In a Tasmanian first, the transgender flag will be officially raised over Hobart Town Hall to celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility on 31st of March. The flag raising event will take place at midday tomorrow, Monday March 29th. The flag will fly all week. Speakers at the flag raising will be Hobart City Councillor, Jax […]
A Hobart man who was wrongly denied senior next-of-kin status by the Coroner after the death of his same-gender partner six years ago has been told by the Tasmanian Supreme Court that he cannot progress a discrimination case seeking redress. Justice Helen Wood has handed down a ruling that the Coroner is immune from discrimination […]
LGBTIQ+ advocates in Tasmania have raised concerns over a newspaper promoting harmful LGBTIQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ being delivered to residents of Hobart. Hobart resident and court journalist for The Mercury posted an image of the Challenge Good News Paper to Twitter on Tuesday 27th November. Wow. What the actual f*** is the Challenge Good News Paper? It arrived in […]
The Coalition for Marriage have announced that they won’t take legal action against Tasmanian venues who refused to host their seminar. The ‘No’ campaign had difficulty in Tasmania this week after several venues turned down their booking to host a forum. One of the venue’s was Tasmania’s Wrest Point Casino, who cited security concerns, while […]
A 32 year old Hobart man has been arrested and charged over the alleged assault of a 16 year old transgender teenager in Hobart. The 32 year old from the Hobart suburb of Taroona was charged with common assault. Police said he and the victim Thalia Black were not known to each other. “Any violence […]
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told the media that he was attacked and violently assaulted by a man wearing a badge supporting same-sex marriage. Abbott was leaving a private function in Hobart when he was approached by a man who asked to shake his hand, the MP said the man then headbutted him giving […]
