On 17 April, Dr Hilary Cass and her team met with LGBTQ+ support organisations to address misconceptions about her report. The responses given do not support claims made for the Cass Review by anti-trans activists 🧵

In an upcoming forum, Equality Tasmania and Working It Out are seeking the views of LGBTIQA+ community members on Tasmanian Gov’t services like health, education and the police. There will also be an update on banning conversion practices. Register here:
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The Southern Lights from Quoiba this morning. Photo: Peter Sayers.

For years now I’ve been advocating for the Tassie devil and raising concerns about its recovery from a highly contagious and deadly facial cancer that wiped out 95% of its population, only to have my worries shunned by local, state, and federal governments.

Today, I talked to James McKenzie at 3CR about the Coalition’s appalling policy of overriding state discrimination laws and Labor’s failure to stand up for LGBTIQA+ people in faith-based schools.
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“It is completely disingenuous for the AG to say he’s waiting on Albanese & Dutton to come up with some sort of federal legislation, that’s a red herring.

WA can produce its own laws at any time, & they must be better than the Cth has flagged.” #wapol outinperth.com/was-equal-oppo…

Polls show 80% of Australians want discrimination against LGBTIQA ppl by faith schools prohibited. Want to “unify the nation”? Enact that!

'Phil [Carswell] was an extraordinary person, a powerful advocate, and an unforgettable leader whose legacy will forever be intertwined with the future of Australia’s LGBTIQ+ communities.' smh.com.au/national/unfor…

Our Founding President, an unforgettable leader born with a natural curiosity: theage.com.au/national/unfor…

Failure by the WA Govt to update the outdated Equal Opportunity Act (which is almost as bad as NSW's Anti-Discrimination Act) is not just a broken promise, but also a missed opportunity to drag WA's discrimination law into the 21st century.
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The Coalition wants to override existing state laws protecting LGBTQ+ ppl from discrimination in religious schools and services, including Tasmania's 25 y/o protections. This is irresponsible, extreme and should deal them out of negotiations about reform.
outinperth.com/calls-for-gove…

The Coalition is issuing even more extreme demands in relation to a proposed federal law ending LGBTQ+ discrimination in religious schools. Albanese must negotiate with the cross-bench if we wants to get reform through: ymlp.com/zSsmdf