by LGBTI Legal Service | Dec 2, 2020 | Apology, Decriminalisation, Law Reform
Alan Raabe and LGBTI advocates will hold a doorstop press conference after the apology takes place in parliament in the courtyard in front of Parliament House. Time: Immediately after the apology in parliament (approximately 3.00 pm-3.15 pm) Date: Thursday, 11 May... 
by LGBTI Legal Service | Dec 2, 2020 | Hate Speech, Law Reform, Legal Advice, Marriage Equality, Postal Survey
The LGBTI Legal Service is running the Like Love project to address vilification during the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey period. Vilification is a public act or statement that incites others to hate a person or their group because of their gender identity or... 
by LGBTI Legal Service | Dec 2, 2020 | Decriminalisation, Law Reform
Overnight, the Queensland Parliament passed a law that will provide a way for people to have convictions for consensual same-sex activity removed from their criminals records. Emile McPhee, Executive Director of the LGBTI Legal Service, said the Criminal Law... 
by LGBTI Legal Service | Dec 2, 2020 | Decriminalisation, Hate Speech, Postal Survey
The LGBTI Legal Service has collected over 220 examples of hate speech throughout the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey in a project aimed at addressing unlawful vilification. The ‘Like Love’ project has monitored social media, news websites and public spaces to... 
by LGBTI Legal Service | Dec 2, 2020 | Law Reform, Trans
The LGBTI Legal Service celebrates the announcement by the Queensland Government of changes to be introduced to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 (Qld) this week. This reform fixes a problematic section of the Act that states: The reassignment of...