TASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP
2010 ELECTION SURVEY
QUESTIONS FOR PARTIES
The Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group is Tasmania’s peak lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights advocacy organisation. It has a large supporter base of several thousand Tasmanians concerned about fair and equal treatment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people and their families.
We are seeking your party’s response to the following 2010 election survey. A similar survey has been sent to all parties. We will publicise your responses to our supporter base and through the media.
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Marriage equality
Does your party support an amendment to the Marriage Act to allow same sex couples to marry? If so, what will your party do to ensure this reform occurs? If not, why not?
Anti-discrimination and anti-vilification legislation
Is your party committed to the enactment of Commonwealth legislation to prevent discrimination and incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity? Is your party committed to ensuring that this legislation has no exemptions for private clubs or religious or religious-based institutions which allow discrimination or incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity?
Education
Is your party committed to the development of national benchmarks, policies and programs to eliminate homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools?
Health
Is your party committed to the development of national benchmarks, policies and programs to reduce the higher levels of health-related problems faced by lesbian faced by LGBTI people because of continued legal and social discrimination and prejudice against them.
Violence
Is your party committed to a funded national strategy to tackle homophobic and transphobic violence and hate crime, including appropriate research on the nature and extent of this hate crime, the gathering of relevant statistics by all Australian police services, and the inclusion of domestic violence experienced by same sex families within existing domestic violence policies and programs?
Suicide
Is your party committed to a funded national strategy to reduce the currently-high rates of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex people, as well as the inclusion of homophobia and transphobia as an important causal factor within existing anti-suicide programs?
Foreign Affairs
Is your party committed to multi-lateral and bi-lateral advocacy against discrimination and persecution on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity? Do you personally support a UN resolution on sexual and gender identity discrimination?
Transgender issues
Is your party committed to implementing the recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s “Sex Files Report”, including the recognition of the sex and gender identity of transgender and intersex Australians on relevant official documents including passports.
Commonwealth Government funding and consultation
Is your party committed to funding of, and consultation with, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex peak bodies on the same basis as other organisations representing disadvantaged minority interests?
