Australia - Eleanor Lister - gender rights activist missed
Submitted by kareng on Wed, 23/04/2008 - 21:09. newsfeedAU: CENTRELINK CUTS PAYMENTS
Submitted by woman network on Thu, 28/02/2008 - 21:29. newsfeedCENTRELINK CUTS PAYMENTS by Harley Dennett
A Centrelink decision to reduce a pre-operative transsexual lesbian’s pension because she was in a relationship with another woman has been overturned by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Samantha Scafe lodged an appeal when Centrelink claimed she was in a “marriage-like relationship” with her partner Colleen Smith and gave her the partnered rate of disability support pension, less than the single rate. The pair did not deny being in a relationship.
Australian transsexual sues policemen for 'revealing her past'
Submitted by woman network on Thu, 07/02/2008 - 12:07. newsfeed
Australian transsexual sues policemen for 'revealing her past'
AFP - Wednesday, February 6 05:38 am
AU: Transsexual fights for her lesbian rights
Submitted by woman network on Sun, 04/11/2007 - 08:48. newsfeedTranssexual fights for her lesbian rights
Sarah Price
November 4, 2007
A TRANSGENDER psychotherapist has taken a gay association to an equal opportunities tribunal, alleging she was discriminated against by being refused entry to a lesbian event.
Tracie O'Keefe, of Sydney, said she requested an invitation to a South Australian event organised by lesbian support group Sappho's Party.
AU: Court of Confusion - SX News 10 October 2007
Submitted by kareng on Sun, 14/10/2007 - 16:16. newsfeedLetters to the Editor SX News US: How did the T get in LGBT?Submitted by woman network on Tue, 09/10/2007 - 16:52. newsfeed
By John Aravosis
» read more | 2 comments Australia: Australia's first legally married lesbians...Submitted by kareng on Sat, 06/10/2007 - 23:26. newsfeed Australia's first legally married lesbians report by Katrina Fox editors note - authenticity of this claim questioned here Two lesbians became the first legal same-sex married couple in Australia this week when the Administrative Appeals
» read more | 3 comments AU: Abrams and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade [2007]Submitted by woman network on Sun, 30/09/2007 - 15:32. newsfeedAbrams and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade [2007] AATA 1816 (28 September 2007) Last Updated: 28 September 2007 Administrative Appeals Tribunal AU: PASSPORT SNUB 'UNJUST'Submitted by woman network on Sun, 23/09/2007 - 18:51. newsfeedPASSPORT SNUB 'UNJUST' by Cara Davis The Federal Government has refused to issue a post-operative trans woman a female passport on the basis that she is married to a woman. Grace Abrams last week appealed the decision by Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. NZ: 'What's the difference?'Submitted by woman network on Thu, 13/09/2007 - 20:25. newsfeed'What's the difference?'The significance of what is believed to be the first time a transsexual has sat as a member of a High Court bench is being downplayed by the Hokitika woman who has the honour.
"What's the difference?" Jacquie Grant said when she arrived at the High Court at Wellington yesterday. |

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