What's New

• Pride Festival 2008
• Forum on sexuality, gender identity and EEO for employers
• ADCQ calls for consultation on Prisons Bill
• New posters available
• Balancing the Act - latest issue
• Training Calendar for July to December 2008
• Sexuality vilification complaint upheld
• 2007 Annual Report

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Pride 2008

The annual Pride Festival celebrates sexual and gender diversity and is held during the month of June. In Brisbane, the Pride Festival started in 1990 as a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender culture through the arts, sporting, community and political events. Today it is an inclusive, community-based celebration.

• During Pride month, the Commission will present a session for employers on inclusive workplaces.
• Know Your Rights cards for LGBTI communities are available from your nearest ADCQ office.
• For more information about Pride month, go to the Brisbane Pride Festival website.

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Forum on sexuality, gender identity and EEO for employers - 26 June 2008

The Anti-Discrimination Commission Qld in support of the 2008 Pride Festival will present a free session on making the workplace a safe and productive environment for everyone, whether they are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender or heterosexual.

The session will be held at the Commission's Brisbane office on Thursday 26 June from 10am till noon.

More information about Sexuality, Gender Identity and EEO for Employers, including RSVP details.

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ADCQ calls for consultation on Prisons Bill

The Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland has called on Corrective Services Minister Judy Spence to consult with stakeholders on the Corrective Services Amendment Bill now before Parliament.

• Read full text of the ADCQ Commissioner's press release.
• Read 'Queensland Corrective Services Bill raises human rights concerns' - press release from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

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New posters available Two new A3 size posters have been printed and are now available. For information about all available ADCQ posters and how to order them, go to the Publications page. The poster shown to the left 'Reaching out to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples everywhere in Queensland' is based on a painting Walking Together for our Future, commissioned by the ADCQ from Aboriginal artist Colleen Wall. An article about the poster and artist appears in the latest issue of Balancing the Act.

An Easy reference guide to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , pictured at the left, has also been produced as a poster. It lists the 30 articles of the United Nations Declaration in plain English. Text only of the Easy reference guide is available here (21 KB)

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Balancing the Act - latest issue

The latest edition of the Commission's newsletter Balancing the Act for November/December 2007 is now available.

• Download the latest newsletter print friendly version (480 KB) and read about:
  • New poster for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Iskander peoples
  • Dealing with inappropriate conduct outside work hours
  • Questions and Answers about accommodation
  • Statistics from the annual report
  • Latest Tribunal decisions

Note: html version in preparation

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Training Calendar for July to December 2008

• Training Calendar for July to December 2008
• Training Calendar July to December 2008 (1.2 MB) print version
• Registration Form for Training July to December 2008 (324 KB) print version

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Sexuality vilification complaint upheld

The Queensland Anti-Discrimination Tribunal has handed down a decision upholding a complaint of sexuality vilification. The complaint was made by the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Intersex Anti Violence Committee Inc about a letter to the editor published in the Mission Beach Advertiser.

The publisher and the person who wrote the letter have been ordered to publish apologies and pay the Committee's legal costs.

To access a copy of this decision use the links below.

• GLBTI v Wilks & Anor [2007] QADT 27 (285 KB)
• GLBTI v Wilks & Anor [2007] QADT 27 - print friendly (54 KB)

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2007 Annual Report

The ADCQ annual report for 2006-2007 is now available.

• 2006-2007 ADCQ Annual Report - print friendly (1010 KB) (Note: html version in preparation)
• 2006-2007 ADCQ Financial Statements - print friendly (719 KB) (Note: for print version, please contact the ADCQ on 1300 130 670 or TTY 1300 130 680)

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