Australian Gay And Lesbian Blog

A blog about LGBT legal issues in Australia.

Author: Stephen Page is a partner with Harrington Family Lawyers in Brisbane, Australia. He also authors Australian Divorce Blog.

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Recent Posts from Australian Gay and Lesbian Blog

Equal rights rallies on 28 November
On Friday following the end of work, I walked down George St listening to the raucous sounds of a woman on a megaphone, yelling out something or other. Intrigued, I walked across the road, to…
Surrogacy: proposed 15 point plan for national laws
Federal and State and Territory Attorneys-General have agreed to a 15 point plan for consistent surrogacy laws. The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, the unfortunately named SCAG, issued this communique yesterday:The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General in…
Same sex domestic violence: Life Matters
The ABC's Radio National Prorgam has recently highlighted the issue of same sex domestic violence. For the article, click here.
Last night after the LGBTI meet and greet
Last night I joined the management committee and other lawyers at a meet and greet to help get up and running Brisbane's LGBTI Legal Service. The service will be the first independent LGBTI legal service…
Second Class Families: Interstate Recognition of Queer Adoption
US law student Christine Olson has written a scholarly article-Second Class Families: Interstate Recognition of Queer Adoption [PDF]- about how in the US same sex adoptions are recognised in some States, and not recognised in…
Scientists can now make eggs and sperm: Nature journal
U.S. researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding light on a stage of early human development that has…
Draft Queensland surrogacy bill released
The Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick has released for comment the draft surrogacy bill. The draft bill, as previously detailed:decriminalises and regulates altruistic surrogacy;follows an ACT model to allow the intending parents to be named as…
Migration changes to recognise registered same sex relationships
By Mark Webster, Acacia Immigration AustraliaAustralian Migration Regulations will be changed from 9 November to partially recognise same-sex relationships which have been registered in an Australian state or territory.Currently, applicants for permanent visas, partner visas,…
Argentina contemplates same sex marriage recognition
Is Argentina ready to become Latin America's first nation to legalize gay marriage?Gay and lesbian activists think so — and they have a growing number of supporters in Congress, which opened debate Thursday on whether…
Transsexual wins apology from DFAT over passport: Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times is reporting that transsexual Stefanie Imbruglia, who was forced when travelling to Thailand in 2007 for gender reassignment surgery to travel on a male passport, has received an apology from the Department of…