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Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) is a community activist organisation founded in 1999. It is based in Sydney, Australia and aimed to eliminate homophobia and promote equality for queer people.

CAAH Logo

Campaigns edit

Equal relationship recognition edit

CAAH's campaign for equal relationship recognition is an all-inclusive campaign for equality. While some organisations concentrate on a single model of relationship recognition, CAAH demands that all choices be available to all people regardless of their sexuality or gender. This includes de facto relationships, civil unions, and marriage. Together with Australian Marriage Equality and Equal Love, CAAH organises the annual Same Sex Marriage National Day of Action in Sydney on the weekend closest to the anniversary of the same sex ban passed on Black Friday, 13 August 2005.

CAAH was instrumental in the successful Marriage Equality Campaign and was pivotal in calling the protests of up to 50 000 people in Sydney in 2017. These protests were crucial as they pressured the then Liberal government to call a referendum, which resulted in more than 60% of Australians voting "yes".

Queer refugees edit

CAAH supports people who faced homophobia and persecution in their home countries because of their sexuality and/or gender, and as a result seek asylum in Australia. These asylum seekers are imprisoned by the Australian government in detention centres such as Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.

Greens anti-discrimination amendment edit

CAAH also supports Lee Rhiannon's private members' bill [1] that would amend New South Wales anti-discrimination legislation. Currently, private schools and businesses with fewer than six employees are permitted to discriminate on sexuality, disability, gender or age. Lee Rhiannon's bill would remove the special exemptions for private schools and businesses employing fewer than six people.

Criticism edit

CAAH undertakes campaigns in conjunction with the Equal Love^[1] and Australian Marriage Equality^[2] organisations. CAAH have been criticised for their radical slogans and campaigning methods.^[3] Rodney Croome, National Convener of Australian Marriage Equality, has expressing his concerns on this issue, saying, "It is also a double standard to demand respect for same-sex relationships without showing the same respect in return".^[4] A previous Co-convenor of CAAH has also strongly expressed his concern.^[5]

References edit

^ Magnusson, Michael (15 January 2014). "Equal love's year of action for marriage amendment act anniversary". Gay News Network. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
^ "Organisers take criticism onboard after rally attracts low turnout". Gay New Network. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
^ "Protesters target Daily Telegraph newspaper after Gayby Baby story". The Daily Telegraph. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
^ "Letter to protesters: Withdraw this hateful poster now". 15 September 2013. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
^ Hutchinson, Bryn (13 September 2013). "Opinion: Rude anti-Abbott posters are a dumb idea". SameSame. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.