The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has found broad support for the introduction of federal laws to protect people from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and sex and gender identity.
Ahead of releasing its Addressing Sexual Orientation and Sex and/or Gender Identity Discrimination consultation report, AHRC president and Human Rights Commissioner Catherine Branson said the consultation undertaken last year had heard compelling evidence for the need for such laws.
“The Commission’s consultation revealed numerous and distressing stories of how people’s lives had been impacted and damaged by discrimination, violence or bullying on the basis of their sexual orientation and sex and/or gender identity,” Branson said.
“We also heard lots of different views on how human rights protections for this group of people could be strengthened, but by far the most frequently suggested solution was the inclusion of protections in federal laws.”
Branson said federal protection would provide legal remedies to GLBTI people who had been discriminated against because of their identity, while delivering social improvements in a range of areas.
Read this article at http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2011/05/04/push-for-federal-protection/51080
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