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OUTInPerth
OUTinPerth

OUTInPerth – Is Kellie-Jay Keen heading back to Australia for C-PAC?

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 […]

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QNews
QNews

QNews – Concerns new federal Hate Crimes Bill falls short

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 …

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QNews
QNews

QNews – Senators throw out Pauline Hanson’s anti-trans bill

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 …

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Equality Australia
Equality Australia

Equality Australia – LGBTIQ+ community shocked by reversal of anti-vilification protection promise 

12 September 2024 – Today the Albanese Government has introduced a hate crimes bill that contains no protections against hate speech or serious vilification, despite the present, urgent threats to the LGBTIQ+ community.   The community has called for stronger, broader protections from hate and vilification and should be a part of broader responses that include […]

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QNews
QNews

QNews – Tas Lower House backs redress for victims of anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Last night the Tasmanian Parliament’s Lower House passed the nation’s first financial redress scheme for anti-LGBT laws.  The scheme was introduced by Greens’ leader Rosalie Woodruff, and supported by Labor and independent MPs, during debate on Liberal Government legislation updating the state’s legislation allowing criminal records for homosexuality and cross-dressing to be expunged from outward-facing …

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