LGBTI
The Greens believe that freedom of sexuality and gender identity are fundamental human rights and recognise that discrimination on the basis of identity is a significant cause of psychological distress, mental illness and suicide.
One of the key campaigns we support is for marriage equality. We believe that people should have the right to marry the person they love in the country they love, regardless of their sexuality. The Greens were the first party in Australia to make reform in this area a key policy across federal and state parties. Amending the Marriage Act is just one way the Greens are working to remove discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Intersex (LGBTI) people in federal legislation.
media-releases
21 May 2013
The impending vote on a Greens marriage equality Bill in the House of Representatives will give all MPs a chance to declare the...
media-releases
20 May 2013
The Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has tonight congratulated former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for coming out in support of m...
media-releases
16 May 2013
The Greens have introduced a Bill into the Senate that would see same-sex marriages from overseas recognised in Australia in th...
media-releases
07 May 2013
An Essential poll has shown that the majority of people, regardless of which party they vote for, think the time for marriage e...
media-releases
18 Apr 2013
The Greens have congratulated New Zealand on taking the momentous step of achieving marriage equality and have today announced ...
media-releases
17 Apr 2013
The Australian Greens welcome news that the New Zealand Parliament is expected to vote in favour of marriage equality legislati...
media-releases
20 Mar 2013
Legislating protections for LGBTI Australians against discrimination is an important step but remaining exceptions for religiou...
media-releases
18 Mar 2013
The House of Representatives restarted debate on the Greens' Marriage Equality Amendment Bill today.
media-releases
06 Mar 2013
Allegations of excessive use of force by police officers at this year’s Mardi Gras celebrations are deeply concerning, th...
news-stories
03 Mar 2013
Equality is at the core of who we are, as people, as MPs and as a Green party.