Submission to the UN for The Rights of the Child and Inclusive Social Protection
Joint submission to the United Nations by LGB Alliance Australia, Coalition of Activist Lesbians Australia Inc. (CoAL), Australian Feminists for Women’s Rights (AF4WR)
LGB Alliance Australia denounces comments from Mark Latham
As an organisation supporting lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals, we are disgusted by the recent derogatory and pejorative remarks made by One Nation MP Mark Latham, directed at NSW MP Alex Greenwich due to his homosexuality.
Open letter from LGB Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand
We, LGB Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (herein ‘Alliance’), are horrified at the political violence, abuse, and intimidation inflicted on women, girls, and seniors at a public women’s & children’s rights rally, Let Women Speak (LWS) Auckland, on Saturday 25th March 2023 at the band rotunda, Albert Park.
Support for LGB Ugandans
LGB Alliance Australia stands with all our Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual brothers and sisters in Uganda who are facing unprecedented discrimination and terror with the passing of legislation which will see them put to death for homosexual acts. This is beyond horrific.
Let Women Speak!
We are absolutely shocked and unequivocally condemn the recent attendance of neo Nazis attempting to hijack a women’s event in Melbourne, which was attended by numerous members of the lesbian community.
February 2023 news summary
A round-up of news, videos, and links about sex and gender issues for the LGB community for February 2023.
United Nations describes self-ID as “best practice”
A press release from the United Nations has praised new, pro-women legislation in Spain and, simultaneously, referred to self-identification as “best practice."
'Affirmation Generation’: a new, must watch doco
Detransitioners Michelle, Laura, Cat, David, Joel and Abel tell the stories of their gender distress, transgender medicalization, and subsequent detransition. Without diagnostic clarity or mental health evaluations, their doctors quickly affirmed them as “transgender,” and mindlessly ushered them along the path of medical transition. (The “gender-affirming care” is the only treatment recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.) These young people were harmed irrevocably by the doctors they trusted. AFFIRMATION GENERATION demonstrates how the “one-size-fits-all” medicalization – the “gender-affirming care” – has failed these patients.
Vale Brett
We are deeply saddened to learn that one of our committee members and our friend, Brett, has passed away.
ACON failing LGB Australians
We did word counts from past ACON annual reports and it shows an alarming trend away from LGB representation.
January 2023 news summary
A round-up of news, videos, and links about sex and gender issues for the LGB community for January 2023.
Major victory for LGB people secured by LGB Alliance UK
European Court of Human Rights Rules That Russia And 16 Other European Countries Must Pass Civil Partnership Laws For Same-Sex Couples
Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022 Submission
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill 2022 is an important piece of legislation that substantially affects same-sex attracted people and another way of introducting self-ID.
LGB Alliance Australia have produced a detailed submission on behalf of our community with our concerns regarding the erasure of sex.
Complaint to the UN
Our UK colleagues have sent a letter to the United Nations about the conduct of Independent Expert for SOGI (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity) Victor Madrigal-Borloz. LGB Alliance Australia are signatories.
December 2022 news summary
A round-up of news, articles, blogs, tweets, and videos from the internet. Grab a cuppa and get peaked.
What have women in prison done to deserve this?!
Just how our leaders and their lobbyists have decided that it’s now OK to put some men in women’s prisons is difficult to fathom.
There has been no discussion in societies around the world about modifying the conditions under which women are held in prisons. Numbers have increased steadily for decades in most places because of non-sexist attitudes to sentencing and stricter parole requirements. The crimes women are being incarcerated for has also changed. But the principle of keeping women and men separate in prisons, for the purpose of women’s safety, and sometimes for the safety of their children, has been secure.
But now there’s this case in California, and we should talk about it. It’s special because it’s so horrible. It’s a warning sign that cries out to tell us something. I think we’d better listen.
Dispute over blockers abandoned in Family Court, call for public enquiry
A dispute between the parents of a primary-school-age child over the use of puberty blockers has been suddenly settled when an expert witness’s recommendation of the use of the drugs was withdrawn.
Special Commission into LGBT hate crimes
The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes (the Inquiry) is investigating unsolved suspected hate crime deaths of LGBTIQ people (or people who were presumed to be LGBTIQ) in NSW between 1970 and 2010.
Bill to Introduce Fictional Birth Certificates Presented to Qld. Parliament
Queensland attorney-general Shannon Fentiman said the bill aims to strengthen legal recognition of trans and gender-diverse Queenslanders. "In developing the bill, we have carefully considered the experiences of LGBTIQ+ stakeholders, the difficulties they face and the recommendations they made in order to get these reforms right. Quite simply—we listened and this bill is the result," she said, in a barefaced fit of obfuscation.
Fentiman has refused to meet with lesbians and women's groups in Queensland to hear their concerns about the proposed legislation.
UK charity commission to question Mermaids
The UK government announced on 2 December 2022 that the Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into Mermaids, after identifying concerns about its governance and management.