The Equality Campaign, 18/09/2017 The Marriage Law Survey (Additional Safeguards) Bill 2017 was introduced into parliament (and passed) at the end of last week. Included as a part of the bill was a series of temporary measures to protect people from vilification, harassment or threats of harm during the current postal survey campaign. Also included as a part of the bill is a series of...
The Project showed last night that sex worker stigmatisation is alive & well
SIN (commentary), Pedestrian TV (article), Posted on: May 04, 2017 2:30AM The Project showed last week that sex worker stigmatisation is alive & well. An Uber driver’s recent interaction with a sex worker made headlines for all the wrong reasons. While sex workers use services like Uber every day, stigmatising behaviour is sadly also an everyday occurrence affecting that community. One...
Sex and Disability on SBS Insight next week
SBS Insight Airdate: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 20:30 Channel: SBS Imagine: you’ve been married to your partner for 25 years. You live with them, love them, are sexually attracted to them, but physical intimacy? Almost impossible. This is the reality for David and Jenni Heckendorf, who both have profound cerebral palsy that greatly limits their mobility. In order to have sex, they must use the...