Tag: Labor
Australia : Queensland Parliament Votes Down Motion Against Trans Women In Sport
Labor and Greens MPs in the Queensland Parliament voted on Thursday to defeat a motion from Robbie Katter’s Australian Party against transgender women participating in female sport.
LGBTQ student protections hang in limbo in Australia
Faith-based schools could still have the right to discriminate against gay and transgender students into 2019 after the coalition and Labor failed to reach a deal on law changes.
Australia : Labor pushes coalition over gay students
Federal Labor will introduce a private members bill to protect LGBTQI schools from discrimination at faith-based schools.
Almost 100 Australian LGBTI groups united to achieve marriage equality
Australians for Equality and Australian Marriage Equality Tuesday said the network of LGBTI groups that have come together against a plebiscite and in support of parliament working together to achieve marriage equality has almost doubled to 100 organisations and LGBTI leaders.
Time to find a legislative pathway for marriage equality
Australian Marriage Equality and Australians for Equality Tuesday welcomed the decision by Labor to block the proposed plebiscite, while at the same time welcoming the historic first Marriage Amendment Bill by an Australian Government.
Australian Attorney-General George Brandis pleads with Labor to support same-sex marriage plebiscite
The debate over changing the definition of marriage to include Australians in same-sex relationships has struck a political impasse, with yesterday’s talks between the Attorney-General and his Labor counterpart failing to agree to anything.