Thousands March for Peace in Brunswick
// October 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // AVP news, Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
Archive for Within Australia
Reasons for the under-reporting of violence #1
// September 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // AVP news, Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
Wiping the slate clean: historic convictions for gay sex must be expunged: many people, particularly older gay men and within Victoria state law. R emember when a person in the blue uniform was likely to lock you up for what is lawful today. Check-out comments by long time equal opportunity activist Jamie Gardiner:
Gay ads to air on AFL’s big screens | theage.com.au
// September 21st, 2012 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Sport, Within Australia, Within Victoria
In a major first for a major Australian Sport, the Australian Football League are set to screen advertisments from the No To Homophobia campaign at preliminary finals matches tonight and tomorrow, Friday and Saturday September 21 & 22, 2012.
No To Homophobia” spokesperson Anna Brown says: “The No to Homophobia Campaign welcomes the AFL’s decision to play a groundbreaking anti-harassment advertisement during the preliminary finals and its commitment to an ongoing partnership to address the issue of homophobia in footy in a systematic way.
“One of the No to Homophobia TV ads will be played on Friday before the Sydney V Collingwood game at ANZ Stadium in Sydney and will also be played on Saturday prior to the Hawthorn V Adelaide game at the MCG in Melbourne. This is a first for a national sports code in Australia.
“Discussions about playing the advertisements during the finals series were initiated by the AFL in August as part of discussions around their public support for the campaign.
“No to Homophobia will also partner with the AFL in the longer-term to provide input into their anti-villification, social inclusion and diversity programs at every level of the game”.
Campaign spokesperson Anna Brown said this was a significant commitment to reducing harassment and vilification based on sexual orientation and gender identity and would help the campaign message reach a whole new group of people.
“The AFL is one of the most prominent and influential organisations in Australia and we have been impressed by their commitment to working with us to reduce homophobia in the community. Their backing for our campaign helped us gain extra media reach into the community and playing the ads during the finals again means more people will hear our message that homophobic harassment does real harm to people and is never okay. This is only the beginning – we will be working with the AFL over the next year to help inform their grassroots work across the country”.
Ms Brown also sent a message to Yarra Glen footballer Jason Ball whose personal campaign to raise the issue of homophobia in sports received extensive media coverage last week.
“We’ve been in touch with Jason and he’s an impressive young man with a lot of courage and a commitment to helping break down the very real issue of homophobia in sports. His personal advocacy and his petition helped increase awareness of the issues our campaign was formed to tackle. Jason has been invited to become one of our community champions and we look forward to working with him in the future.”
http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/gay-ads-to-air-on-afls-big-screens-20120920-269l3.html
US ambassador says ‘no to homophobia’ | theage.com.au
// September 19th, 2012 // No Comments » // Around the globe, AVP news, Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
Join the US Ambassador to say “No To Homophobia”!
http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/us-ambassador-says-no-to-homophobia-20120918-264cj.html
What’s really behind what Helen Razor sees as “The Homoerotic world of the AFL”
// September 18th, 2012 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia, Within Victoria
http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/viewpoint/viewpoint/8840-the-homoerotic-world-of-the-afl.html
Report Homophobic Harassment and Prejudice Motivated Violence here
// September 12th, 2012 // No Comments » // Incidents, Within Australia, Within Victoria
We always suggest reporting violence and crime to police in 000 however many people need support to do so, and many more never step-up to report to anyone. Thats where the AVP steps-in. Click here to access our AVP ONLINE REPORTING SERVICE
There are many additional supports on discrimination and other impacts of homophobia. We suggest accessing a wonderful recently released resource with which AVP is a proud partner: NO TO HOMOPHOBIA
Partnering the AVP in this wonderful campaign are Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, Transgender Victoria and the ALSO Foundation
Gillard singes Christian Lobby over gay smoking remark | theage.com.au
// September 6th, 2012 // No Comments » // Media discussion, Within Australia
In a fortnight of anti-homophobia initiatives, the prime minister tackles homophobic views in the ACL leadership
