Lesbian Action Group Takes Exemption Fight to Federal Court
By Stephanie Bastiaan
Read moreTribunal rules lesbians must include men who identify as lesbians at public events
By Rachael Wong
On Monday, the Administrative Review Tribunal (formerly the Administrative Appeals Tribunal) upheld the Australian Human Rights Commission’s (AHRC) 2023 decision to deny the Lesbian Action Group (LAG) an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act (SDA) to exclude ‘transgender lesbians’ from its public events.
Read moreLesbian Action Group challenges decision that men can be lesbians
The Lesbian Action Group will be in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Melbourne on 2-3 September 2024 to appeal the Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) decision last year not to grant them an exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act to run female-only lesbian events.
Read moreAustralian woman concerned about man in French female dorm bathroom accused of being “political” and “transphobic”
The manager of a hostel in Lyon has said a female traveller was “lucky” he "didn't press charges" for 'transphobia' when she raised concerns after being confronted with a man in the bathroom of her female dormitory.
Read moreTribunal says men who identify as lesbians cannot be excluded from lesbian events
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.
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