Policy officer, Equality Tasmania. Board Member, Just.Equal. Tasmanian of the Year 2015. LGBTIQA human rights advocate.
Joined January 2015
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Tonight I was invited to speak at Koiki Mabo Chambers in Melbourne about the High Court cases recently featured in the “Love” episode in the ABC’s series, Judgment. We then all watched the doco. It was enjoyable and not a little moving to see the documentary again.
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Launceston Council’s LGBTIQA advisory committee is hard at work developing the city’s first LGBTIQA Action Plan. Updates coming soon.
Some history…
examiner.com.au/story/866270…
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In this letter from Friday’s Hobart Mercury, Jen Van-Achteren explains why trans women need discrimination protections as much as other women.
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All women will be disadvantaged if discrimination laws are weakened to allow discrimination against trans women. To explain how, here’s Leonie Crosse in today’s Hobart Mercury.
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Tasmania was one of the first states to debate a ban on conversion practices but is yet to pass one and is now lagging behind. It’s time to act. Here’s Tasmanian survivor, Glen Worrell, in yesterday’s NW Advocate.
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Equality Tasmania supporting those MPs who support the LGBTIQA community in today’s Hobart Mercury.
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Bookings are open for The Campaign, Campion Decent’s play about the Tasmanian gay law reform campaign in the 1990s. It will be performed by Don College drama students in Ulverstone on June 17 & 18. Be sure not to miss out: trybooking.com/events/landin…
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Equality Tasmania is proud to partner with Working It Out for this timely LGBTIQA community consultation. Looking forward to seeing you there.
More…events.humanitix.com/tasmani…
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Bookings are open for The Campaign, Campion Decent’s play about the Tasmanian gay law reform campaign in the 1990s. It will be performed by Don College drama students in Ulverstone on June 17 & 18. Be sure not to miss out: trybooking.com/events/landin…
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Let Us Give wants to encourage as many newly-eligible donors as possible to give the gift of life. If, like Let Us Give spokesperson, Thomas Buxereau, you have recently donated send us a photo and some words so we can urge others to follow your example: contact@letusgive.com.au
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Today, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff ruled out weakening the law to allow discrimination against trans women. More here: ymlp.com/zNyWfN
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Hidden in the LGBTIQA episode of the ABC series, “Judgment”, about the High Court and human rights are two important lessons about how change happens. In this article I tease put those lessons: qnews.com.au/the-lgbtqia-sto…
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Thanks to Bronte Crispin at the Australian Tax Office in Burnie for inviting me to be part of a podcast for IDAHOBIT Day (May 17). You’ll have to wait till the podcast is out to learn which three historical figures I would most want to have dinner with.
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It was a joy to chat to the Don College drama students who will be performing Campion Decent’s play, The Campaign, next month.
The Campaign is about the long struggle for gay law reform in Tasmania in the 1990s.
More details about the performance as they come to hand.
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Equality Tasmania, Women’s Health Tasmania and Working It Out have written to the Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner asking for an inquiry into discrimination in health services with the sale of Hobart Private Hospital to Calvary.
starobserver.com.au/news/lgb…
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Congratulations to everyone involved in today’s successful forum convened by the Tasmanian Parliamentary Friends of the LGBTIQA Community about the challenges facing LGBTIQA Tasmanians and the solutions to those challenges.
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