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To read the November edition of the Out@Work newsletter click here..
Commonwealth for a common love?
Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma in affirming that NO nation should make it a crime to be who you are and love who you choose...read more over at All Out.
Legalise Love There are still many inequalities facing non-heterosexual people in New Zealand today. Particularly those of marriage and adoption rights. LegaliseLove aims to create greater awareness of the legislative inequalities facing non-heterosexual New Zealanders. They aim to raise awareness via an online petition and with a march on parliament on October the 20th 2011. Read more.
Children better off with lesbian couples?
In a new study published in the online edition of the journal Pediatrics on June 7, researchers found children born to and raised by lesbian couples were better off socially, academically and more competent than their peers....read more.
A retirement home for gay people in Spain A short train ride from central Madrid is a scruffy plot of land covered in weeds and surrounded by wire fencing. In just a couple of months work is expected to start to transform the site into Spain's first ever retirement home for gay and lesbian residents...read more over at BBC News.
Update on the OUT@PSA network
We now have a national delegates committee who will be meeting on a regular basis to implement the networks goals and to engage with our members.
Recently the delegates committee held a meeting at PSA house in Wellington. We had a productive day, and meet with different areas of PSA to help execute our goals and bring new life into the network.
We are going to be sending out surveys to all members in the near future which will help us with the direction of our network and how we can help our members.
So watch this space and keep an eye out for our updates!
Queer our Schools The Queer Avengers is launching its youth-focused campaign “Queer our Schools” in Wellington on the October. After delivering demands to the Ministry there will be a march to Midland Park on Lambton Quay where young people will tell their stories about what it’s like to be queer in school...read more at their website.
Gay games win Wellington's supreme community award
The organisers behind the Outgames, which was the second-biggest international sporting event in Wellington this year, are the Supreme Winner of the 2011 Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards.
The awards, presented last night at a ceremony hosted by Mayor Celia Wade-Brown in the Council Chamber, acknowledge the contribution of voluntary and non-profit organisations and their volunteers. They are sponsored by Wellington International Airport in partnership with The Community Trust of Wellington...read more over at Scoop.
Unions in NSW campaign for marriage equality Eleven unions in NSW, representing close to 300,000 workers, have formed a Unions for Marriage Equality campaign, which may soon be joined by unions in other states...read more at Star Online.
I'll be there for you - but not in a gay way! Bitch magazine tells the story of video editor Tijana Mamula who watched all ten seasons of popular sitcom Friends and found a full ninety minutes, a whole movie worth, of homophobic jokes. Read more.
New Australian passports allow third gender option
The reform aims to curb gender discrimination Australians have been given a third choice when describing their gender on passport applications, under new guidelines aimed at removing discrimination. Read
more.
UN restores reference to killings due to sexual orientation to resolution condemning unjustified executions A UN General Assembly human rights committee majority previously approved an Arab and African proposal to cut the reference to murders due to sexual orientation from a resolution on executions, find out what happened next at: gaynz.com
Copenhagen Conference 2009 The World Outgames 2009 Human Rights Conference highlighted the right of every GLITTFAB person in every countrry to participate fully, equally, and openly in every part of life. Find out more.
Transgender Inquiry Report of the inquiry by the NZ Human Rights Commission. Click here