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Added on: 03/01/2022

Queer youth transforming one of Australia’s most religious regions — the Riverina.

02/28/2022

Living as a young queer person in a regional town is sometimes a difficult experience, but these youth are creating change. Bianca Lubke just graduated from high…

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Added on: 02/21/2022

Dykehardt: The lesbian history of Leichhardt

02/20/2022

Queer communities have a long history of carving out private spaces for social and sexual interaction, utilising urban geographies to resist oppression and build a sense of…

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Added on: 02/19/2022

JOURNALIST UNCOVERS ‘WORLD’S ONLY GAY PRISON’ IN AUSTRALIA

2/18/22

For over half a century the shameful and scandalous history behind “world’s only gay prison” located in a small regional town in New South Wales, Australia, had…

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Added on: 02/17/2022

New Zealand passes law banning conversion therapy

02/15/2022

WELLINGTON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday near-unanimously passed a legislation that bans practices intended to forcibly change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

Only 19% of Australians agree religious schools should be able to ban LGBT+ teachers

2/9/22

This week, the religious discrimination bill is finally being debated on the floor of federal parliament. The bill has prompted disagreements within political parties, within religions and…

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Added on: 02/12/2022

Lawmaker delivers heartfelt appeal on LGBTQ rights as Australia shelves religious discrimination bill

02/11/2022

“He has more courage than any boy I have met,” Stephen Jones said of his son in a speech to the Australian parliament earlier this week. “He…

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Added on: 02/11/2022

Young trans people around Australia are seeing the news and hearing that they are not worthy of protection

02/08/2022

I grew up in Sydney’s western suburbs during the 80s, a knockabout kid who was always a bit worried and generally a bit of a worry. My…

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Added on: 02/08/2022

Religious discrimination bill will not protect trans students from expulsion, Simon Birmingham confirms

02/07/2022

The Morrison government will seek to protect gay students from expulsion without protecting trans students at the same time, a senior minister has revealed. On Monday Scott…

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Added on: 02/06/2022

Meet the 23 Gay Women Competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics

2/4/22

The 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off its razzlin’, dazzlin’, flipplin’, slidin’ 16-day event with a fireworks-heavy opening ceremony this morning in Beijing, and if you’re anything like…

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Added on: 02/04/2022

Amanda Stoker walks back on Morrison pledge to protect LGBTQ+ students in religious discrimination bill

02/04/2022

The assistant attorney general, Amanda Stoker, has muddied the waters about whether LGBTQ+ students will be protected at the same time as the religious discrimination bill potentially…

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Added on: 02/03/2022

Australian PM to ban faith schools from expelling LGBT+ students – and some Christians are furious

02/03/2022

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has vowed to stop students from being expelled for their sexuality or gender identity by religious schools. In an unexpected turnaround, the…

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Added on: 02/02/2022

How HIV elimination is within Australia’s reach.

02/01/2022

Australian HIV diagnoses have hit an all-time low, with the country in sight of eliminating transmissions. It’s a legacy of Australia’s early, effective response, reports Gary Nunn…

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Added on: 01/31/2022

Respected indigenous elder and LGBTIQA+ leader passes away

01/30/2022

Respected Indigenous elder Vanessa Smith has passed away following a long illness. A Noongar Sistergirl of the Kaneang people in the state’s South West, Aunty Vanessa spent decades…

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Added on: 01/26/2022

Steph Lentz — A teacher’s story of LGBT discrimination and fear in Australia

Jo Moses

Alturi Contributor

LGBT activist Steph Lentz wants you to know that Australia is under threat from a conservative Christian lobby, with organizations from the megachurch Hillsong to the Australian…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/17/2022

Man finally admits to killing gay American college student nearly 35 years ago

01/16/2022

A man has pled guilty — against his lawyers’ wishes — to charges stemming from the death of a gay American man in 1988, which was initially…

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Added on: 01/13/2022

Attorney general defends religious schools’ right to sack teachers for views on sexuality

01/12/2022

Michaelia Cash’s department has defended religious schools’ right to sack teachers for their views on sexuality and appeared to confirm safeguards for gay students will be delayed…

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Added on: 01/09/2022

SYDNEY GAY PENGUINS CELEBRATE THREE YEARS TOGETHER

1/9/22

A gay penguin couple has celebrated their third anniversary at Sydney’s SEA LIFE Aquarium. In November 2021 Sphen and Magic celebrated three years together with a frozen…

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Added on: 01/09/2022

‘No words’: gay Australian footballer Josh Cavallo calls out homophobic crowd abuse

1/8/22

Josh Cavallo, who last year became the only openly gay professional top flight men’s footballer in the world, says he has “no words” to describe his disappointment…

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Added on: 12/28/2021

LEBANON ARRESTS 25-YEAR-OLD LESBIAN REFUGEE ON THEIR WAY TO AUSTRALIA

12/27/2021

A Jordanian LGBTQI+ ‘rights defender’ and refugee on their way to Australia has been detained in Lebanon. According to Amnesty International Australia, AOA, a 25-year-old lesbian, non-binary…

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Added on: 12/19/2021

Why religious lobby groups are fighting to keep schools’ power to discriminate

12/18/21

Buried in a recent article in Quadrant magazine is a revealing insight into the mindset of those who want to retain laws that allow religious schools to…

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Added on: 12/10/2021

New Zealand passes law making it easier to change sex on birth certificates

12/09/2021

New Zealand’s rainbow community will be allowed to change the sex recorded on their birth certificates without providing evidence of a medical procedure, after a bill to recognise…

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Added on: 12/06/2021

Victoria bans religious schools from sacking staff for being LGBT

12/05/2021

The Victorian government has passed laws banning religious schools from sacking or refusing to hire staff based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The state parliament’s…

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Added on: 11/29/2021

China’s LGBTIQ+ movement is under attack. But international support can be a double-edged sword

11/28/2021

People often ask me what it’s like to be queer or trans in China. It was the number one question I encountered when I returned to Melbourne…

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Added on: 11/28/2021

Elderly gay couple forced from Toowoomba home by abuse

11/28/2021

An elderly gay couple will sell up and leave their Toowoomba home following homophobic abuse. Bruce Gardiner told the Toowoomba Chronicle that he and husband Derek suffered…

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Added on: 11/26/2021

Australia: LGBTQ advocates blast religious discrimination bill

11/25/2021

Australia has introduced a new controversial bill aimed at protecting religious people from “cancel culture”. Among other things, it would allow Catholic schools the right to fire…

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Added on: 11/25/2021

Gay Australian Footballer ‘Scared’ to Play at World Cup in Qatar

11/24/2021

Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, who came out as gay last month, has revealed he would be scared to play at the upcoming World Cup in Qatar because of the…

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Added on: 11/24/2021

PM SCOTT MORRISON TO PERSONALLY INTRODUCE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL IN PARLIAMENT

11/23/2021

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will personally introduce the controversial Religious Discrimination Bill in Parliament on Thursday. The bill was promised by Morrison before the last elections in…

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Added on: 11/21/2021

MAN SENTENCED TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON OVER PERTH GAY BASHINGS

11/20/21

A district court in Perth on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to six and a half years imprisonment for his role in two separate incidents of bashing…

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Added on: 11/15/2021

Josh Cavallo: the world’s only openly gay top-tier men’s footballer

11/14/2021

When Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo sat down to film his announcement to the world that he was coming out as gay, he didn’t know what to expect….