Sydney Catholic School Revokes Ban, Allows Student To Bring Her Girlfriend To Year 12 Formal
A Sydney Catholic school has rolled back its policy to ban students from bringing their same-sex partners to the Year 12 formal. LGBTQI advocates and public figures, including Premier Chris … The post Sydney Catholic School Revokes Ban, Allows Student To Bring Her Girlfriend To Year 12 Formal appeared first on Star Observer…
Tasmania Rejects Demands For Compensation For Victims Of Anti-Gay Laws
Tasmania’s Liberal government has rejected calls from LGBTQI advocacy groups to pay compensation to victims of the state’s former anti-gay laws. Attorney General Gyu Barnett recently introduced amendments to the … The post Tasmania Rejects Demands For Compensation For Victims Of Anti-Gay Laws appeared first on Star Observer…
Southern, out, and electable: Sexual identity is not the deciding factor
For LGBTQ+ politicians winning elections in the South, leading is more complicated than the culture wars suggest…
Mike Johnson’s anti-gay bigotry comes back to bite him yet again
Before entering politics, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly partnered with an organization that promoted so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ people…
Mass Arrests Target LGBTQ+ People In Nigeria As LGBTQ Abuses Are Ignored, Activists Say
Law enforcement authorities in Nigeria are using the country’s same-sex prohibition law to target the LGBTQ+ community while ignoring abuses against them, rights groups and lawyers say…
Hungary bans teenagers from visiting World Press Photo exhibition over display of LGBTQ+ images
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — People younger than 18 have been barred from visiting this year’s World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest, after Hungary’s right-wing populist government determined that some of its photos violate a contentious law restricting LGBTQ+ content. The prestigious global photo exhibition, on display in Hungary’s National Museum in Budapest…
‘Coming out as a lesbian to my children was hands down the most difficult thing I have ever had to do’
Coming out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community is something we often imagine the young doing. If you think of a person having that fateful conversation with a loved one, you’ll likely conjure the image of someone in adolescence or their college years. But there’s no one experience of it either — many gay…
Ottawa police charge three with mischief in hate crime
Ottawa police say three people spray painted antisemitic, anti-Black and anti-2SLGBTQQIA+ symbols on the walls of a parking garage in the 100 block of Elgin Street…
Greenwich to introduce long-overdue equality bill as NSW trails country
The independent Sydney MP’s bill would ban NSW private schools from discriminating against LGBTQ teachers and students, and outlaw gay conversion practices…