Georgie Stone has been named Victoria’s Young Person of the Year, putting her in the running to be Young Australian of the Year in 2018. Last year, the advocate for transgender rights and awareness was previously awarded LGBTI Person of the Year at Victoria’s Globe Awards. Stone was the youngest person in Australia to be […]
Tags: Australian of the Year, Georgie Stone, Magda Szubanski, trans*, transgender, Young Australian of the Year, Young Victorian of the Year
27 Oct 2017 /
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Australian of the Year nominee Catherine McGregor has had an invitation to become a patron of LGBTI+ human rights group Kaleidoscope Australia retracted after comments she made against the Safe Schools Program. Earlier this year McGregor wrote an article for the Herald Sun’s Rendezvous website arguing that the Safe Schools anti-bullying program was not the most effective […]
Tags: Australian of the Year, bullying, Catherine McGregor, Herald Sun, kaleidoscope, paula gerber, queenslander of the year, rendezvous, Roz Ward, safe schools, safe schools coalition, transgender
8 Sep 2016 |
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Catherine McGregor has spoken out about her strong opposition to the Safe Schools Coalition in a deeply personal attack on one of the program’s staff members. Writing in the Herald Sun’s Rendezvous site, McGregor labels Roz Ward from the Safe Schools Coalition a “committed Trotskyite, who believes in the overthrow of the capitalist system” and […]
Tags: anti-bullying, Australian of the Year, Cate McGregor, Catherine McGregor, David Morrison, gay, Lesbian, Ros Ward, safe schools coalition, trans*, transgender
19 May 2016 |
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Australian Marriage Equality national director Rodney Croome has been named 2015 Tasmanian Australian of the Year. At a ceremony in Hobart last night, Croome was honoured for his contribution to the fight for LGBTI equality. He said the award demonstrated a great deal of progress since he and 100 others were arrested for setting up […]
Tags: 2015, Australian Marriage Equality, Australian of the Year, gay marriage, national director, Rodney Croome, Same Sex Marriage, Tasmania, Tasmanian of the Year
31 Oct 2014 |
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