We need stronger laws that protect us from hate.
Currently, LGBTIQA+ South Australians have no protection from vilification and hate speech under South Australian law, with our Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) remaining silent on the matter of hatred towards minority groups.
This limits the ability of SA Police, local councils and other authorities to properly deal with hate and abuse.
Our lack of protection is out of step with other Australian states, with protections available in NSW, QLD, TAS and ACT, and new laws being considered in Victoria.
Queer communities have put up with this kind of harassment from anti-LGBTIQA+ protesters for years and with attacks on the rise we need stronger laws that protect LGBTIQA+ communities from hate.
We call on the South Australian government make it unlawful to incite hate, serious contempt for, or severe ridicule of, a person or group on the grounds of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, intersex status, HIV/AIDS status, disability, race or religion.
What's happening on this issue?
Letter to Police Minister RE Anti-LGBTQIA+ Protestors
A recent Rainbow Storytime event in Salisbury Council Library held on 15 July 2024 was ambushed by protestors who were […]
Rainbow Storytime Attacked by Anti LGBTIQA+ Hate Groups
A recent Rainbow Storytime event in Salisbury Council Library held on 15 July 2024 was ambushed by protestors who were […]
MEDIA STATEMENT – Homophobic graffiti on Rainbow Walk Adelaide
The South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance (SARAA) notes with sadness the blatantly queerphobic graffiti spray painted on Adelaide’s Rainbow Walk […]