Five years on, we have seen a real shift in the attitude, behaviour and culture within the club and hockey community.
Tag Archives: LGBTQIA+ rights
Good news: Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova is free
Russian activist Yulia Tsvetkova has been acquitted of ‘pornography’ charges for posting her body-positive illustrations of women online.
Non-Binary People’s Day is about more than ‘pronouns’
The fight for representation, understanding, and justice is about more than pronouns, it’s about love and care that is affirming and validating.
Submission: A New Equality Bill for New South Wales
Amnesty welcomes the creation of an Equality Bill for NSW.
Human rights WIP: #GameOver, Religious Discrimination Bill shelved, Bernardo and Nazanin are free, and more
Thanks to supporters, we’ve achieved some incredible wins in the first half of 2022. Here’s our human rights impact from Australia.
Ensuring the inclusion of trans, gender diverse and intersex people in sport
FINA’s decision is a breach of the human rights of the athletes that this policy will impact directly, but it also sends a dangerous message to trans, gender diverse and intersex people that they are not welcome.
Amnesty calls on Western Australia and South Australia to end conversion practices
Amnesty International Australia, SOGICE Survivors and Ending Conversion Practices WA have written to SA and WA government representatives.
Why trans visibility is important to me
Transgender Day of Visibility continues to me to be a day when I can truly express my unending gratitude for the trans people in my life. It is a chance to celebrate and feel pride in my identity.
5 ways to be an LGBTQIA+ ally this Sydney Mardi Gras
With the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras just around the corner you may be wondering how you can support the LGBTQIA+ people in your community.
National Plan lacks detail on key areas for gender-based violence
Amnesty International Australia today expressed serious concerns about the draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, including its failure to address gender-based violence as an abuse of women’s human rights, as recognised in the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. Submissions on the draft plan closed on Friday. …
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