The Alastair Lawrie blog focuses on advocacy and legal analysis related to the rights and protections of the LGBTIQ community in Australia. It covers topics such as anti-discrimination and vilification laws at federal and state levels, legal reforms affecting transgender and gender diverse individuals, including birth certificate and identity document laws, and the impact of right-wing extremism and hate speech on LGBTIQ safety. The blog also addresses issues like the need for public funding of gender-affirming healthcare, critiques of government policies on religious exemptions in anti-discrimination laws, and submissions to governmental inquiries and legislative consultations. It reflects ongoing challenges and developments in LGBTIQ human rights and equality legislation.
Senate Legal and Constitution Affairs Committee
Submitted via email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au
Friday 5 April 2024
To the Committee
Inquiry into Right Wing Extremist Movements in Australia
Thank you for the opportunity to provide this short submission in response to the Committee’s…
Strategic Policy and Legislation
Department of Justice and Attorney-General
GPO Box 149
Brisbane QLD 4001
Submitted via email: adactreview@justice.qld.gov.au
Friday 22 March 2024
To whom it may concern
Submission re the Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 (Exposure Draft)
Thank you for the…
Australian Human Rights Commission
Via email: TGD.Submissions@humanrights.gov.au
Sunday 5 May 2024
To whom it may concern,
Submission re Current and emerging threats to trans and gender diverse human rights
Thank you for the opportunity to provide this submission to this…
Today is the International Day Against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination.
May 17 marks the day in 1990 homosexuality was removed from the World Health Organisation Classification of Diseases, with IDAHOBIT now an annual event drawing attention to the denial of fundamental human…
Pre-Budget Submissions
Treasury
Langton Cres
Parkes ACT 2600
Submitted via email: PreBudgetSubmissions@treasury.gov.au
Thursday 25 January 2024
To whom it may concern
Supporting the Equality and Human Rights of the LGBTIQ Community
Thank you for the opportunity to provide this short…
On April 16 2024, I was invited to give the keynote address to launch Issue 47(1) of the UNSW Law Journal.
I was asked to talk about the Issue’s theme – ‘Decoding Life, Freedoms and Governance’ – with reference to…
[Content warning: homophobia; violence; suicidal ideation]
I realised I was same-gender attracted on my first day at a religious boarding school in Brisbane in the 1990s. It was terrible timing, and meant my high school experience there was a living…
[I wrote this piece about 10 days ago, in the lead-up to the anniversary of the horrific events at Victorian Parliament in March last year. Unfortunately, it wasn’t picked up by media outlets – but the past week has made…
Right now, the NSW Government is consulting the community about whether to introduce new commemorative birth certificates, with proposed themes including ‘AFL, Olympic and Astrology Zodiac’ (yes, seriously).
At the same time, trans and gender diverse people in NSW…
Submitted online
26 June 2023
To whom it may concern
Thank you for the opportunity to provide this submission in response to the Draft National Care and Support Strategy 2023.
I do so as a long-standing advocate for lesbian, gay,…
