Gender Identity and Sexuality
Private members, the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats have tried to add sexuality and/or gender identity to the list of matters that can be investigated by the Commission, which has always failed to pass at least one house of parliament since 1995, because of a lack of support from the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition in the federal parliament.
Read more about this topic: Australian Human Rights Commission
Famous quotes containing the words gender and/or identity:
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