Benn Dorrington, Author at Star Observer /author/benn-dorrington Setting Australia鈥檚 LGBTI agenda since 1979 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:12:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Benn Dorrington, Author at Star Observer /author/benn-dorrington 32 32 Gay bishop gets no official welcome /news/gay-bishop-gets-no-official-welcome/104130 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:33:33 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104130 The Melbourne and Sydney Anglican dioceses have denied snubbing the world鈥檚 first openly gay bishop during his speaking tour in Australia. American Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson is speaking at a ...

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Salamanca market tribute unveiled /news/salamanca-market-tribute-unveiled/104114 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:19:51 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104114 It鈥檚 been five years in the making but a new public artwork in Hobart will commemorate the largest act of gay rights civil disobedience in Australian history. Community members and ...

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Have you made your IDAHO promise? /news/national-news/have-you-made-your-idaho-promise/103982 Fri, 17 May 2013 05:52:29 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103982 No more excuses, it’s time to stand up against discrimination properly – this is the new national anti-homophobia push launched today on the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). No To ...

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We need reform, not rainbows /news/national-news/new-south-wales-news/we-need-reform-not-rainbows/103868 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:15:34 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103868 What鈥檚 more important: marriage equality, legal protection from discrimination or a rainbow flag? Some of Australia鈥檚 leading LGBTI rights advocates, including former High Court justice Michael Kirby and pioneering academic ...

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AFL pride campaign is “bullying” /news/national-news/afl-pride-campaign-is-bullying/103847 Wed, 15 May 2013 06:42:03 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103847 Efforts to address homophobia in the AFL have been labelled as “bullying and browbeating” by the Australian Family Association. In a statement published on its website on Monday, the AFA ...

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Brazilian court ruling allows gay marriages /news/international-news-news/brazilian-court-ruling-allows-gay-marriages/103839 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:56:15 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103839 Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed news that Brazilian gay couples should be allowed to marry now after聽a top judicial body ruled that same-sex couples shouldn’t be denied marriage licenses. ...

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Rapid testing goes regional /news/rapid-testing-goes-regional/103829 Wed, 15 May 2013 02:27:27 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103829 Bendigo residents now have access to rapid HIV testing through a private clinic, with hopes the new technology will improve testing rates in the regional city and surrounding areas. Rapid ...

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鈥淲e鈥檙e there because we care鈥 /features/were-there-because-we-care/103825 Tue, 14 May 2013 04:31:52 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103825 It takes a special kind of person to voluntarily get up at 5.30am and drive a diabetic colleague from Seaford to the Alfred Hospital for a blood test before 8am. ...

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Marriage rally draws sombre tale /news/national-news/marriage-rally-draws-sombre-tale/103703 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:11:04 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103703 X Factor contestant Paige Phoenix highlighted an often untouched part of the marriage equality debate on Saturday when he told of getting married to his wife, only to have it ...

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Marriage bill a stunt: Rainbow Labor /news/marriage-bill-a-stunt-rainbow-labor/103667 Fri, 10 May 2013 00:40:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103667 The Labor Party鈥檚 LGBTI advocacy network says the Greens should focus on shoring up a free vote for the Liberal Party instead taking a bill to Parliament again. Yesterday, Greens ...

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Take two: Marriage bill back to Parliament /news/national-news/marriage-bill-back-to-parliament-next-month/103596 Thu, 09 May 2013 04:35:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103596 Greens Melbourne MP Adam Bandt is reintroducing a marriage equality bill into Parliament in June despite fears it will fail if the Coalition are not granted a conscience vote. On ...

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Small jump in marriage support /news/small-jump-in-marriage-support/103524 Wed, 08 May 2013 02:27:12 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103524 Same-sex marriage support has climbed four per cent in the latest Essential Research poll. Four polls taken since July 2011 have seen support plateau at 54 per cent in favour ...

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Mixed messages on marriage free vote? /news/mixed-messages-on-marriage-free-vote/103430 Mon, 06 May 2013 23:15:10 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103430 Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has extinguished growing speculation of same-sex marriage laws passing in the next Parliament if elected in September. He told Fairfax Media at the weekend he ...

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Labor shows off rainbow ties /news/labor-shows-off-rainbow-ties/103338 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:19:14 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103338 Labor Party candidates, MPs and even ministers are putting their faces to a new online campaign highlighting the support for same-sex marriage within the party. Rainbow Labor advocates launched 鈥楲abor ...

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These dolls mean business /news/these-dolls-mean-business/103308 Thu, 02 May 2013 05:06:26 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103308 The innovative Toy to the World project has donated $4000 to the Victorian AIDS Council after its second successful exhibition this year. The event brought together up to 200 artists ...

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Taking steps towards the end of AIDS /news/taking-steps-towards-the-end-of-aids/103302 Thu, 02 May 2013 04:46:23 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103302 A Tanzanian designer has taken out the global competition to design the logo for next year鈥檚 International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. The new logo by Yohana Longinus Haule, 22, from ...

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Gay swimmer gets one up /features/community-spotlight/gay-swimmer-gets-one-up/103271 Thu, 02 May 2013 01:42:41 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103271 Glamourhead Shark swimmer Beau Webb is used to making a splash in the pool but last month he joined a number of prominent swimmers and athletes to promote a local ...

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Your rights under fire /news/your-rights-under-fire/103249 Wed, 01 May 2013 02:32:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103249 Stronger legal protections for LGBTI people could lead to 鈥渓egalised open bigamous marriages鈥, creating welfare dependency and destabilising children, a Christian schools body has argued. The outrageous claims were made ...

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First NBA player comes out /news/sport/first-nba-player-comes-out/103168 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:12:12 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103168 Professional US basketballer Jason Collins is the first player from any of the country’s top four pro men’s leagues to come out as gay publicly. The veteran National Basketball League ...

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Call for marriage referendum shot down /news/call-for-marriage-referendum-shot-down/103141 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:49:58 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103141 Gay marriage advocates have fiercely rejected the idea of a referendum on same-sex marriage at the September 14 election while opponents have welcomed it. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, senior Labor ...

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