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| Heads Up for Youth Mental Health |
| Mental health issues will affect one in four young people every year. Taking into account that Australia’s LGBT community has twice the rate of psychological distress than its heterosexual counterpart, the urgency behind the mental wellbeing of our youth becomes overwhelmingly bleak. This stark realisation, compounded with the growing awareness around mental ... |
| Know Your Rights and Wear them With Pride |
| What do the Family Law Act; Fair Work Act and the Immigration Act have to do with the LGBT community? Much more now that the Federal Government amended 85 laws in 2008 to close the gap on legal discrepancies like family, finances and freedoms for LGBT people. While law reform may ... |
| Homophobia alive and well in Queensland |
| New research from a Queensland study has uncovered startlingly high levels of homophobic abuse in the state. 1,100 people from the LGBT community took part in the survey; the largest sample size to review instances of harassment and violence against the LGBT people in Queensland. The study Speaking Out: Stopping Homophobic and ... |
| Blood Battle Continues |
| Gay rights activists have criticised the Red Cross for allowing people with tattoos and piercings to donate blood half a year earlier than gay men. Michael Cain from the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights group has pushed for the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) to explain why it has maintained ... |
| Lesbians Head South for the Winter |
| Ladies, it’s time to dust off those cowgirl boots, the annual Hoe-Down is on from Friday, July 20 and it’s still girls-only. Taunton Farm in Cowaramup is the host for the weekend long event; only the second year at the new venue. Now eight years running, event organiser Nickie Sheldrick aka Knickers ... |
| Local News Briefs - July |
| Calling Youth Input Pride WA is searching for fresh ideas from the state’s Gen Y community in its first Youth Forum for 2010. Held at the Freedom Centre on July 6, the QU forum hopes to canvas many topics concerning young LGBT people under 26-years-old. Committee member Paul Hamer said the ... |
| National News Briefs - July |
| Will Julia Let us Marry? In a sudden ascension to power, Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister of Australia late last month. Australian Marriage Equality was quick to act on the decision by the ALP, congratulating our first female PM on her new role in an official letter. The ... |
| Thousands Rally For Equal Rights |
| Armed with banners and a message, thousands took to the streets across Australia last month to march against the government’s same-sex marriage ban. Hundreds of people converged on the steps of the Wesley Church in Perth’s city centre for the Freedom4Families rally. In Melbourne, Sir Ian McKellen wowed the 4,000-strong crowd with ... |
| WA Representation Strong at National LGBT Health Conference |
| Passionate discussion and advances in research and networking marked the success of the recent three-day national Health in Difference Conference in Sydney. Chair of the organising body, National LGBT Health Alliance, Paul Martin said generations of social exclusion, stigma and discrimination had led to higher risk factors and poorer health outcomes ... |
| Local News Briefs - June |
| Allusions to MP’s Sexuality Greens MP Giz Watson came under fire last month after speculation over her alleged involvement with the Buswell-Carles affair. On May 5, one of the West Australian’s senior political reporters Robert Taylor wrote an article alleging that Watson had essentially forced Carles into publicly admitting to the ... |
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