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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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12/09/2024
Equality Australia
Equality Australia

Equality Australia – LGBTIQ+ community welcomes census announcement 

8 Sept 2024 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia has welcomed news the federal government will include questions that capture trans and gender diverse people in the next census.  Treasurer Jim Chalmers told Insiders on Sunday that a single topic on sexual orientation and gender would be asked for the first time in 2026.  “This is […]

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08/09/2024
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QNews – After tragic deaths, Lidia Thorpe wants trans census question

Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the federal government to include questions on gender identity and sex characteristics in the next census, following an inquest into the tragic suicides of transgender women in Melbourne. The Independent Victorian Senator reminded the Albanese government that last month, a Victorian coroner handed down a report into the deaths …

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07/09/2024
Equality Australia
Equality Australia

Equality Australia – LGBTIQ+ community groups urge inclusion of trans and intersex people in 2026 Census 

Sep 4, 2024 – Reporting today in The Sydney Morning Herald suggesting that the Prime Minister has reached a “compromise” solution to the census questions by excluding some members of the LGBTIQ+ community is not tenable.  Equality Australia and LGBTIQ+ health organisations are urging the Prime Minister and government leaders to properly count the community.  The ABS […]
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The post LGBTIQ+ community groups urge inclusion of trans and intersex people in 2026 Census  appeared first on Equality Australia.

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04/09/2024

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