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New South Wales health organisation ACON is seeking an artist to create a public artwork that recognises people affected by violence in the 70’s and 80’s because of their sexuality and gender. The Bondi Memorial Project is entering an exciting new phase with expressions of interest for the development of an artwork now open. Waverley […]
Tags: ACON, Bondi, Sydney, violence
18 Jul 2019 /
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A 28 year-old Perth man has been violently assaulted after he was targeted through the Grindr dating app. On the evening of Friday 20th July the man began chatting with a another profile on the app, after a conversation they agreed to meet up. The man arrived at the agreed location and was lured to […]
Tags: assault, doubleview, Grindr, James Joseph Katchan, police, violence, Warren Batchelor
24 Jul 2018 |
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Political commentator Daisy Cousens says the YES campaign for marriage equality has turned into a campaign for retribution. Appearing on The Bolt Report on Sky News, Cousens said it beggared belief that the marriage debate had resulted in violence incidents. Discussing the alleged assault of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the journalist said people supporting marriage equality […]
Tags: Daisy Cousens, Marriage, marriage equality, SKY News, The Bolt Report, Tony Abbott, violence, yes
21 Sep 2017 |
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Singer Greg Gould has delivered a powerful new video alongside his version of En Vogue’s Don’t Let Go. Gould takes the ’90s anthem and transforms it into something much more subtle that the American RnB group’s original. The video shares a number of different stories about LGBTI people facing discrimination. It also includes an appearance by […]
Tags: assault, Bisexual, discrimination, Don;t Let Go, drag, En Vogue, gay, Greg Gould, Hannah Conda, Intersex, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, queer, trans*, transgender, violence
16 Feb 2017 |
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While bathroom usage stays at the forefront of discussion about transgender rights in the USA, a new study has highlighted the many different challenges faced by transgender people. Last week The Transgender Centre for Equality released one of the largest surveys ever conducted about transgender people’s lives. The survey was conducted in 2015 and 28,000 people […]
Tags: assault, discrimination, homelessness, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, trans*, transgender, USA, violence
12 Dec 2016 |
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Yesterday marked the 18th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was murdered in his home town of Laramie, Wyoming. The gruesome nature of Shepard’s case garnered international attention and raised awareness of hate crimes against the LGBT community, spurring action to fight for legal protections for queer and gender […]
Tags: hate crime, Laramie, Matthew Shepard, USA, violence, World News
13 Oct 2016 |
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Australia’s only queer focused radio station, Melbourne’s JOY 94.9 was evacuated on Monday night after they received a bomb threat. In a statement the station confirmed that the premises were evacuated as per their emergency response plan. The community radio station’s volunteers were allowed to return to the studios after it had been cleared by […]
Tags: bomb threat, Community, evacuation, gay, JOY 94.9, Lesbian, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, plebiscite, queer, Radio, transgender, Turnbull, violence
21 Sep 2016 |
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The Australian Christian Lobby has been forced to relocate an event it has planned alongside other religious groups after the hotel booked for the event was inundated with complaints from marriage equality supporters. The event was expected to see around 100 people from Sydney Anglicans, Sydney Catholics, the Marriage Alliance and the Australian Christian Lobby […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, death threats, Lylle Shelton, Mecure Hotel, Miranda Devine, pauline pantsdown, violence
18 Sep 2016 |
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A trans woman in New Zealand is in intensive care after being attacked by three unknown men on Saturday. The men reportedly attacked 33 year old Anahera Rangitaawa, also known as Angel, in Palmerston North when she was on her way home from a quilting exhibition, and she was found on the ground near the […]
Tags: Anahera Rangitaawa, attack, New Zealand, transgender, Transphobia, violence
24 Jun 2014 |
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Equality Michigan has released the ‘Hate Violence Against LGBTQ and HIV affected Communities Report’, which was formed with data from the 14 anti-violence programs in 13 states of the US. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programmes found that the rates of homicide in 2012 and 2013 were among the highest ever recorded. Nearly 90% of […]
Tags: Equality Michigan, LGBT, study, USA, violence
16 Jun 2014 |
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