Articles about Queensland

21 February 2013
Australia: Gay kids bullied by teachers as well as other students says study 10 A report by Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG), based in the Australian state of Queensland, says 70% of gay students have been bullied because of their sexuality, even by their teachers.
12 July 2012
Queensland priest relaunches campaign against ‘gay panic’ defence 9 A Queensland priest who started a campaign to have the 'gay panic' comprehensively removed from local law in Australia has relaunched his campaign.
28 June 2012
Queensland: Groups fear three-year prison sentences under gay surrogacy ban 12 Equality advocates are meeting to oppose the new Queensland government's plan to criminalise surrogacy arrangements for gay couples, single people and some straight couples.
22 June 2012
Queensland ‘downgrades’ civil partnerships and will ban gay surrogacy 100 The Australian state of Queensland will remove gay couples' ability to have children through surrogacy and downgrade civil partnerships to the class of 'registered relationships', after a debate in Parliament last night.
30 March 2012
Anti-gay MP is Queensland’s first female parliamentary speaker 38 Anti-gay Australian MP Fiona Simpson has been announced as the new Speaker of Queensland's parliament.
27 February 2012
Gay tea launched in Australia 27 A range of gay teas has been launched in Australia to benefit LGBT health charities for the coming month and coincide with Australian Mardis Gras celebrations.
30 December 2011
Catholic priest petitions to remove Australian “gay panic defence” 53 A Catholic priest in Queensland, Australia has started an online petition to ensure the complete removal of the "homosexual advance defence", which has been used to attempt to have murder charges lessened to manslaughter if the victim had propositioned the killer.

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