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OUTInPerth – Petition to ban conversion therapy in Australia passes 100,000 signatories
The petition was started in 2018 and many Australian states still lack protections.
24/09/2024
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The petition was started in 2018 and many Australian states still lack protections.
The claim came ahead of Steven Miles making history as the first sitting premier to march in Brisbane’s Pride Parade.
Survivors of harmful LGBTQ “conversion” practices have given a scathing review of the South Australian government’s draft legislation to ban the practices. Conversion practices – sometimes referred to as “conversion therapy” – seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Major medical bodies, including the Australian Medical Association and Australian Psychological …
Keen will be a keynote speaker at the C-PAC Conference in Brisbane in October.
The proposed bill has been labeled as a thinly veiled attack on the transgender community.
These women were loved members of a vibrant community, and our community deserves so much more
The C-PAC conference has added a mystery speaker to it’s lineup for its upcoming gathering in Brisbane this October. The information on the conservative political group’s website describes the unannounced mystery speaker as “A global phenomenon who asks a simple question. ‘What is a woman?’” It has been suggested that the guest could be British […]
Paige Johnson has made history with her election win in the City of Newcastle at New South Wales’ local elections at the weekend. Voters across New South Wales went to the polls in the local government elections on Saturday (September 14). In the City of Newcastle, voters elected Labor candidate and out transgender woman Paige …
The case begins on Monday and is expected to take three weeks to be heard.
LGBTQIA+ community advocates have welcomed proposed amendments that would see “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and disability” added to federal hate crimes legislation for the first time but are concerned that the changes don’t go far enough. The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 aims to strengthen the “urging violence offences” in …
One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has been thwarted from amending the Sex Discrimination Act to wind back discrimination protections for trans people. Senator Hanson introduced the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Acknowledging Biological Reality) Bill on Thursday. The draft bill would’ve removed gender identity from the Sex Discrimination Act, rolling back federal discrimination protections for trans and gender-diverse …
Government has a significant legislative agenda that it would like to pass before the end of the term.” a spokesperson told OUTinPerth.
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