Category: News
Indonesia is set to ban all LGBT+ content from television, including reporting on Human Rights related issues. The House of Representatives has approved a Bill that bans LGBT+ “behaviours” from being broadcast. Television shows, news, documentary and advertising will all be impacted by the Bill. “We can’t allow LGBT behaviour on TV, it is against our […]
Germany has legalised same-sex marriage and the first couple has wed in a ceremony in Berlin. Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende are believed to be the first couple to same-sex couple to wed in the country and have been together for 38 years, after having campaigned for LGBT+ rights for most of this time. In […]
Police in Egypt are said to be rounding-up and arresting people suspected of being part of the sexuality and gender diverse communities. The crackdown is believed to follow the arrest of seven people over the weekend who raised a rainbow flag at the concert of the Lebanese rock band, Mashrou’ Leila in Cairo. The lead […]
This year, AUT announced the creation of 165 ‘all-gender’ bathrooms to cater for gender diverse students and staff. However, these are not additional bathrooms but re-appropriated disabled bathrooms, with new signage. Disability and transgender advocate, Allyson Hamblett says while creating all-gender bathrooms on all three campuses is a great move, making disabled bathrooms accessible to able-bodied people is […]
At least 100 LGBT+ people are reported to have been arrested and tortured in Azerbaijan. Following Police raids in the capital Baku, local activists report beatings and torture of LGBT+ people. Lawyers confirm at least 100 people have been arrested over a number of days. “Suddenly, without any clear reasons to us, police officers of […]
New Zealand has voted, 2,16980 ballot papers have been counted and the preliminary results are out, but we are still without a clear idea of the make-up of our next government. As the country waits in limbo, special votes are yet to be counted and no party in this year’s election has enough votes to […]
An Australian woman with down syndrome has been denied the right to vote in the current marriage equality postal survey. Shea MacDonaugh, 31, voluntarily removed herself from the electoral role six years ago because she felt she didn’t understand the preferential voting system well enough. Having since completed university study and spent years advocating for […]
The Ministry of Education has released a new guide for supporting sex, sexuality and gender diverse students. The Inclusive Education guides for schools provide strategies and suggestions for supporting youth and were created after consultation with a range of organisations including RainbowYOUTH and InsideOUT. There are four key areas covered in the guides; understanding sex, […]