Were you charged or convicted under Tasmania’s former laws against homosexuality and against cross dressing? You may be eligible for financial redress of between $15,000 to $75,000. Find out more at www.ehos.tas.gov.au or by calling 1300 156 545.

A parliamentary committee has failed to endorse financial redress for former service personnel discharged because they are LGBTIQA+. Britons and Canadians can access redress. Why not Australians?

This was my second donation since the gay blood ban was lifted in April. If you’re newly-eligible and haven’t donated yet, please consider giving the gift of life.

Today Meg and Tess interviewed me about Tasmania’s proposed conversion practices ban for the 3CR program, Done By Law. You can hear the interview on Tuesday night at 6pm via this link: www.3cr.org.au/donebylaw You can find out more about the bill here: cppbilltas.org

A Tasmanian conversion practices ban is in sight with draft legislation unveiled today. News: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... Media release: ymlp.com/zmHr0O Survivor stories: equalitytasmania.org.au/home/endconv... Consultation: cppbilltas.org

The first ever bill to appoint a national LGBTIQA+ Discrimination Commissioner will be introduced this afternoon by Senator Nick McKim. This reform, championed for many years by Just.Equal, will help defend against rising hate. More here: ymlp.com/zB1HE8

The Australian Government has failed to rectify a single LGBTIQA human rights problem identified at the UN.

“The gay law reform campaign is an important part of Tasmanian history from which today’s young people can draw important lessons about the damage inflicted by hate and how they can contribute to positive social change." - Yours Truly in today’s Mercury Book here: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Booking details in the comments.

Tonight I was invited to speak at Koiki Mabo Chambers in Melbourne about the High Court cases recently featured in the “Love” episode in the ABC’s series, Judgment. We then all watched the doco. It was not a little moving to see the documentary again.

Launceston Council’s LGBTIQA advisory committee is hard at work developing the city’s first LGBTIQA Action Plan. Updates coming soon. Some history… www.examiner.com.au/story/8662703/

In this letter from Friday’s Hobart Mercury, Jen Van-Achteren explains why trans women need discrimination protections as much as other women.

All women will be disadvantaged if discrimination laws are weakened to allow discrimination against trans women. To explain how, here’s Leonie Crosse in today’s Hobart Mercury.

Tasmania was one of the first states to debate a ban on conversion practices but is yet to pass one and is now lagging behind. It’s time to act. Here’s Tasmanian survivor, Glen Worrell, in yesterday’s NW Advocate.

Equality Tasmania supporting those MPs who support the LGBTIQA+ community in today’s Hobart Mercury.

Equality Tasmania is proud to partner with Working It Out for this timely LGBTIQA+ community consultation. Looking forward to seeing you there. More…https://events.humanitix.com/tasmania-lgbtiqa-community-consultations

Bookings are open for The Campaign, Campion Decent’s play about the Tasmanian gay law reform campaign in the 1990s. It will be performed by Don College drama students in Ulverstone on June 17 & 18. Be sure not to miss out: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Let Us Give wants to encourage as many newly-eligible donors as possible to give the gift of life. If, like Let Us Give spokesperson, Thomas Buxereau, you have recently donated send us a photo and some words so we can urge others to follow your example: contact@letusgive.com.au

Today, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff ruled out weakening the law to allow discrimination against trans women. More here: ymlp.com/zNyWfN

Hidden in the LGBTIQA episode of the ABC series, “Judgment”, about the High Court and human rights are two important lessons about how change happens. In this article I tease put those lessons: qnews.com.au/the-lgbtqia-...

Thanks to Bronte Crispin at the Australian Tax Office in Burnie for inviting me to be part of a podcast for IDAHOBIT Day (May 17). You’ll have to wait till the podcast is out to learn which three historical figures I would most want to have dinner with.

It was a joy to chat to the Don College drama students who will be performing Campion Decent’s play, The Campaign, next month. The Campaign is about the long struggle for gay law reform in Tasmania in the 1990s. More details about the performance as they come to hand.

Congratulations to everyone involved in today’s successful forum convened by the Tasmanian Parliamentary Friends of the LGBTIQA Community about the challenges facing LGBTIQA Tasmanians and the solutions to those challenges.

In recent days you may have noticed some mischievous misinformation about gender neutral toilets. A big thank you to Equality Tasmania board members, Trenton Hoare, for settings things straight in the Hobart Mercury.

Today is the 29th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania. It's a day when we reflect on how far Tasmania and the nation have come. We're already preparing for the 30th anniversary, so stay tuned!

How was the gay blood ban lifted? It wasn’t pushed by Lifeblood or major LGBTIQA organisations. It was the result of grassroots advocacy over decades. That matters because future advocates need to know how change really happens. qnews.com.au/how-the-gay-...

It was an honour to launch Dr Trish Hindmarsh’s new book about LGBTIQA acceptance in the Catholic Church. Fullers was packed. The fellow-feeling was strong. You can read more about the book here: www.trybooking.com/events/landi... The photo is of Trish and I with MC, Jeff Kevin.

I’m looking forward to helping launch this important new book about the Catholic Church and LGBTIQA people on Thursday evening in Hobart. Hope to see you there. www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Kay Denman stood against the intense, hateful opposition to decriminalising homosexuality in the 1990s and championed federal intervention to override the state's anti-gay laws in 1994. Her legacy lives on in the many lives made better by her courage and kindness.