The newly-elected Federal Government may soon face its first test on
LGBT law reform when ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope reintroduces a
version of its civil unions bill. “We have a clear mandate in
government to support reform,” Stanhope told ABC Radio after the
election. “We will reinvigorate that, we will re-introduce civil union
legislation...
Gay law reform could yet face a rocky passage, writes Iain Clacher.
Gay law reform bills could yet face a rocky passage in the Senate
despite the chances of relationship recognition being “greatly
improved” following the election of the Rudd Labor Government...
Thousands of gays are expected to go troppo in Lismore later this month
as LGBT groups put on a week of parties to attract New Year revellers
to New Year’s celebrations in the Northern Rivers region’s unofficial
capital...
A gay couple who tied the knot in a commitment ceremony at the British
Consulate in Brisbane last month used the ceremony to protest
Australia’s failure to recognise same-sex relationships...
LGBT advocates have expressed disappointment over Opposition leader
Kevin Rudd’s reiteration on the Austereo network this week that neither
he nor the Labor Party believed in same-sex marriage...
Team Aqualicious (QAL), Brisbane’s GLBTI swim team, has won the
Queensland Branch Trophy for Club Aggregate Points at the AUSSI Masters
Queensland Short Course State Swim & Club Championships held at the
Noosa Aquatic Centre last month...
‘HIV/AIDS – prevention is everybody’s business’ is the theme for World
AIDS Day 2007 celebrations and the focus is on ensuring all nations and
individuals remain committed to the ongoing response to HIV/AIDS...
A gay activist who refused to fill out his census form last year on the
grounds that it failed to recognise same-sex marriage and was
discriminatory has been summoned to court and faces possible criminal
sanctions...