Same-sex marriage survey: Facebook accounts targeted with homophobic slurs

• Released Date: 16-Sep-2017

Australians are being targeted on Facebook with homophobic and misleading information around the same-sex marriage postal survey, with material ranging from the apocalyptic to global conspiracies.

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Same-sex marriage: many synagogues reject rabbinical council’s ’no’

• Released Date: 15-Sep-2017

Australia’s peak Jewish body and many synagogues have rejected a statement by the Rabbinical Council of Victoria urging people to vote no in the same-sex marriage postal survey.

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Indonesia AG’s office rescinds policy barring LGBT individuals

• Released Date: 15-Sep-2017

The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced [Jakarta Post report] Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees.

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We need a catalyst to increase LGBT representation in business and leadership across the world

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2017

The LGBT movement has made a lot of progress in recent years and is gaining acceptance. Equal marriage rights have swept across Europe, most recently with the passing of a historic bill this month in Germany. However, in the office, LGBT progress is

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Indonesia’s Attorney General Rejects LGBT Discrimination

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2017

Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office announced this week that it had rescinded a job notice that not only barred lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) applicants, but suggested homosexuality was a mental illness.

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Indonesia removes job notice barring LGBT people, saying gays have ‘mental illness’

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2017

The Indonesian Attorney General has rescinded a job notice which banned LGBT people. The widely condemned job notice had also said that gay men have a mental illness. Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo’s office this week withdrew the notice.

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Thai Prof Quits UN; LGBTs Concerned

• Released Date: 14-Sep-2017

Members of Thailand’s LGBT community said Thursday the resignation of Vitit Muntarbhorn, the United Nation’s first watchdog on gender, could slow gains being made globally.

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High Court: Ad can promote Arab and LGBT rights, but not gay marriage

• Released Date: 13-Sep-2017

A public service announcement celebrating Arab and LGBT equality cannot be banned, but the part of the advertisement emphasizing gay marriage can be, the High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday.

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This Risqué New Art Show Tests Asia’s Tolerance For LGBT Causes

• Released Date: 13-Sep-2017

When Patrick Sun, founder of the Sunpride Foundation, decided three years ago to take an LGBT-themed art show all over Asia, he set a key condition.The collection of oil paintings, videos and even a pool of water must exhibit only at government-run m

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Top UN expert’s resignation spells trouble for defenders of LGBT rights

• Released Date: 13-Sep-2017

Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN’s first Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, has resigned after a just year in his post, citing ill health and caring responsibilities. Before

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Robocall claims same-sex marriage may lead to radical gay education, raising push-polling fears

• Released Date: 12-Sep-2017

A robocall asking Australians their opinion about the same-sex marriage postal survey has suggested that marriage equality may lead to radical gay sex education and threats to freedom of speech and religion.

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Homophobia hits home: readers expose ugly side of same-sex marriage campaign

• Released Date: 12-Sep-2017

Supporters of a no vote in the same-sex marriage postal survey are peddling homophobic lies through unofficial leaflets and posters pushed through letterboxes, left on cars and and stuck to bus shelters, research by Guardian readers shows.

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