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The Christian left has played a strong role in America’s history. In this election too, it is not silent.
BIll Shorten has announced Labor will block legislation to set up a plebiscite on marriage equality.
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It is inevitable that Australia will, in the not-too-distant future, allow two people to marry regardless of their gender. But which prime minister will get to claim this as their legacy?
Out and proud: the bisexual pride flag.
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The proportion of young people identifying as lesbian or gay seems to have dropped slightly, but the proportion who identify as bisexual has grown.
An asylum seeker from Uganda covers his face with a paper bag in order to protect his identity at a pride parade in Boston.
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Only by listening to local LGBT activists in hostile environments can the West stand up for human rights worldwide.
His example appears to be living on in corporate America these days.
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Companies, which in the past tended to stay neutral on divisive social and political issues, are increasingly taking a stand. What’s behind the change?
Sexuality, since it is imbued with moral panics, has for a long time been used strategically for political purposes.
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While Indonesia’s Constitutional Court deliberates whether casual sex should be outlawed, the government plans to ban gay dating apps.
Taking marriage equality to a plebiscite gives legitimacy to hatred and violence against the LGBTI community.
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A bomb threat delivered to LGBTIQ radio station Joy FM this week highlights how divisive, dangerous and ugly the same-sex marriage plebiscite campaign could become.
Fiona Nash said she understood the suicide rate in Ireland went down during the referendum to legalise same-sex marriage.
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Regardless of whether the suicide rate went down, it is far too blunt an instrument to measure the potential distress same-sex marriage debates cause for those in the LGBTI community.
Faced with the moral conservatism of many Pentecostal-Charismatic congregations, LGBT Christians who stay may live closeted lives.
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New research has found that LGBT Christians and pastors alike must grapple with difficult spiritual questions.
One in five students report being bullied in school.
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The most effective weapons in the fight to stop LGBTQ bullying might just be quite simple – young people coming together to talk, laugh and share their lives.
Aaron Pedersen as Cam Delray in Jack Irish. In 1999, Pederson was one of two Indigenous actors on Australian TV.
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Indigenous representation in TV dramas has surged, but other culturally diverse groups are still under-represented on screen.
Cathy Freeman was criticised for flying the Aboriginal flag at the 1994 Commonwealth Games but the same act at the Sydney 2000 Olympics was hailed as a moment of reconciliation.
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Athletes are increasingly expected to be good role models. But we don’t usually expect them to sacrifice their chance of winning to help others.
Twenty countries in our region have laws criminalising sex between consenting males.
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Our inward focus on marriage equality means Australia is largely absent from efforts to increase respect for LGBTI people in our region.
The drug Truvada is used for PrEP treatment.
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A judge has found that NHS England cannot reasonably refuse to fund anti-HIV drugs for gay men. This is a major step forward.
The pathology lies in society discriminating against transgender people, not in transgender people themselves.
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Poor mental health in transgender people is primarily the product of social stigma and violence. This counters the view that being transgender is itself pathological.
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The strongest resistance to the United Nations resolution to promote LGBTI rights came from Muslim and African states. Many of these countries still criminalise same-sex relationships.
Portrait of Miriam Tlali as part of Adrian Steirn’s 21 Icons South Africa project. Date: 15.10.2014.
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A South African novel, published in 1980 and dealing with the Soweto student uprising four years earlier, still provides lessons for students today.
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Interviews reveal the thoughts and feelings of UK Muslims on homosexuality.
The well-co-ordinated Irish ‘yes’ campaign literally had its members knocking on doors throughout the country.
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Putting a human rights issue to a national vote is a crude means of legalising same-sex marriage.
A woman writes on a cross placed in honor of the victims of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub.
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It is now recognized within public health that discrimination causes significant health problems for the LGBTQ community.