AU: Reduced jail term for basher
Submitted by kareng on Sun, 11/05/2008 - 14:36. newsfeedReduced jail term for basher
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/09/2240194.htm
ABC (Australia) News
Posted Fri May 9, 2008 1:23pm AEST
A man who bashed a transexual at her Melbourne apartment will spend less time in jail after having his sentence reduced by two years.
Clinton Dwayne McRae went to Isabella Labrador's apartment after meeting her at a Crown Casino bar in January 2006.
Australia - Eleanor Lister - gender rights activist missed
Submitted by kareng on Wed, 23/04/2008 - 21:09. newsfeedAustralia - Eleanor Lister - gender variant rights activist will be
missed... [2008-04-24 Sydney Star Observer]
24/04/2008
TRANS ACTIVIST WILL BE MISSED
by Ani Lamont
AU: 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
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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. |
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