was safe”: At Least Four LGBTI People Assaulted on Mardi Gras Weekend

03/05/2019

At least four LGBTI men were bashed before Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on the weekend, triple j Hack can reveal. Hack understands the attacks followed a…

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Added on: 03/04/2019

Transgender soldier on fighting the Australian army’s attempt to dismiss her

03/02/2019

Transgender soldier Bridget Clinch has opened up about how she fought against the Australian army after it tried to dismiss her following her gender reassignment surgery. When…

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Added on: 03/04/2019

The Kimberley Queen who escaped persecution in Indonesia to find sanctuary in Broome

03/01/2019

Escaping persecution as a gay man in Indonesia several years ago, the reigning Kimberley Queen has instead found a supportive community in the northern Western Australia town…

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Added on: 03/02/2019

30,000 sign petition against gender diversity teaching in New Zealand

02/28/2019

More than 30,000 people in New Zealand have signed a parliamentary petition against teaching gender diversity in the country’s schools. ‘I believe that endorsing gender discordance as…

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Added on: 02/27/2019

How being an LGBT international student in Australia changed me

02/26/2019

When Bijan Kardouni was 23, he went to the wedding of his secret lover. Bijan had met Sami* through the underground LGBT community in Iran, using a…

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Added on: 02/21/2019

LGBTI People With Disability to Launch Fearless Express at Sydney Mardi Gras

02/19/2019

LGBTI people with disability will raise awareness for accessible public transport at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras pride parade on 2 March. Five Australian disability organizations have…

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Added on: 02/17/2019

Don’t forget about us, say LGBT+ students

02/13/2019

LGBT+ students and their supporters are urging parliament not to forget about them and protecting their rights to stay in the school they want to attend. A…

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Added on: 02/09/2019

LGBT Pride and dating: How bisexual women face stigma and hostility in relationships

02/09/2019

A new study reveals many “bisexual-plus” Kiwi women feel misunderstood and invalidated when dating. Auckland University of Technology’s Tara Pond is the first New Zealand academic to analyse in-depth the lives and…

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Added on: 02/08/2019

Australian senator: Kids shouldn’t have to know gay parents exist

02/07/2019

Australian senator Ian Macdonald has said that people have the right to stop their children from learning about gay parents. Macdonald was chairing a Senate committee examining…