Bill Shorten, the Minister for NDIS and Government Services, has announced that the government will remove gender inclusive language from Medicare forms following a complaint from Giggle CEO Sall Grover. Grover, who runs a social media app that has a policy of excluding transgender women, shared her concerns about a form she was recently asked […]
Lyle Shelton, the former Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, is joining political party Family First as their National Director. The appointment was announced by the party’s National Chairman Tom Kenyon. “Australians need a party that will take a bold and unequivocable stand for families,” Kenyon said. “That’s why we are building a movement […]
Did Russia invade Ukraine because of western nations showing respect for people who are transgender, people adding their pronouns to the email signatures, or increasing political correctness? That’s certainly a point of view being pushed by several prominent conservative commentators in recent days. Jumping on the bandwagon today is former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, […]
Christian groups have reacted angrily to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that the federal government will be amending the Religious Discrimination Bill to add greater protections for LGBTIQA+ students. The PM flagged a change to the government’s approach to the bill during a radio interview on Thursday. His announcement follows a Brisbane Christian college backing […]
Lyle Shelton has appeared at the Australian senate inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bill saying his current legal battle in Queensland is proof a Religious Discrimination Bill is needed. Shelton appeared at the session being held by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee alongside representatives from the Australian Christian Lobby, The Human Rights Law Alliance, […]
Reports have emerged that former Australian Christian Lobby leader Lyle Shelton is no longer being endorsed by Reverend Fred Nile to take the reins of the Christian Democrat Party (CDP). Eternity News have reported that outgoing CDP leader and New South Wales MLC Nile has revoked his support for Shelton as the new leader. The […]
Hungary has passed laws which ban any portrayals of homosexuality or “non-traditional” gender presentations being shown to minors. Supporters of the bill say it will crackdown on paedophilia, but human rights groups have labeled the move as explicit discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people. The bill was put forward by the ruling Fidesz party, which is led […]
Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR) have announced they will hold a “speak-out” against Lyle Shelton when he makes an appearance at Dee Why’s New Life Church on Thursday. The ex-director of the Australian Christian Lobby is scheduled to give a speech at an event about his book I Kid You Not: Notes From 20 […]
Fred Nile’s Christian Democratic Party have announced that they will bring forward legislation to stop doctors from treating people experiencing gender incongruence with medication until they are over the age of 18. The religious based political party says children should be “afforded nothing but love and support” until they are 18 years old. The proposed bill […]
Reverend Fred Nile, the leader of the Christian Democrats, has announced he’ll be retiring from the New South Wales parliament after forty years, and he’s nominating Lyle Shelton to be his replacement. Shelton, the former head of the Australian Christian Lobby and leader of the No campaign against marriage equality, previously unsuccessfully ran for a […]
