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Trans, gender diverse and intersex Victorians will no longer need to have gender reassignment surgery in order to change the sex on their birth certificate, under proposed new laws.
The state Labor government will on Tuesday introduce a bill to parliament which, if passed, will allow applicants to.... |
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Leading Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong walked free from prison yesterday and vowed to join historic anti-government protests rocking the finance hub, as activists kept up pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader. Organisers said some 2mn people more than a quarter of the.... |
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Active Armenian community members, Garo and Sosse Eshgian will serve as Honorary Presidents of Homenetmen’s 44th Navasartian Games. In an effort to better understand, and fully present, their dedication and work for the community at large, Maro Kechichian recently met with the Eshgians. |
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When Ana first met Ruby, a sergeant in the Salvadoran Army, in the late nineteen-eighties, she liked him so much that she didn’t want to consider what his job would mean for her own safety. At twenty, Ana was small and soft-spoken. She had two young daughters whose fathers were so absent that their.... |
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The government’s crackdown on Kapa-Community Ministry International provides a teaching moment on freedom of religion. How this plays out is important not only for its members but also for other religious denominations and organizations that require or encourage donations, tithes, or other forms of giving. |
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W as there ever a time when Americans had unquestioning faith in federal law-enforcement agencies? Maybe in the days before Vietnam and Watergate, most citizens did believe that those in charge of the nation’s fate could be trusted. Before World War II, the FBI’s formidable public-relations machine.... |
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Before John Myers’ funeral, in the sunshine outside Carlisle Cathedral and in the aisles, many mourners greeted each other with hugs. John would have liked that. Former radio colleague Phil Riley was among those who paid tribute to him during Saturday’s service. “John and I started telling each other we loved each other a few years ago,” said Phil. |
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Image copyright yle.fi Image caption For thirty years Finland has spoken 'urbi et orbi' Finnish radio is ending its long-running weekly news bulletin in Latin. The Yle public broadcaster has told its 'carissimi auditores' (dear listeners) that "everything passes, and even the best programmes reach the end of the road . |
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A LIMERICK priest who was so popular in El Salvador that a statue was erected in his honour and a square named after him has passed away. Fr Alfred (Colm) Loughran OFM, from Garryowen, died peacefully after a long illness in Gotera, Morazan, El Salvador on Saturday. The Franciscan priest was aged in his late seventies. |
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One of the more intriguing things about the life of famed “Chronicles of Narnia” author C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) is that he grew up in a religious family that attended the Church of Ireland but became, at age 15, a staunch atheist, most likely due to his conviction that prayers for his beloved mother,.... |
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At least once a day, Matthew Nordon drives by the Little Free Pantry in Lexington Park, Maryland. Sitting in his “loaner” Hyundai Elantra, often with fiancee Tiffany Tucker by his side, Nordon, 41, checks out the offerings on display in the closet-sized wooden cabinet, hand-painted by a local artist and stocked by nearby residents. |
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