PRESS RELEASE Monday, 8 June 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Darwin, Northern Territory Equality before the law matters Rainbow Territory is a group that advocates for the human rights of Northern Territorians who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ). Rainbow Territory acknowledges Ms Natasha Griggs MP, David Tollner MLA and John […]
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Rainbow colours of law reform
Rainbow colours of law reform NT News, print edition, 1 June 2015 Rainbow Territory, an organisation that advocates for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) community, held its second law reform writing meeting in Darwin yesterday. Rainbow Territory spokeswoman Sam Bowden said the purpose of the event was to draft letters to […]
Newsletter # 9 Cake to share
Cake to share is a random section of the newsletter where people can share something with others. Not all cake suits all tastes, so please sample or skip as you wish. Email your cake to share to outnt@outnt.info Health survey for LGBTQI women in Australia May Day marches in Russia challenging anti-gay laws Our brave brothers, sisters, and comrades in Russia Article on […]
Rainbow Territory strategy workshop outcome
To keep the community in the loop Rainbow Territory has provided a rough summary of their recent strategy workshop. The strategy will be documented and published in the next month or so. How did the the workshop go overall? Well. We worked collaboratively and tackled some really ‘big picture’ questions. Productive. Fun. Plenty of food. Challenging but supportive, invigorating. Everyone was very forthcoming and open – […]
Uni of Melbourne – Calling on LBQTI women to do an online survey for the Rainbow Women’s Help Seeking Research project
The Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne is currently undertaking a study exploring help seeking behaviour amongst lesbian, bisexual, queer, same-sex attracted, trans and gender diverse, and intersex women. The study has been funded by beyondblue, the National depression and anxiety initiative. We are looking for women at least 18 years of age who […]
Recent poor media coverage of the LGBTQI community
Two recent NT News articles have highlighted the poor reporting of the LGBTQI community. These articles help to perpetuate myths about our community and should be challenged. “Criticism over AIDS support” On 11 May 2015 the NT News published a short article covering NTAHC’s concerns about the low level of funded services for LGBTQI people […]
Review of CDU and its support of lgbtqi staff and students
The short version – according to this report CDU needs to do a lot better for its lgbtqi students and staff. This guide has been released ranking Australia’s universities’ support of queer students (and staff). http://lgbtiuniguide.org.au/universities/northern-territory/charles-darwin-university/
Rainbow Territory present at UN Youth Assembly NT as part of IDAHOT
Last Saturday two Rainbow Territory members Alex and Gail were involved in the United Nations Youth Assembly Human Rights Summit on LGBTQI issues, held at Charles Darwin University. The Summit was one held in most state and territory capitals around Australia, as part of the weekend of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Aimed […]
Updates to community resources on outnt.info
Did you know the outnt website has a community resources page? New resources have recently been added following some research by Rainbow Territory. Trans*, intersex, youth, and domestic violence information and resources have been added. Including information about the Safe Schools Coalition, which is coming soon to the Territory (yay!). http://www.outnt.info/community-resources/ The page lists NT […]
OUT NT newsletter #8
All the news that is fit to click! Hello. It’s been a little time in between newsletters, but that is not the only reason for a choc-a-block edition of OUT NT. Things are getting busy, and the community is getting active. This is really exciting. While there is a lot of stuff organised, without community […]
OUT NT Newsletter #6: Hello + mardi great
Hello + mardi great It has been a busy time. Do Darwin did Mardi Gras, and for those who did not participant or watch, Darwin certainly represented. Congratulations to all of the people who worked so hard to get Do Darwin to Mardi Gras. It has been an amazing achievement that the community can be very proud of. Back at the […]
OUT NT Newsletter #6: Do Darwin @ Mardi Gras
The Departure Lounge and NTAHC took Darwin to Mardi Gras, and did the NT proud. Following on from the trail blazing Desert Devils from Alice in 1988, both are now part of Territory history. Adding to that history is the proud First Nations Float, which had participants from the NT including sistergirl Rosalina Curtis. If you weren’t at […]