Albanese government rejects all UN recommendations on improving LGBTQIA+ rights

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• brisk@aussie.zone ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There were eight recommendations specific to the LGBTQIA+ community, which included:

  • Removing the exemptions that allow religious schools to legally discriminate against LGBTQIA+ students and staff
  • Eliminating legal exemptions that allow discrimination against trans, gender-diverse and intersex people
  • Delivering public education campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination against the queer community
  • Introducing a national ban on conversion practices
  • Banning unnecessary surgeries on intersex children
  • Improving systems to allow trans and gender-diverse people to legally change their gender without intrusive requirements

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• ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Of course the federal government would reject the recommendations when they’re almost entirely state government responsibilities

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  • TassieTosser@aussie.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    While that’s true, there should be some federal minimums to prevent backsliding in case a bigoted state govt gets voted in.

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      we should undermine the democratic process and state government powers because I don’t like it when the state government doesn’t lean the way I personally want

      A very dangerous road to walk

      I never thought I’d be defending the coalition but imagine if the coalition federal government (who historically avoid/prevent federal overrides) did this for issues like abortion

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fuck me, they were like bare minimum decency choices.

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  • shirro@aussie.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Such recommendations need to go to the states/territories in our federal system. For instance conversion therapy is banned in SA, NSW, ACT, Vic. So the recommendations on that should go shit state/territories like WA, Tasmania and NT. Any attempt by the federal govt to legislate outside of its constitutionally defined powers would have to survive a high court challenge. The external affairs power worked for the Franklin dam but that was a specific set of circumstances.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Curious as to why conversion therapy or private schools would be a state vs federal thing

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