Albanese government rejects all UN recommendations on improving LGBTQIA+ rights

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• brisk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Removing the exemptions that allow religious schools to legally discriminate against LGBTQIA+ students and staff

    This at a minimum comes under employment law, which is a federal responsibility.

    Eliminating legal exemptions that allow discrimination against trans, gender-diverse and intersex people

    Pretty sure discrimination laws come under federal law

    Delivering public education campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination against the queer community

    This could be done by anyone

    Introducing a national ban on conversion practices

    Some states already done this, federal could?

    Banning unnecessary surgeries on intersex children

    This one I’m unclear on

    Improving systems to allow trans and gender-diverse people to legally change their gender without intrusive requirements

    I’m also unclear on how births deaths and marriages is divided.

    But in conclusion, kinda feels like you’re making excuses for the Labor government

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    • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’re stretching on what is federal vs state here and you know it. See other comment regarding federal overrides. This isn’t a good faith argument

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fuck me, they were like bare minimum decency choices.

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  • shirro@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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