ESP, the events company contracted to deliver the Pride Festival have distanced themselves from today’s controversy surrounding the decision to ban an refugee rights advocacy group from the Pride Parade. This morning it came to light that the Refugee Action Network’s ‘Rainbows for Refugees’ entry in the parade had been rejected at the last minute. […]
Update 25-11-17 11:49 : A spokesman for Pride WA has told OUTinPerth they have reversed their decision banning Rainbows for Refugees from participating in the Pride Parade. Update 25-11-17 13:34: Events company ESP have clarified that the decision to ban the Refuge Rights Action Network’s entry ‘Rainbows for Refugees’ from the Pride Parade was made […]
The Greens’ Senator Janet Rice is calling on the federal government to be more proactive in addressing the treatment of gay men in Russia’s Chechen Republic, including taking in gay and bisexual men from the region as refugees. Last week Senator Rice moved a motion calling for Australia to work with other countries to bring […]
