Liberal senator Andrew Bragg was forced to defend his party’s stance on gender and trans rights at a queer election forum on Tuesday night after being confronted with an unexpected question from the event’s moderator.
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LGBTQ+ conversion practices will be banned in NSW from Friday, following the passage of legislation that sought to prevent the conduct in March last year.
About one in five LGBTIQ+ voters remain undecided ahead of the upcoming federal election and more than a third say they plan to change their vote, according to a new report from Equality Australia.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been criticised for using a phrase seen by many as a historical slur against gay men.
A new poll has found that the majority of Australians do not want politicians to use LGBT issues for political gain in the upcoming federal election.
A national survey has found that a majority of participants support the inclusion of police in pride parades but want conditions attached.
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has criticised the NSW Labor government’s proposed hate speech laws for failing to protect the LGBTIQ+ community, arguing that the exclusion of queer people sets a “dangerous precedent” by allowing greater punishments without encompassing all vulnerable groups.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has weighed into the trans people in sport debate, declaring that it is “not in the spirit of sport” to allow people not assigned female at birth to play in women’s sport
Pride in Protest’s increased presence on the board positions it to exert greater influence over the organisation’s future direction.
The proposal was among twelve motions proposed at the Mardi Gras annual general meeting on Saturday.