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Mother blames schoolyard bullies for 13-year-old's suicide
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A Brisbane mother speaks of her anguish at her son's death, after he was allegedly subject to continuous bullying because of his sexuality.
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NT should legalise same-sex adoption: Chansey Paech
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Australia's first openly gay Indigenous member of Parliament is urging the Northern Territory Government to legalise same-sex adoption.
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Weatherill to apologise for discrimination against LGBTIQ community
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill will apologise in State Parliament to the LGBTIQ community next week for years of discrimination.
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Australia Wide November 26 Video
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In this episode: Healing the legacy of indigenous missions in WA, Tasmania farewells an icon of its national parks, gender identity in South Australian and The Great Melbourne Telescope restoration. #AustraliaWide.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, child-abuse, charities, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, rural-tourism, australia
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US President Barack Obama praised DeGeneres for having the "courage" to come out as gay in 1997. Video
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Call for better Transgender community health services
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Victoria's growing transgender community demands greater action to tackle long public waiting lists to access hormone therapy.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, sexual-health, health, sexuality, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, government-and-politics, state-parliament, vic, melbourne-3000
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HIVSTERS support group heads outdoors to help those with HIV
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A support group for HIV-positive people is helping people with the virus manage the illness through outdoor activities and a new app.
Topics: aids-and-hiv, diseases-and-disorders, health, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, sa, penola-5277, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, portland-3305
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Helen Tompkin-Puzey has come out in her late 60s, four marriages later
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Helen Tompkin-Puzey was raped from the age of seven to "cure" her lesbianism, and forced into marrying a paedophile when she was a teenager. After coming out at the age of 67, she's finally ready to share her heartbreaking story.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, marriage, child-abuse, domestic-violence, mooroopna-3629
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South Australian MPs back letting same-sex couples adopt
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A conscience vote backs legislation which could allow same-sex couples in South Australia to adopt children.
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LGBT teens celebrate their sexuality at Fancy Formal
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Gay, lesbian and gender diverse teenagers celebrated the end of high school at the inaugural LGBT-Plus Fancy Formal in northern New South Wales.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, youth, events, community-and-society, sexuality, education, byron-bay-2481, ocean-shores-2483, mullumbimby-2482, billinudgel-2483
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Teenagers celebrate their sexuality at first LGBT-Plus Fancy Formal Video
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Gay, lesbian and gender diverse teenagers celebrated the end of high school at the inaugural LGBT-Plus Fancy Formal in northern NSW.
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Turnbull may not be welcome at next year's Mardi Gras
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull might not be invited back to the Sydney Mardi Gras, after a motion was passed at the parade's annual general meeting today for him to be declared not welcome.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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