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Shelton dismisses concerns that LGBTI people suffered during marriage vote

Shelton dismisses concerns that LGBTI people suffered during marriage vote

Lyle Shelton from the Australian Conservatives has responded to a report released yesterday that outlined the psychological effects the marriage postal survey had on LGBTIQ people saying that he suffered more during the survey. Shelton responded to a story published by news.com saying the report was “emotional blackmail”. The former head of the Australian Christian […]

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Kirralie Smith launches ‘Binary’ saying there is only “male and female”

Kirralie Smith launches ‘Binary’ saying there is only “male and female”

The Australian Conservatives Senate candidate Kirralie Smith has launched a new political lobbying organisation called Binary. The group declare they are focused on promoting the role male and female genders play in society and their belief that gender is binary. The organisation is headed by Smith, a longtime campaigner against transgender rights. Smith said the […]

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Morrison will remove laws that allow schools to expel LGBT students

Morrison will remove laws that allow schools to expel LGBT students

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the coalition will introduce amendments to change the federal anti-discrimination laws so that schools will no longer have the right to expel students over their sexuality or gender identity. The Prime Minister said the leaking of recommendations from the Ruddock Review into Religious Freedom in Australia has caused “unnecessary confusion […]

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Lyle Shelton says schools should only expel gay students who have sex

Lyle Shelton says schools should only expel gay students who have sex

The former head of the Australian Christian Lobby says schools should not have an exemption from anti-discrimination laws that allows them expel students who are gay. Lyle Shelton made the surprising statement on The Bolt Report on Sky News last night, but then later followed up his stance in further media interviews saying schools should […]

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Shelton says no campaign only had three months to argue marriage case

Shelton says no campaign only had three months to argue marriage case

Aspiring politician Lyle Shelton says the Coalition for Marriage only had three months to argue the case against marriage equality while those in favour of changing the laws had been lobbying politicians for close to 30 years. Shelton, who is the Australian Conservatives lead senate candidate at the next federal election, is currently speaking at […]

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Louise Pratt says PM’s voting record is worrying to LGBTI Australians

Louise Pratt says PM’s voting record is worrying to LGBTI Australians

Louise Pratt, Labor’s Shadow Minister for Equality, says its understandable that many LGBTI Australians are worried about Scott Morrison’s elevation to Prime Minister. “Many LGBTI Australians have reached out to tell me their concerns about Scott Morrison’s appointment as Prime Minister. I share their concerns.” Senator Pratt said in a statement today. The longstanding gay […]

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Defence Force denies it has any plans to ban the words ‘his’ and ‘her’

Defence Force denies it has any plans to ban the words ‘his’ and ‘her’

The Australian Defence Force has denied claims by The Herald Sun that it has plans to ban the words ‘his’, ‘he’ and ‘she’ and ‘her’ from being used by personnel. In a front page story today the newspaper suggests that a guide to using non-gendered language and respecting pronouns of transgender people used in the […]

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Shelton: Swedish army is ramming a political agenda down people’s throats

Shelton: Swedish army is ramming a political agenda down people’s throats

Update: 30-01-2018 1:00pm  Australian Conservatives senate candidate has admitted he mistook an Pride advertisement from the Swedish Army, and thought it was a campaign from the Australian army. “Someone sent me the image and I mistook it for the Australian Army. My bad. I can only hope the Australia Army doesn’t keep going down this […]

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Lyle Shelton has found a new book to be upset about

Lyle Shelton has found a new book to be upset about

Australian Conservatives candidate Lyle Shelton has found another children’s book he doesn’t like. During his time as the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Shelton often appeared on television to complain about The Gender Fairy, a book written for children who are transgender. now he’s up in arms about other title called Gender Diversity. On a […]

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Sodastream responds to Lyle Shelton telling him he’s decades out of touch

Sodastream responds to Lyle Shelton telling him he’s decades out of touch

Sodastream have responded to Lyle Shelton’s criticism of their support for rainbow families by suggestion the aspiring politician is out of touch with modern times. Shelton took aim at the drinks company’s Pride month campaign and said it was a celebration of “forced motherlessness”. Shelton took to Twitter the other day to complain about a […]

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