Safe and Inclusive Schools ACT is moving our IDAHOBIT Day celebrations online!
We would love for you to get involved by sending us a short video with an IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia & Transphobia) message or greeting so that we can feature your voices and stories.
(Please keep videos short and specific and film in a horizontal format. Submission deadline 15 May 2020).
You can also send in pictures of any posters, signs or artwork that you have made. This year it is about you!
SEND YOUR IDAHOBIT DAY MESSAGE
DM us before the 15 May 2020 on the SHFPACT Facebook page or email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
On May 17 people all over Australia will stand against discrimination in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) mates, colleagues and families.
Go rainbow on IDAHOBIT and use the day to publicly stand with the LGBTIQ community. It’s the perfect opportunity for your school or workplace to start small changes that can make a big difference.
ACT Safe and Inclusive Schools (SAIS) Initiative, led by Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT, welcomes the changes to ACT discrimination laws which passed unanimously with cross-party support in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 27 November 2018.
The ACT’s Discrimination Act 1991 makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of a range of protected attributes which include sex, gender identity, intersex status and sexuality. They also include age, race, disability, employment status, accommodation status, religious conviction, pregnancy, political conviction, profession, trade, occupation or calling, amongst others.
The new amendments limit the use of exceptions for all protected attributes in schools and educational institutions, while still allowing schools the right to serve specific religious communities.
These changes ensure that protections against discrimination based on these attributes now apply in all ACT schools.
