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wisteria-rainfall · 10 months

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Hey anyone living in Queensland Australia the government's got a survey out asking LGBTQIA+ communities what things we think should be prioritised to strengthen outcomes for LGBTQIA+ people in Queensland.

It should be noted that just last week they passed the Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill that recognises same-sex and gender diverse parents on a child's birth certificate and repeals the requirement to undergo sexual reassignment surgery to change the gender on your birth certificate (+ lets you change your name and gender at the same time in a two for one deal) just last week (14/07/23) so there's a decent bet that they will actually listen to what you tell them.

Also apparently QLD is trying to pass new hate crime legislation too so this is pretty important.

The survey closes 5pm, 19 August 2023.

#auspol #auscore #Queensland #lgbt rights #queer rights #qld #posting things wow i don't do that often #If you ever want to feel less depressed about the state of lgbtqia rights in the world check out what Australia's been getting up to #The ACT passed intersex human rights legislation last month #apparently this year all Australian schools started teaching consent education from prep to 10 #The gay panic defense got abolished Australia-wide in 2017 and gay sex criminal records were expunged in 2018 #which is kinda wild that was so recent but hey given the state of the world I'll take it #yeah I wanted sources to back up my own survey recommendations so I stayed up till 2am. not that you'll know due to the que #oh and we criminalised conversion therapy in QLD

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