Anti-discrimination campaigner Garry Burns is asking the LGBTIQ+ communities and their supporters around Australia to come to his aid as he faces crippling legal bills. For many years Burns has taken on people who make homophobic statements in the public realm by calling them to account via legal avenues. In 2002 he successfully tested the […]
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by an LGBTI rights activist who was seeking to sue a former Katter Party candidate over homophobic remarks. Garry Burns has pursued former Katter Party candidates Tess Corbett and Bernard Gaynor through the legal system for five years, the case leading all the way to the High Court. […]
Tess Corbett, the former Katter Party candidate who vilified homosexuals during the 2013 federal election, is set to face contempt of court proceedings for failing to adhere to a court judgement. During the 2013 election Ms Corbett drew national attention when told her local newspaper that she did not want gays, lesbians or paedophiles working in […]
