SP Newsletter No.323
Several months ago the Socialist Party began a campaign to get Yarra City Council to stock books and magazines of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community in its libraries.
Often the local library is the only safe space for young people who are coming out. At school and even [...]

SP Newsletter No.310
Young people in general already face high levels of discrimination in society. Youth unemployment remains high with some areas of Australia recording levels of more than 40 per cent!
If you can get a job you will most likely be paid only a portion of the minimum wage until you are 21. While [...]

Equal rights now!
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the New York Stonewall riots. Six days of protest that shook the world and brought on the beginnings of the modern gay rights movement.
By Corey Snoek, Socialist Party Melbourne

Still an inspiration
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in US politics, was brought to wide attention this year by the biopic Milk starring Sean Penn. This attention includes the belated DVD release of The Times of Harvey Milk, a 1984 documentary. Like the biopic it won an Oscar, in this case for best [...]

SP Newsletter No.199
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Sydney Mardis Gras as part of the international Gay Solidarity Celebrations, which grew as a result of the Stonewall riots in New York.

After many years of campaigning for the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people, there is still a long way to go for the community to achieve some of the recognition of heterosexual couples. Australia is one of the only western countries to have banned same-sex marriage. Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands [...]

Socialist Party members attended the National Day of action for same-sex equality in Melbourne on Sunday. The 12th of August commemorated the black Friday of 2004 when the Howard government amended the Marriage Act to deny gay and lesbian couples marriage rights.
By Kylie McGregor, Socialist Party Melbourne

The Stonewall Riots - 1969 by Lionel Wright, US CWI Socialist Alternative. The Stonewall Riots were a turning point in the struggle for homosexual equality.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality beyond 2000. Read this pamphlet written by Helen Redwoody on line. Click here