LGBTIQ hate crimes
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Mardi Gras
The secret reason behind Mardi Gras move to ban NSW police
A motivated, radical group wants Mardi Gras to be more exclusionary. Less radical queers are now the enemy.
- by Peter Stahel
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‘United against American-style division’: Long-awaited anti-vilification reforms reach parliament
Premier Jacinta Allan has detailed the changes, which include up to five years’ jail for inciting hateful or threatening behaviour.
- by Carla Jaeger and Kieran Rooney
Allan government faces showdown with faith groups over hate laws
It is also facing opposition from women’s sex-based rights groups concerned that the proposed new laws will be weaponised by trans activists.
- by Chip Le Grand
‘We fundamentally failed’: Apology for victims, survivors of hate crimes
The NSW government has supported all 19 recommendations of a world-first inquiry into gay-hate crimes.
- by Max Maddison
Three miraculous words transformed everything for Steve and his family
After 32 years, Steve Johnson finally got the news he’d been fighting for: the man who killed his brother was in custody.
- by Steve Johnson
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I thought I knew the brilliant Johnson brothers, but Steve had more to reveal
As he fought to have them investigate his brother’s death, police resented Steve Johnson’s wealth, but he wasn’t born to money.
- by Rick Feneley
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We commend Minns for committing to an apology to LGBTQ community
Herald senior reporter Andrew Hornery has spent several weeks talking to some who found themselves on the wrong side of the law against homosexuality in NSW.
- The Herald's View
One-hour challenge: Council to vote on speedy removal of hate-speech graffiti
Jewish and LGBTQ groups are backing a push for speedier removal of offensive graffiti, following a number of slogans appearing in Sydney playgrounds.
- by Andrew Taylor
What his friend’s killer did in court set Peter on a new life mission
After losing a close friend in horrific circumstances – and witnessing his killer’s brazen insolence – Peter Rolfe knew what he had to do.
- by Greg Callaghan
NSW Police’s participation in Mardi Gras parade cancelled by organisers
Organisers of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have asked police not to march in the parade on Saturday, police have confirmed.
- by Ben Cubby
Police yet to accept gay hate crime inquiry recommendations despite apology
Commissioner Karen Webb apologised to victims’ families, yet neither police nor the government have accepted recommendations from an inquiry into gay hate crimes.
- by Michael McGowan
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