NSW GLRL, Author at Star Observer /author/emilypete Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 03:58:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png NSW GLRL, Author at Star Observer /author/emilypete 32 32 NSW GLRL – 25 Years of Pride /opinion/nsw-glrl-25-years-of-pride/111164 /opinion/nsw-glrl-25-years-of-pride/111164#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:37:38 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=111164 NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby co-Convenor Justin Koonin reflects on the state of LGBTI rights as GLRL prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The Australia gay and lesbian people ...

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Lainie Arnold Farewells Rights Lobby /opinion/lainie-arnold-farewells-rights-lobby/111693 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:00:48 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=111693 Last Wednesday the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby held our sold-out 25th silver anniversary party at NSW Parliament House.  It was a wonderful night full of reflection, and a great ...

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OPINION: The challenges ahead /opinion/opinion-the-challenges-ahead/109685 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 03:17:59 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=109685 The election of a Coalition government with Tony Abbott as Prime Minister will pose its challenges for advocates of LGBTI rights, but there are enough progressive voices within the Coalition ...

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ELECTION OPINION: Bob Brown’s legacy /opinion/election-opinion-bob-browns-legacy/109050 /opinion/election-opinion-bob-browns-legacy/109050#comments Thu, 05 Sep 2013 01:25:13 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=109050 Last Friday night former Greens leader Bob Brown spoke to a crowd on Oxford St about the changes he had seen in the landscape for LGBTI people over his decades ...

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GLRL: Russia dehumanising gays /opinion/glrl-russia-dehumanising-gays/108289 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:31:24 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=108289 On June 30 this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill banning the “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors,” which bans any talk about being gay while in ...

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GLRL: Election Promises /opinion/glrl-election-promises/108065 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 04:40:25 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=108065 During the weekend’s televised leaders’ debate, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that, if elected, the Labor Party would introduce a marriage equality bill within the first 100 days of government. ...

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GLRL: Election time /opinion/soapbox-opinion/glrl-election-time/107607 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 01:19:13 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=107607 Lainie Arnold is a co-convenor of the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby.   Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced the election will be held on September 7, in five ...

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GLRL: From Russia, and PNG, with (no) love /opinion/glrl-from-russia-and-png-with-no-love/107637 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:09:53 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=107637 Justin Koonin is a co-convenor of the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby.   On July 19, Foreign Minister Bob Carr issued a statement affirming the federal government’s commitment to ...

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OPINION: We’ve come a long way /opinion/opinion-weve-come-a-long-way/106808 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:56:21 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106808 Guest column Lainie Arnold is a co-convenor of the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. Last week the NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby celebrated the changes to the Sex ...

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Election Ahead /opinion/soapbox-opinion/election-ahead/106667 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 01:12:44 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106667 Guest column NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby Co-convenor Justin Koonin With the federal political landscape shifting like quicksand at the moment, it is easy to lose sight of what ...

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Religion doesn’t give the right to discriminate /opinion/religion-doesnt-give-the-right-to-discriminate/106338 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 05:13:16 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106338 On Sunday, the member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich MP, announced that he would be taking a bill to the NSW Parliament abolishing one of the many exemptions enjoyed by private ...

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A week to remember /opinion/a-week-to-remember/106077 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:27:02 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=106077 What a spectacular week, both in Australia and abroad, for the rights of LGBTI people! Last Tuesday, at this Parliament’s eleventh hour, amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act (1984) granting ...

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Anti-discrimination goes federal /opinion/anti-discrimination-goes-federal/105722 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:13:56 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=105722 Something very big is happening this week. The Senate and the House of Representatives are due to debate and vote on amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act, which will see ...

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Save The Date To Celebrate – October 23 /opinion/save-the-date-to-celebrate-october-23/105469 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:44:46 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=105469 This year marks the 25th anniversary of the formation of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. When the GLRL was established at a public meeting at Heffron Hall in Darlinghurst ...

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Protecting our elderly /opinion/protecting-our-elderly/104554 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 04:13:01 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104554 The passage of the Sex Discrimination Amendment Bill 2013 through the federal House of Representatives last week was a significant milestone in the quest to protect the rights and dignity ...

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Critical engagement /opinion/soapbox-opinion/critical-engagement/104362 Mon, 27 May 2013 05:12:49 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104362 Criticism. It’s a bit of a dirty word, but it can often be very beneficial to hear, particularly when it’s from the gay and lesbian community about how we’re running ...

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We need reform, and rainbows /opinion/we-need-reform-and-rainbows/104043 Mon, 20 May 2013 23:22:11 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=104043 Debate in the last week has raged over whether our community is prioritising symbols, including rainbow crossings or flags, over substantive reform of the nation’s laws. The idea that these ...

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Acknowledging IDAHO /opinion/acknowledging-idaho/103956 Thu, 16 May 2013 08:11:33 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103956 Friday is IDAHO – the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. In Australia we will be acknowledging the day against bi-phobia, intersex-phobia and trans*-phobia (IDAHOBIT). IDAHOBIT was started in 2004 ...

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Panic no more /opinion/panic-no-more/103437 Thu, 02 May 2013 21:55:56 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=103437 Last week the NSW Legislative Council Select Committee into the Partial Defence of Provocation unanimously recommended changes to the Crimes Act (NSW 1900) which would, among other things, preclude the use of ...

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Why we should celebrate the NZ decision /opinion/why-we-should-celebrate-the-nz-decision/102913 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:59:35 +0000 https://starobserver.com.au/?p=102913 This week New Zealand became the latest country, and the first in the Pacific region, to legalise same-sex marriage. I am thrilled that half my friends in mixed-race marriages (Kiwis ...

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