Ballarat Joins The NYA
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Ballarat pro-gay marriage rally draws hundreds
EMMA BROWN
14 Feb, 2010 01:01 AM
SEVERAL hundred people marched through the streets of Ballarat yesterday in support of gay marriage in the city's first pro-gay marriage rally. The rally began at the Ballarat Skate Park on Main Rd before heading up Sturt St to the town hall.
Rally organiser and spokesperson for the recently formed Regional No Discretion group, Koby Drake, has attended pro-gay marriage rallies in Melbourne.
"This is the first rally in rural Victoria. It is time to fight in our own backyards and not just in the big cities," Mr Drake said.
‘No more Forbidden Love...' Valentines Day Action - February 14
On February 14, Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) will hold an event at Taylor square to celebrate Valentines Day and show that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) love should not be second class.
Valentines Day is a symbol of loving couples, loving relationships and dedicated partners, yet the day sidelines queer couples, especially so when Australia is the only country in the Western world to have banned same-sex marriage, and continues to deny the community equal marriage rights.
CAAH believe Equal Marriage Rights is a basic Human Right that should be available to all couples of all sexes and sexual orientation... and so, CAAH will be asking LGBTI couples to show us there should be
"No More Forbidden Love on Valentines Day"
Equal Marriage Rights Rally - March 20 - 1pm at Town Hall
Sydney - get ready to make some noise!
Rally 20th March 2010 1pm Town Hall
Get Involved:
e-mail caahsydney@gmail.com
“After decades of campaigning to get rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and sex and gender diverse people, it is both sad and appalling that as we approach 2010, we are still denied the right to marry and to have our relationships formally recognised. We are thrilled to support CAAH’s year-long campaign to secure marriage rights for all... All Australians are entitled to equality before the law regardless of their sex, gender or sexuality, including the right to marry who they wish”
- Tracie O’Keefe, spokesperson for Sex and Gender Education (SAGE), and
Who are we?
Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) organises a grass-roots movement to fight homophobia, transphobia gender oppression and other human rights abuses. CAAH helps change society for the better through organising rallies, petitions, stalls and other collective activity.
We need you to get involved! This society is homophobic and transphobic, and this makes things unpleasant for everyone. Youth suicides, work place discrimination, suffering hate-crimes on the streets, being relegated second-class citizens through homophobic laws, are reasons why people get involved with CAAH.
Turkey: Stop Violence Against Transgender People Multiple Murders Highlight Inadequate State Protection
The recent murders of two transgender women in Turkey highlight an ongoing pattern of violence and the urgent need for stronger protection measures by the government, four Turkish and international human rights organizations said today in a letter to Turkish authorities.
The groups called on Turkey to remedy the conditions that place transgender people at risk from acts of violence by enacting anti-discrimination protections, instituting programs to combat prejudice and hatred, and repealing laws that provide an opportunity for police to harass stigmatized groups. The letter was sent by Pembe Hayat "Pink Life," Human Rights Watch, the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA-Europe), and the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC).
"Protecting people and preventing violence means more than investigating after the fact," said Juliana Cano Nieto, researcher in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights program of Human Rights Watch. "Without meaningful government action to affirm their rights and ensure their safety, transgender people in Turkey will continue to live in fear."
Join CAAH at Mardi Gras 2010 !
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Malawi: End Arrests and Discrimination Against LGBT People
Join The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission in calling upon the Malawi government to release Steven Monjeza (age 26) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (age 20) from detention and end discrimination against LGBT and HIV/AIDS activists. After their traditional engagement on December 27, 2009, the two were arrested on December 28, 2009 and charged with "unnatural offenses" and "indecent practices between males" (Sections 153 and 156 of the Malawi Penal Code) with a potential sentence of up to 14 and 5 years in prison, respectively. The two were then denied bail, and prosecutors subjected them to internal medical examinations without their consent.
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Background
After their traditional engagement on December 27, 2009, Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were arrested on December 28, 2009 and charged with "unnatural offenses" and "indecent practices between males" (Sections 153 and 156 of the Malawi Penal Code) with a potential sentence of up to 14 and 5 years in prison, respectively.
IGLHRC and Lambda Legal Consulting with Nepali Government on LGBTI Rights Protections
For Immediate Release:
Monday, December 21, 2009
Contacts:
Jason Pérez Howe
Senior Public Information Officer
Lambda Legal
213.382-7600 x247
Mobile: 415.595.9245
jhowe@lambdalegal.org
Hossein Alizadeh
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
212-430-6016
halizadeh@iglhrc.org
(Los Angeles, December 21, 2009) The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and Lambda Legal are working with Nepali government leaders as they explore how to include protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the country's laws. Jennifer C. Pizer, Senior Counsel and National Marriage Project Director for Lambda Legal, returned this week from two weeks in Kathmandu at the invitation of Nepali lawmakers to advise the government's eight-member study and drafting committee. The committee will present its recommendations to the Nepali Parliament in 2010. Pizer's trip was organized and sponsored by IGLHRC, and continues that organization's technical support of LGBTI advocates in the Himalayan nation and across Asia.
Rally for Marriage Equality 20th March 2010
Sydney Get Ready to make some noise!
1pm Sydney Town Hall, 20th March 2010
Call for Artists
