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1. Only 1300 people identified as a gender other than male or female on the 2016 Australian Census. Why? Those numbers are realistic and Sue Taylor, Director 2016 Census, tells us why there is so much more work to do in getting gender right on the Census.
2. Is ‘dyke’ a dirty word? Facebook seems to think so and keeps banning lesbians from using it, including Dy kes On Bikes Queensland & Listening 2 Lesbians.
3.  Marhaba Melbourne hosted a fundraising Iftar during Ramadan to help gay men escape persecution in Chechnya. Imam Nur Warsame tells us more.

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On Friday the 18th of November, The Equality Campaign hosted the first National Faith and Civil Marriage Equality Forum held at Parliament House in Canberra.

Religious leaders from Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths came together to discuss why they support marriage equality because of their faith, not in spite of it.

Guests Include:

• Tiernan Brady from Australian Marriage Equality
• Benjamin Oh from Australian Catholics for Equality
• Shiffa Samad from Muslims for Progressive Values
• Dr Y. Gavriel Ansara from Rosh Pinah, an Affirming Orthodox Jewish Network

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