Regarding Religion

Australia: Senate debates anti-discrimination protections for students and teachers

On Wednesday parliament began debating a bill from The Greens that would bring in protections for both LGBTI students and teachers in anti-discrimination legislation.

Equal Future 2018: Majority of Catholics in world’s eight largest Catholic countries call for the Church to change its approach to LGBT young people

New poll figures today show that a majority of practicing Catholics in the world’s eight biggest Catholic countries want the Church to adopt a more positive approach towards young people and to change their teaching on LGBT.

Australia: LGBTI groups, leaders and allies call on Government to protect trans and gender diverse students and teachers

Today 50 organisations called on the Morrison Government to amend outdated anti-discrimination laws to ensure all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people are treated with fairness and equality.

Vatican: Reflections on Two L.G.B.T. Questions at the Synod

Questions about L.G.B.T. issues are being discussed at the Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment, currently underway in Rome, mainly because young people today are increasingly interested in questions about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Australia: Read the full 20 recommendations from the religious freedom review

Fairfax Media's exclusive report on Wednesday detailing sections of the religious freedom review commissioned by the Coalition government has triggered a political furore.

Vatican: Recognition of ‘other forms of family’ called for by Youth Synod small group led by Cdl. Cupich

Fourteen small groups of members of the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment discussed the Instrumentum Laboris (IL), or working document, guiding the Synod’s deliberations this week.