Category: LGB Rights
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A group of women wanted to ban trans people from their public meet-ups… their two-year battle has come to a ‘devastating’ end
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A lesbian group has lost its battle to ban transgender and bisexual women from its public events following a two-year legal battle. Lesbian Action Group wanted a five-year exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act and made an application to the Australian Human Rights Commission in 2023. The Victorian-based group lost its bid and attempted to appeal the…
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Tribunal says men who identify as lesbians cannot be excluded from lesbian events
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A state Tribunal has denied Launceston woman Jessica Hoyle’s appeal (which was made in conjunction with LGB Alliance Australia) to obtain an exemption under Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Act in order to hold a lesbian women only event excluding trans-identifying males. The application for the exemption was initially refused by Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Sarah Bolt in July. Last Thursday,…