An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 0134 Thursday 12 May 2011
observer
Push for
national laws
AFL backs queer youthDrew ShelDrick
Nationalyouthmentalhealthfoundation
headspace has joined leading Australian
Football League...
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An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 0134 Thursday 12 May 2011
observer
Push for
national laws
AFL backs queer youthDrew ShelDrick
Nationalyouthmentalhealthfoundation
headspace has joined leading Australian
Football League (AFL) players such
as Carlton’s Nick Duigan (pictured) to
celebrate the International Day Against
Homophobia(IDAHO)onMay17.
The organisation and the AFL Players’
Association want to hear from people
in the community in the run-up to the
event by designing a postcard relating to
IDAHO.
The theme of the competition is
InMyEyes,HomophobiaisOutofBounds.
Organisers want submissions with
entrants’ perceptions of discrimination
andmakinghomophobia‘outofbounds’.
Victorian Equal Opportunity and
Human Rights Commissioner Dr
Helen Szoke told the Star Observer the
communitymustreassureyouththeyare
valuedforwhotheyare.
“We live in a society in which samesex attracted young people fare worse
on almost every indicator of health and
wellbeingthan
Less
