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LGBTIQ Rights Around the World: Marriage Equality and the Death Penalty Hide Wider Concerns
By Professor Paula Gerber Marriage equality and the death penalty for gays frequently receive the attention of the international media. Yet these two issues fail to capture the wider concerns of LGBTIQ people. In the space of just a few decades, talking about homosexuality has gone from being taboo to almost trendy, and in much…
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Why boycotts against Brunei’s new anti-gay laws won’t be effective, but regional pressure might
By Paula Gerber The sultan of Brunei has been on the throne for 52 years, making him the second-longest reigning monarch in the world, after Queen Elizabeth II. Until recently the sultan appeared more interested in living a decadent life, rather than a pious one. In 2011, Vanity Fair dubbed Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and his…
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Six months after marriage equality there’s much to celebrate – and still much to do
By Dr Paula Gerber, Monash University It has been six months since Australia declared that marriage is no longer an exclusively heterosexual institution. In that time, approximately 2,500 same-sex couples have been married, with NSW having the most weddings, closely followed by Victoria and Queensland. Many more couples, who married overseas before marriage equality was…
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With the plebiscite set to be blocked, who will leave a legacy of marriage equality?
By Paula Gerber Every prime minister likes to leave a legacy, to be able to say Australia is in a better position because of the reforms they introduced. John Howard points to gun control as his legacy; Kevin Rudd the apology to the Stolen Generations; Julia Gillard the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It is inevitable that…
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Australia’s delay in achieving marriage equality is coming at a real cost for our region
By Paula Gerber As we head into the second half of 2016, some might accuse Australia of fiddling while Rome burns. We are debating the why, when and how of a plebiscite on marriage equality when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in other countries are being persecuted and killed because of who they…
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Orlando shooting is the latest chapter in the global fight for LGBT rights
Orlando shooting is the latest chapter in the global fight for LGBT rights.
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law 