LGBTIQ

A debate around Labor’s proposed religious discrimination law has flared up following the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report, which was made public at the end of March. Josh Adams reports.

cop in front of protests

The notorious Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), a secretive tactical arm of the British Columbia (BC) Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), has been "rebranded" and deployed against the Palestine solidarity movement, reports Jeff Shantz.

New South Wales Labor has introduced a bill to criminalise conversion practices seeking to suppress a person’s sexual orientation and cause physical serious physical harm. Nova Sobieralski reports.

Women and children marching for International Women's Day in Puebla Mexico

Hundreds of thousands of people around Mexico marched on International Women's Day, with an estimated 180,000 people reported in Mexico City, massive marches in Oaxaca, Guadalajara, and more, and two journalists arrested in Zacatecas, reports Tamara Pearson.

Pride in Protest float calls for police to not be allowed to march in the Mardi Gras parade.

Despite much contention the New South Wales Police Force joined the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Paul Gregoire reports.

Two hundred people attended Geelong Rainbow’s annual Pride march, which was followed by a festival celebrating LGBTIQ performers. Angela Carr reports.

Justice John Sackar’s report on LGBTIQ hate crimes is a damning indictment of the NSW Police. Josh Adams reports.

Minns has turned his back on the LGBTIQ community.

New South Wales Premier is reportedly watering down a bill to ban gay conversion therapy after pressure from the new NSW Faith Affairs Council. Paul Gregoire reports. 

woman wearing a face mask holding a sign

Green Left’s Federico Fuentes sat down with Mariana Riscali, a leader of the Socialist Left Movement tendency inside Brazil’s radical left Socialism and Freedom Party.

LGBTIQ activists and allies celebrated a new Rainbow crossing which was finally completed last December, after a six-year campaign. Isaac Nellist reports.

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Alex Salmon reviews Knocking the top off: A people’s history of alcohol in Australia, edited by Alex Ettling and Iain McIntyre.

Ecological impact of Gaza bombing, disease and war in Sudan & 2023 wrap up

Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist, Chloe DS and Gabriel Di Falco go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.