Tasmanian Woman Who Harassed, Abused Gay Couple Gets Six Weeks Suspended...
When Tony and Doug (names changed for privacy), a gay couple, who had lived interstate and overseas, moved to a small rural town in Southern Tasmania, they were looking forward ... The post Tasmanian...
View ArticleTasmania Introduces New Mental Health Initiatives For LGBT Community
Jeremy Rockliff, the Premier and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, last week announced the 2022-2023 implementation plan for the Tasmania’s mental health strategy. Trigger Warning: This story...
View ArticleCouncillor Jade Darko Makes History As First Trans Woman Elected To Public...
Tasmania has just elected its first trans person to public office. Jade Darko was recently elected to the Clarence City Council becoming the first transgender woman elected to public office ... The...
View ArticleTasmanian Woman’s Bid To Ban Trans Women From Drag King Events Rejected
The Tasmanian Civil And Administrative Tribunal has thrown out a Launceston-based lesbian woman’s application to ban trans women from her Drag King events. The tribunal last week dismissed the...
View ArticleTasmania To Ban Nazi Symbols, Activists Call For Anti-LGBT Hate Crime Law
Activists have welcomed the Tasmanian government’s proposed law to ban Nazi symbols, including the Swastika, and have sought action against anti-LGBTQI hate crimes. Last week, the Tasmanian government...
View ArticleChristian Lobby, Tasmania’s Deputy Premier Target Drag Storytime Event At...
Calls from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) to cancel the sold-out Drag Storytime at Launceston Library have failed. Judy’s Tasmania founder Pussay Poppins/ Miss Poppins is all set to read ... The...
View ArticleAussie Mums Defend Drag Story Time
Ahead of Drag Story Time at the Launceston Library on Wednesday, some Australian parents have come out to support the event that had been targeted by the Australian Christian Lobby. ... The post...
View ArticleHobart Councillor Proposes Segregated Toilet Facilities For Trans Persons
Hobart councillor and former mayoral candidate Louise Elliot on Monday introduced a motion to have segregated toilet facilities for trans persons and to exclude them from change rooms that correspond...
View ArticleTasmanian Newspaper Publishes Fake Letter About Trans Person Entering Female...
A Tasmanian newspaper has published a transphobic letter that falsely claimed a “man” undressed in front of children in the female change rooms at the Launceston Leisure and Aquatic Centre. ... The...
View ArticleTasmania Newspaper Editor Sacked Over Fake Anti-Trans Letter
Launceston’s leading newspaper The Examiner sacked its editor Mark Westfield over the publication of a fake anti-trans letter. Westfield was appointed editor in January 2023. He was previously...
View ArticleTasmania’s Law To Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ Could Exclude Religious Prayers
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff‘s remarks regarding the inclusion of provisions to protect “freedom of speech” and “prayer” in the upcoming legislation to ban so-called conversion therapy have...
View ArticleLGB Tasmania Puts Up Anti-Trans Billboard In Hobart
Anti-trans group LGB Tasmania has put up a billboard in Glenorchy, a northern suburb of Hobart, that LGBTQI advocacy groups have termed the ‘antithesis of Pride Month’. Equality Tasmania slammed the...
View ArticleLGBT Tasmainans Oppose Anti-Trans Billboard
Hobart’s northern suburbs witnessed a display of solidarity as forty individuals gathered amidst wet, cold, and windy weather to protest against an anti-transgender message displayed on a billboard....
View ArticleTasmania Officially Recognises Asexual, Aromantic And Agender Persons
LGBTQI advocates have hailed the Tasmanian government’s historic move to recognise Asexual, Aromantic, and Agender persons. The Tasmanian Government officially expanded the acronym LGBTIQA+ to...
View ArticleTasmania Looks To Increasing Penalties For Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes
Tasmania is set to relook at the state’s hate crime laws and review if tougher penalties are warranted for crimes motivated by hate, including anti-LGBTQI hate. In 2017, Tasmania added ... The post...
View ArticleTasmania To Expand Expungement For Historical Gay Convictions With Advocates...
The Tasmanian Government has drafted a new bill to expand historical gay and transgender criminal changes to be expunged. The reform to the Expungement of Historical Offences Act 2017, would ... The...
View ArticleTasmania Rejects Demands For Compensation For Victims Of Anti-Gay Laws
Tasmania’s Liberal government has rejected calls from LGBTQI advocacy groups to pay compensation to victims of the state’s former anti-gay laws. Attorney General Gyu Barnett recently introduced...
View ArticleTasmania’s Proposed Bill To Ban Gay Conversion Practices Panned
Tasmanian government released a draft bill to ban conversion practices, but LGBTQI advocates say if passed the law would allow the harmful practice to continue to be practised in the ... The post...
View ArticleCommit To Banning Anti-Gay Conversion Practices, LGBT Group Tells Tasmania’s...
In the lead-up to the state elections in Tasmania, LGBTQI advocacy group Equality Tasmania said they will seek a commitment from all parties and independents to bring in a ban ... The post Commit To...
View ArticleLabor, Greens Promise To Ban Anti-Gay Conversion Practices In Tasmania If...
Labor and Greens have committed to important LGBTQI law reforms, including a ban on anti-gay conversion practices in Tasmania if elected. The elections in Tasmania are scheduled to be held ... The...
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