Amnesty in conjunction with Queer Collaborations, the National Queer Student Conference, will be hosting a speaker’s forum on gay rights as human rights.

Speakers will address the historic struggle for gay rights and present struggle for gay rights, focusing on both the Australian situation and the situation abroad. Participants will have the chance to ask questions following the presentations.

The speakers will be:

• Dr David West, ANU
• David Mills, AIDS Action Council
• Bede Carmody, Amnesty Community Campaigner ACT/Southern NSW

The Amnesty ACT/SNSW LGBTI network will be present and participants will have the opportunity to sign letters of action on the gay rights situation abroad and get more information on the network.

Time: The forum will commence at 6pm and finish at 7:15pm, following which there will be a brief candlelight vigil for victims of homophobia.

Where: Copland Lecture theatre (Building 25) at ANU. The Copland Theatre is off Kingsley Street (please see below for a link to a campus map). http://campusmap.anu.edu.au/displaymap.asp?grid=gh32

Interested parties are invited to direct questions to:

Hannah Lewis: hannahqlewis@hotmail.com

Bede Carmody: bede.carmody@amnesty.org.au

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