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The ACT Government has released a draft bill outlining plans to end non-consenting medical interventions on intersex children. The legislation was developed after consultations with experts and lived experience participants, and ongoing advocacy from intersex and LGBTQIA+ organisations. The Variations in Sex Characteristics (Restricted Medical Treatment) Bill 2022 sets out new processes to be applied when medical […]
Tags: ACT, cody smith, Intersex, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, just.equal australia, morgan carpenter, sex characteristics
27 May 2022 /
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Remember Jonathan Davis, the Greens member who rivals described as “too camp” to win a seat in the ACT parliament? Well he’s having the last laugh after winning a spot in the parliament. The final votes for were counted on Friday and Davis was awarded the fifth spot in Brindabella with a lead of just […]
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24 Oct 2020 |
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The Australian Capital Territory have chosen Chief Minister Andrew Barr to govern the territory for another term. Barr and ACT Labor have secured 10 seats in the territory’s one house of Parliament, just shy of the 13 needed to form a majority government. The Greens have taken 5 seats, and may secure a sixth, all […]
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20 Oct 2020 |
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Mark Parton, a Liberal MP who serves in the ACT parliament, has apologised for describing a Greens candidate at the upcoming territory election as “too camp”. The serving MP told Jonathan Davis that he was “too camp for Tuggeranong” when the two met on the campaign trail over the weekend. Davis told The Canberra Times that he […]
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8 Sep 2020 |
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LGBTIQ+ advocates and conversion therapy survivors have welcomed the ACT’s ban on conversion practices, which passed the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The ACT has become the second Australian jurisdiction to address the issue, following Queensland’s legislation earlier this month. Spokesperson for LGBTIQ+ advocacy group just.equal and Canberra resident, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, said the ACT’s legislation is ‘far […]
Tags: ACT, Anna Brown, chris csabs, conversion therapy, Equality Australia, isabel munford, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, just.equal, Queensland
28 Aug 2020 |
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The Australian Capital Territory has passed a bill that will see LGBTIQ+ conversion therapies banned across the territory. The legislation has been passed two years after Chief Minister Andrew Barr’s government announced their intention to address the issue, and follows Queensland as the first state to outlaw the practice. Conversion therapy survivor Chris Csabs told […]
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27 Aug 2020 |
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The ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr has labeled a robo-poll reportedly from anti-transgender organisation Binary as “offensive nonsense”. Barr took to his Twitter account on Monday night to condemn the automated phone survey as people in the ACT shared their thoughts on the receiving the poll. “Can confirm a burst of robo push-polling in Canberra […]
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18 Aug 2020 |
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A political hopeful in the Australian Capital Territory has been dropped by the Liberal party just days after he was lauded as a quality candidate. On Sunday Peter McKay was announced as the Liberal candidate for the inner-city seat of Kurrajong for the upcoming ACT election. Liberal leader Aistair Coe described McKay as a passionate […]
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12 Aug 2020 |
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Three NSW teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a Canberra man. One line of investigation police are pursuing is that he may have been using a gay dating app in the lead up to his death. Police believe Peter Keeley, 56, may have been using the gay dating app Grindr to meet with […]
Tags: ACT, Broulee, Canberra, Dating App, Grindr, hate crime, murder, NSW, Peter Kelley, police
14 Feb 2020 |
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government cabinet have approved a draft bill to ban “conversion therapy” practices that aim to change or suppress an individual’s sexuality or gender. The legislation would outlaw advertising or practice of “conversion therapy”, with providers being fined up to €30,000 for infringement. Prior to approving the bill, the Cabinet […]
Tags: ACT, Angela Merkel, conversion therapy, Germany, Tasmania, Victoria
19 Dec 2019 |
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