Victoria's proposed "anti-hate" laws - good or bad news for LGB people?
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Victoria's proposed "anti-hate" laws - good or bad news for LGB people?

The Victorian Government plans to introduce new anti-vilification protections for protected attributes, including "sexual orientation", "sex" and "gender identity".

LGB Alliance Australia holds deep concerns about crimes and anti-social behaviour directed at individuals on the basis of same-sex attraction. We agree that more should be done to promote social cohesion and support victimised individuals.

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Letter to Harriet Shing MP.
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Letter to Harriet Shing MP.

Last weekend there was a trans only event held in Melbourne and we’re trying to work out why the TQ can have their own events but the LGB can’t have single-sex events. We wrote to Minister Shing to see if we can get an answer.

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Why won’t state governments fund LGB projects? 
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Why won’t state governments fund LGB projects? 

One of our researchers has found that none of these state or territory governments allocated any grants in recent years to community initiatives specifically for lesbian, gay and/or bisexual individuals.  

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Tickle vs Giggle Decision
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Tickle vs Giggle Decision

The decision in the Tickle vs Giggle case shows the disappointing failure of the amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

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Review of Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 - Victoria
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Review of Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 - Victoria

Victoria's Review of Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 has come up for a 2-year statutory review.

LGB Alliance Australia has written to Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes reiterating our reservations about the law, asking that the findings of the review be made public, and urging that the reviewers give full and meaningful consideration to the many significant developments since 2021.

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Online Safety Act Review
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Online Safety Act Review

LGB Alliance Australia contributed to the review of Australia's Online Safety Act 2021, highlighting four concerns: the impact of smartphones and social media on children who may grow up to be LGB adults; the use of "hate speech" laws to silence discussions on biological sex; the misuse of the adult cyber abuse reporting scheme to suppress references to biological sex; and the disappointing messaging about LGB Australians in eSafety public resources.

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Political Advocacy
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Political Advocacy

Read our letter to Western Australian politicians regarding the proposed self-ID legislation.

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Building our community
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Building our community

Find out more about our new community events, opportunities for volunteering and free training workshops.

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Graham Linehan interview
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Graham Linehan interview

Read our interview with the comedian and writer Graham Linehan during his recent sell-out tour of Australia.

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Our Latest Advocacy Work
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Our Latest Advocacy Work

We want to encourage you to find out more about the Cass Review so you can have a conversation with anyone that might be open to understanding more about how this affects LGB youth.

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We have a store!
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We have a store!

LGB Alliance Australia now has an online store where you can buy LGB Alliance branded merchandise.

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