NSW Equality Bill and Conversion Practice Bill explainers
We have a once in a generation opportunity to ensure LGBTIQ+ people in NSW can live a life free from discrimination and harm. The Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Equality Bill 2023, known as the Equality Bill, and Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill NSW 2023 can make this possible. Hundreds of laws in NSW contain discrimination and […]
Read MoreEquality Australia welcomes historic bill to ensure all LGBTIQ+ people can live free from discrimination and harm
24 August 2023 – Equality Australia has welcomed Independent MP Alex Greenwich’s historic equality bills, saying the reforms will ensure all LGBTIQ+ people in NSW can live free from discrimination and harm. The legislation includes banning LGBTQA+ conversion practices, allowing trans and non-binary people to update their gender without the need for surgery and removing legal […]
Read MoreLGBTIQ+ groups come out in full force to reject trans exclusion from lesbian event
7 September 2023 – A coalition of LGBTIQ+ groups have emphatically rejected the divisive politics of a lesbian group seeking to hold an event at the Victorian Pride Centre that excludes women who are transgender or bisexual. The Lesbian Action Group (LAG) has applied to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) for a temporary exemption […]
Read MoreEquality Australia welcomes ABS acknowledgment of hurt caused by last census
15 August 2023 – Equality Australia has welcomed a statement of regret from the Australian Bureau of Statistics acknowledging the hurt and distress caused when the census failed to properly count LGBTIQ+ people in 2021. The public statement, made on Monday after the ABS settled a complaint brought by Equality Australia and April Long, also recognised […]
Read MoreLGBTIQ+ groups throw support behind the Yes vote on the Voice
MEDIA ALERT AND PRESS RELEASE Equality Australia Legal Director Ghassan Kassisieh and CEO of the BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation Shane Sturgiss 2 August 2023 – Almost six years after the national postal survey on marriage equality, LGBTIQ+ groups around the country have united in support of the Voice to Parliament. In partnership with BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation, 22 […]
Read MoreLGBTIQ+ groups celebrate new laws that will change the lives of trans and gender diverse Queenslanders
14 June 2023 – Queensland and national LGBTIQ+ groups say new laws allowing trans and gender diverse people to accurately reflect their gender on their birth certificates are “life-changing”. The bill, passed in Queensland Parliament tonight, means transgender people will no longer be required to undergo gender affirming surgery to update their gender on their birth certificate. […]
Read MoreReport calls for oversight of medical interventions on intersex children
13 January 2023 – Equality Australia has today released a legal framework to protect people born with variations of sex characteristics from unnecessary medical procedures without their consent. The national LGBTIQ+ rights organisation is calling on all Australian states and territories to adopt an intersex oversight scheme, similar to that recommended in its report to […]
Read MoreWA Government’s commitment to fairer birth certificate laws for trans and gender diverse people welcomed by LGBTIQA+ groups
21 December 2022 – National and West Australian LGBTIQA+ groups have welcomed a commitment by the WA Government to removing barriers currently faced by trans and gender diverse people who wish to update their birth certificate to accurately reflect their gender. “Following years of community advocacy and activism, we’re pleased to finally see a commitment from […]
Read More“Life-changing”: LGBTIQ+ groups welcome proposed Queensland birth certificate reform
2 December 2022 – Groups representing LGBTIQ+ people and their families have welcomed proposed laws to allow trans and gender diverse Queenslanders to have their gender accurately reflected on their birth certificates, after Attorney General Shannon Fentiman introduced the Bill to state parliament earlier today. “What most people in Australia take for granted as a simple piece […]
Read MoreEnding Conversion Practices WA and Equality Australia welcome moves to ban conversion practices in WA
December 2, 2022 – Ending Conversion Practices WA has welcomed an announcement by the West Australian Government that it will ban conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. “We celebrate this announcement and welcome the day when LGBTQIA+ people will be safe from the harms caused by conversion practices,” […]
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