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Senate gets transgender, gay rights champion

Started by Natasha, August 28, 2008, 01:23:16 AM

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Senate gets transgender, gay rights champion

http://sxnews.e-p.net.au/news/senate-gets-transgender-gay-rights-champion-3820.html
Ron Hughes
8/28/2008

Transgender and marriage rights advocates have welcomed Senator Louise Pratt's commitment to LGBT rights.

The newly-elected WA Senator, whose partner is a transgender male, made her inaugural speech yesterday, saying, "I look forward to a time when we have removed at a federal level all discrimination on the grounds of gender identity and sexuality.

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