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Local charity to host ‘LGBT Children, Young People and Families Day’ in February

LGBT Children, Young People and Familes Day on February 4 is part of LGBT History Month.

Young People's DayFor the second year running, Young People’s Voice – a campaigns action group based at Allsorts Youth Project in Brighton will be hosting the event and they are inviting individuals, communities and groups from across the nation to get involved.

Last year, Allsorts ran a hugely successful LGBT Tea Party, LGBT Youth Champions Dinner and LGBT Youth Prom. This year they are holding a conference in Brighton Exploring Intersectionality to educate and celebrate complex and diverse identities and the connections between them. 

 

Jess Wood MBE
Jess Wood MBE

Jess Wood MBE, Co-Founder and Director, of Allsorts is encouraging the LGBT community to get involved where they are, she said:We warmly invite you to share with us in promoting this idea of a dedicated LGBT Children, Young People and Families Day on the first Tuesday if every LGBT History Month in your own context and in your own way! You could show a film about trans young people in a school; put on an event about diverse families; enable a faith group to hold a Q&A session with some LGBT young people; design some fun and engaging stickers to distribute across your networks, use social media to generate interest throughout the Day!

Sue-SandersSue Sanders. Founder, of LGBT History Month is supporting the event, she added:At last year’s event, I received an award from Allsorts as an LGBT Champion and I delivered keynote speeches at both the tea party and the dinner. I was deeply touched by the admiration and respect shown to me by the new generation of LGBT young people. As the founder of LGBT History Month, I love to see people doing their own thing and coming up with inspiring ideas about how to celebrate our communities during the month. My work with Schools Out  tells me how important it is for children and young people to have their own voice. I think Children, Young People and Families Day is a great way of doing this. Let’s hope the Day will catch on beyond Brighton and Hove and become as establishing part of LGBT History Month across the UK.”

To show your support for the event by ‘liking’ and sharing the official facebook page, CLICK HERE:  

To join the global event, CLICK HERE:

If you would like to attend,CLICK HERE:

Or email info@allsortsyouth.org.uk for more details.

 

Australian same-sex marriage U-turn

The Pink Triangle Trust is a charitable trust set up to educate people about all aspects of homosexuality.

Pink Triangle Trust

The Trust has commented on the reversal of a law allowing Australian same-sex couples to marry.

The U-turn came after the Australian High Court reversed the law less than a week after around 30 same-sex couples visited Canberra for marriage ceremonies after the region’s Australian Capital Territory (ACT) passed a law allowing them to do so.

Their marriages have now effectively been nullified by the country’s High Court, which ruled that the law change was never valid in the first place.

Federal government lawyers issued the legal challenge, saying that it was only up to nationwide lawmakers to decide on the definition of marriage – set in 2004 as being between members of the opposite sex.

The government also argued that to allow regional legislators the power to set their own marriage laws would create confusion and inconsistency.

The High Court unanimously ruled that the ACT’s law could not operate concurrently with the Federal Marriage Act, a decision which the same-sex newlyweds said they found disappointing but not surprising.

New Prime Minister Tony Abbott opposes gay marriage and his coalition blocked two Federal bills last year that would have allowed legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.

George Broadhead
George Broadhead

George Broadhead, the Pink Triangle Trust’s secretary, said: “Opposition from the Christian lobby, including the God-fearing Prime Minister, has triumphed.”

The ruling comes a day after India’s Supreme Court struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexuality.

For more information, on the UK Pink Triangle Trust, CLICK HERE:

 

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