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Have your say on the Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex
law reform in the ACT!
 


COMMUNITY FORUM

7-9pm

Monday 17 February 2003
Room 53, Ground Floor, 
Haydon-Allen Building, No 22
Australian National University

RSVP by 14 Feb to 02 6257 2855 or email valan.phoenix@aidsaction.org.au
Places are limited, so register now to ensure your spot. 

The ACT Government is currently examining legislation that discriminates against GLBTI people, and has released an issues paper that identifies nine key areas, which are listed over the page. 

> The failure to recognise our relationships denies us access to our partners' medical information and treatment options. 

>Without vilification legislation we have no avenues of redress for threats and the incitement of violence against us. 

>Government practices and forms continually reinforce the isolation of trangender and intersex members of our community.

Come along and share your views with the Good Process Working Group to ensure that their response is comprehensive and relevant.

At the forum, you will have an opportunity to discuss your experiences and concerns in small groups relating to the topics raised in the issues paper and hear a report back from the group on those main topics.

Having shared your experiences and heard those of other community members, you will receive a guide to writing your own submission and you’ll be invited to join Good Process.  

Anonymous contributions will also be collected from a suggestion box for the Good Process Working Group to consider or you can email your views before the forum to good_process_act@hotmail.com 

The deadline for providing comments to the ACT Government is 28 February 2003  

This forum is supported by the AIDS Action Council of the ACT

“Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex people in the ACT: an issues paper” identifies and discusses nine key issues:

>  Discrimination and the same sex relationships

>  Discrimination and transgender and intersex people

>  Reproductive and parenting rights

>  Registering relationships

>  Anti-Vilification Legislation

>  Defence of provocation: the ‘gay panic’ defence

>  Meeting the needs of transgender people

>  Intersex people and “normalising” surgery

>  Policy programmes and priorities

A full copy of the paper is available at: http://www.jcs.act.gov.au/eLibrary/discuss_papers.html

i How to submit direct comments on the paper to the ACT Government? 

You can call: 02 6207 0545

You can email: equality@act.gov.au

You can respond online: http://www.consultation.act.gov.au

 

You can write to: 
Equality
C/- Policy and Regulatory Division,
Department of Justice & Community Safety, 
GPO Box 158, Canberra ACT 2601

 

The deadline for providing comments to the ACT Government is 
28 February 2003

Guidelines for submitting comments (prepared by Good Process)

q  If you have views about the ACT Government issues paper, or about the process of reform and consultation that is taking place, you can make comments on any or all of the issues or raise new concerns. 

q  There is no set format for submitting your comments to the ACT Government, your comments can be as short or as long as you wish, and you can cover a multitude of concerns or simply make one or two dot points.

q  Start by saying that your comments are in response to the issues paper on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex people in the ACT.

q  You can supply you name and contact details –or you can choose to be anonymous, if you are happy to discuss your comments further, you should mention this. 

i Who is Good Process?  

Good Process is a group of individuals concerned to ensure that the GLBTI people of Canberra are appropriately consulted in this law reform process and that the reforms lead to the best possible outcomes for the GLBTI people. We aim to bring to the Government's and the Assembly's attention issues and concerns that they may not have considered, and to assist and encourage the Government to consult with Canberra 's GLBTI people and to build awareness of the reforms amongst the community.

Visit http://www.nwjc.org.au/good_process_act/ for further details.


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