On behalf of the Tasmanian Greens, I am deeply proud to release draft legislation to ban sexual and gender orientation conversion practices in Tasmania.
The Greens welcome the opening of the financial redress scheme for people historically charged or convicted for being homosexual or crossdressing.
The Greens celebrate Parliament passing legislation to expunge the records of people criminalised for being homosexual or crossdressing, and to provide redress.
Any time we leave this building and we walk across to Salamanca, we walk past a recognition of this island's dark and damaging history.
We hear you. We know that you have suffered. It was unjust. The law at the time represented a position that was offensive, it was harmful and it was wrong
This Trans Day of Remembrance, the Tasmanian Greens honour the memory of trans people who have lost their lives to transphobia and discrimination.
We have been through a really regrettable process this morning where a bill which passed through the House of Assembly two months ago, with an amendment that was agreed to ...
An ABC article of May 7 this year questions whether the TPS has implemented adequately their 2009 transgender prisoner policy.
Honourable Deputy Speaker, it is important that we recognise what we are doing today. It is a further step towards rectifying the injustices that occurred to Tasmanians over decades because of the state‑sanctioned criminalisation of people for homosexuality and cross‑dressing.
Deputy Speaker, I thank the minister for bringing the bill on. It is unusual that I jump to speak at this point. The reason I am doing that is because I am proposing that we adjourn this bill today to debate it at another time, that other time being 10 September. I will explain my reasons.