LGBT issues

‘We are taboo everywhere’: how LGBTIQ+ people, and their children, become stateless

August 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

Bruno Domingos/Reuters Thomas McGee, University of Melbourne No child should be denied her rights because her parents are LGBTIQ+, and no family should have to endure the [...]

Shorten: it is time for Abbot to stop living in the past on marriage equality, It’s none of our business who marries who

August 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

The opposition leader Bill shorten today has said that the Prime Minister has to stop living in the past when it comes to marriage equality. He also called on the Prime [...]

Grattan on Friday: Abbott will look tricky if he tries to abort the same-sex marriage bill he encouraged

July 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The prime minister is suddenly looking like a throwback to Tony Abbott, health minister, when he was fighting trenchantly against [...]

Out of the frying pan and into the fire: the plight of LGBTI refugees

June 29, 2015 // 1 Comment

Paula Gerber, Monash University and Jasmine Dawson, Monash University Countries such as the US, Ireland, Finland and Scotland have recently joined the growing list of nations [...]

Turnball Will Vote For Gay Marriage & Coalition Party Needs Free Vote

June 28, 2015 // 1 Comment

Communications Minister Turnball has come out and said that the Liberal -Coalition Party need to be allowed a free vote on same sex marriage and if it was given he would vote [...]

Israel: IDF Introduces Family Friendly Provisions For Same-Sex Couples With Children

June 14, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Israeli Defence Force recently published an up to date and progressive policy that makes certain that same-sex couples won’t have to simultaneously report for [...]

Anti-Homosexuality Bill and Anti-Pornography Bill Passes Uganda Parliament

December 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

A “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” and Anti-Pornography Bill has been passed by the Ugandan Parliment this week. The bill Uganda’s parliament has passed would make [...]

USA-Married gay couples to receive federal tax concessions

September 3, 2013 // 0 Comments

The American Civil Liberties Union reported this week The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced this week that legally married gay and lesbian couples [...]