INDONESIA’S FAMILY RESILIENCE BILL DESTROYS LGBTIQ RIGHTS

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

Indonesia has received international backlash after revealing plans to legally hinder gender equality and implement the rehabilitation of “deviant” sexual persuasions.The proposed “Family Resilience Bill” has prompted outrage from human rights organi

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ADDRESSING GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

On the 18th of February, The University of Melbourne brought together delegates from academic and professional backgrounds to discuss the intersection between sexuality and workplace.The Conference featured a strong delegation of academics from 14 Au

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Ian Thorpe campaigns against religious discrimination bill, saying it will remove Australia's 'fair go'

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

The Olympian joined a campaign by Equality Australia to speak against the controversial proposed legislation, which has been through <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-10/second-draft-religious-discrimination-bill-released/11783384">two it

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NEW TOOLKIT IMPROVES LEGAL SERVICES FOR LGBTIQ PEOPLE

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

Since the first Community Legal Centre was set up in Australia in the early 1970s, CLCs have been committed to pushing for positive systemic social change and providing free legal services to the communities who need it most. The LGBTIQ community hav

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S.Africa’s gay TV wedding dethrones The Girl From St Agnes as Showmax’s most viewed show

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

The achievement speaks volumes in a country where a lesbian couple had to go to the equality court ( as reported by the Pretoria University’s Centre for Human Rights) to try find a wedding venue to accept them, not to mention that homosexuality is st

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Ian Thorpe says religion bill discriminates against LGBTIQ community

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

February 27, 2020. Former Olympian Ian Thorpe and the CEO of Equality Australia Anne Brown speak to the media in Canberra about the proposed religious discrimination bill. "It will have a huge impact on the LGBTIQ community," Mr Thorpe says. "We want

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Australian Federal Police Mardi Gras video slammed

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

The Australian Federal Police have published a video of LGBTIQ staff reading homophobic abuse received ahead of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.“Every year, the AFP marches in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,” the AFP wrote on Facebook this w

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TRAVEL BANS IMPACT SYDNEY MARDI GRAS TRAVEL BOOKINGS

• Released Date: 27-Feb-2020

Sydneysiders are being urged to take a staycation over Mardi Gras, with hotel bookings currently down 10% due to COVID-19 travel bans.Tourism Accommodation Australia NSW CEO Michael Johnson said Mardi Gras was traditionally one of the busiest times o

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PARADE FLOAT SHINES LIGHT ON LGBTIQ HOMELESSNESS ISSUE

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

Among the many community and social awareness themed floats that will file up Oxford St in this year’s Mardi Gras Parade will be a humble box trailer bearing six people and brandishing the banner “Please don’t forget our homeless. LGBTQI homeless are

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Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Represents a Step Forward for Gay Rights

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

There are growing reasons to fear that Richard Grenell is a security risk for the United States. ProPublica has reported that Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany and newly designated acting director of national intelligence, failed to disclose wo

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AUSTRALIAN PRIDE IN SPORTS AWARDS

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

Returning to Melbourne in April 2020 for its third year, the annual Pride in Sports Awards will celebrate achievements in LGBTI inclusion within Australian sports for all National and State level sporting codes.Pride in Sports was established in NSW

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Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Chief Represents a Step Forward for Gay Rights

• Released Date: 26-Feb-2020

There are growing reasons to fear that Richard Grenell is a security risk for the United States. ProPublica has reported that Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany and newly designated acting director of national intelligence, failed to disclose wo

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