antiviolence.info https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html New treasurer/finance director Ava Lopez joins our team! Report Violence Find a GLLO – Update list of GLLO (LGBTI Liaison Officer) contacts IDAHOT 2017 Uber Driver Sacked After Homophobic Rant At Lesbian Couple Violence & GLLOs If you or anyone you know needs help? New report launched – Hate Crimes Act included among new recommendations needed to protect LGBTI people from prejudice Man bashed in Collingwood in alleged homophobic attack – Police seek your help Premier Daniel Andrews full apology for old laws criminalising homosexual behaviour LGBTI Pride Centre is also a coup for Regional Victoria Andrews Govt delivers new $$ support for LGBTi community during postal plebiscite Hate crimes up in the UK post-Brexit. Will the Oz marriage plebiscite experience replicate this? Seeking support Moment of Silence and Vigil – Post Pride March 2017, Cantani Gardens  Minus 18 new IDAHOT initiative – get involved! AVP Traralgon’s Rob Mauger visits the Rainbow Connections Radio Show Homophobes & bigots limber-up for the AFL’s Pride Round – are they a dying breed or on the rise in society? Is it time for gay men displaying rampant transphobia to stop this behaviour? IDAHOBIT celebration & commemoration May 17th 2018, 5pm to 9pm Miranda Devine’s Latest Column Is Titled ‘NRL Bosses Are Totally Gay’. It Doesn’t Get Much Better From There. | Junkee The day football burst with Pride | theage.com.au While racist taunts shame our police force according to the Herald Sun, cultural change in gay community relations has progressed well. Suicide Prevention – Watch “The Riddle: new anti-homophobia message from UN human rights office” on YouTube Report Homophobic Harassment and Prejudice Motivated Violence here News | Same-sex domestic violence ‘hugely under-reported’ Being Gay In Australia: Are We Really OK With It? | newmatilda.com Liberal candidate Aaron Lane’s offensive tweets lead to the Anti-Violence Project calling for a generational bipartisan state wide policy response from the Victorian government to prejudice in all its forms. City of Casey councillor Rosalie Crestani defends proposal to ban LGBTI promotion : Star Observer Lesbian couple beaten unconscious in Ireland – Gay Star News AVP and other LGBTI groups hope to find a home in the Pride Centre One in three in LGBTI community experiences street harassment – La Trobe University research reveals VicPOL GLLO show returns as a podcast to JOY 94.9 Loss of a young life is a tragedy and national disgrace Leadership, personal experience and protecting Safe Schools – Harriet Shing MLC Celebrate Bi Day 2017 – 23rd September Real fears of hateful rhetoric in marriage survey Research into relationship experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people Third-party and assisted violence reporting links to VicPol needed vicbirthcerts Elite football should embrace sexual equality with the same enthusiasm it supports indigenous talent – Kevin Sheedy Powerful cabaret tackling Domestic Violence launches in Melbourne Equality Roadshow embraces regional Victoria About Us Community Grants round to fund AVP’s new violence reporting apps SURVEY – Perceptions of police, crime reporting and feelings of safety Melbourne Chechnya Vigil – Federation Square 16 May 2017 – 6pm-7pm Campaigns Feeds