Abolish 'Homosexual Advance Defence' & Section 23, NSW Crimes Act
Press Release • December 15, 2008
Remove Laws that encourage homophobia and hate-crimes!
Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) disagrees with the recent decision by NSW Supreme Court Justice David Kirby to hand down a reduced charge to the teenager who perpetrated the hate-murder of Gerard Fleming at a toilet block in Narrabeen last year.
CAAH believes the killing of Gerard Fleming was a homophobic act, and the decision by Justice David Kirby shows we have a long way to go to remove bigotry in the justice system.
UK
UK Police Report: 'ACPO Guidance on Policing Public Sex Environments'
1. purpose of this Guidance
1.1 It is the responsibility of the Police Services to protect and uphold the human rights of all citizens. This includes males and females affected by Public Sex Environments and also those who engage in such activity.
Download: 'ACPO Guidance on Policing Public Sex Environments'
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Police complaints body publishes new guidelines on homophobia
PinkNews.co.uk • May 19, 2009
Amsterdam - Decriminalise Public Sex
Amsterdam Signposts Gay Sex Zones
AMSTERDAM, 29/04/09 - Signboards are to be put up in Amsterdam
directing homosexuals to nature areas where they can have sex with one
another.
Homosexuals who want to get to the recreation area De Oeverlanden
can see where they have to go on information signboards. The Amsterdam district of Slotervaart unveiled the signboards yesterday.
Welcome to the Sydney Beat Project
The Sydney Beat Project is an online resource and community network for beat users, which was initiated by beat users with the support of CAAH. The project is open to all beat users in NSW - whether you identify as gay, straight, bisexual, transgender, intersex or whatever!
The project was developed as a result of the increasing level of police harassment and threatening behaviour, intimidating questioning, and the use of unreasonable and disturbing police tactics, which actively targets men at 'known beats' across NSW.
Queer Refugees - Photos
Community Action Against Homophobia has been active in the campaign against the inhumane mandatory detention, which has been Australian government policy since 1992.
CAAH has fought hard against homophobic rulings by the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) around particular cases of queer refugees seeking asylum in Australia, and against the cruel mandatory detention policy that has locked up so many refugees. More photos
Queer Refugees - Media Releases
REFUGEES RIGHTS ARE A QUEER ISSUE
April 10, 2006
We live in a world where out of 204 countries where the information is available, a total of 77 countries (50 for lesbians) carry some form of punishment for homosexuality. 9 of them are known to still carry the death penalty. Prison sentences are common (8 carry life imprisonment).
Taking Action - Photos
Since 2004, CAAH has taken to the streets in Sydney to protest against the same-sex marriage and civil union ban.
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Legal work
CAAH is involved in taking homophobic bigots to court. Please send information about queer legal cases to CAAH's COLT (CAAH Legal List) .
CAAH's legal list aim is to provide:
* Legal Research
* Legal Observers
* Legal Actions
* Advocacy
It is important to point out that everyone should feel free to throw ideas and information about:
* Actions & report-backs on current court cases
* Current & Pending legislation and its impacts on queers
LEGAL LAY-PERSON LIST
This group within CAAH is designed as a Network of queer law practitioners/students that advocates for queer rights (i.e. John Laws complaint) and to provide legal discussion/basic information services (i.e. Legal Observers). The CAAH Legal team is also designed to have information posted by people who only know a little bit about the law:
* Alerting the list to homophobic actions, vilification or discrimination in society
* Letting people know when you're making a complaint about homophobia to an organisation (i.e. Daily Telegraph)
* Requesting basic information on legal rights (i.e. Queer Rights Rallies)
For further information, please visit the COLT website.
