Major parties ignore LGBT issues

Both sides of Queensland politics have ignored the needs of the state’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities, claim Queensland LGBT groups and activists.

With Queensland about to go to the polls as Queensland Pride went to press, the election outcome is unknown at time of writing – however both parties had failed to respond to repeated requests for comment from this magazine on key queer issues such as civil partnerships, same-sex adoption, surrogacy laws and this state’s unequal age of consent between homosexuals and heterosexuals.
A spokesperson for Opposition Leader Laurence Springborg told Queensland Pride that the Liberal National Party leader was “busy with the election” and could not reply to questions.



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