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Starting pruning of LGBT+ rights section of Derek Williams (musician) following creation of GaLTaS article that incorporates most of this:

LGBT+ rights activism

Main article: Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students Association

After having worked with New Zealand Labour Party MP Fran Wilde in support of her Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986,[1] from 1990 Williams became involved with LGBT rights in New South Wales, initially as a witness for a discrimination case brought by Redjoy Pty Ltd (trading as 'Gai Expectations') against Sydney City Council Employees Credit Union, interviewed on Nine Network's A Current Affair by Eric Campbell.[2]

In 1991, Williams co-founded and was six times re-elected co-convenor of the Gay & Lesbian Teachers & Students Association (GaLTaS),[3][4][5] established to publicise widespread problems of anti-gay bullying and violence in Australian schools, and to provide support to its victims. Early in his co-convenorship of GaLTaS, Williams, a co-lobbyist and some of the affected LGBT+ students were granted a meeting by New South Wales Education Minister Virginia Chadwick at the New South Wales Parliament.[6] He was later interviewed with Chadwick by Quentin Dempster on the The 7.30 Report, following which she announced new Anti-Discrimination Procedures for Students to help affected students obtain redress and to complete their education.[7]

In March 1992, Williams featured as a guest representing GaLTaS on the Nine Network's TV series Sex episode "Homosexuality", hosted by Australian actress Sophie Lee.[1][8][9] The episode was a televised dinner at the Nine Network studios, together with Festival of Light politician and outspoken LGBT+ rights opponent Fred Nile, as well as representatives from the Parents and Citizens (P&C) and the Australian Medical Association (AMA). Williams was subsequently interviewed with AMA President Kerryn Phelps on the Today Show concerning ongoing issues of school homophobia.[10][11]

In March 1993, after GaLTaS was awarded a Federal National Youth Grant of $30,000 (=c.$68,300 equivalent in 2023)[12] by the Australian Government,[13] female GaLTaS co-convenor Jacqui Griffin's The SchoolWatch Report : A Study Into Anti-Lesbian and Anti-Gay Harassment and Violence in Australian Schools (with Epilogue by Derek Williams),[14][15] was launched in 1995 at Randwick Boys High School (where Williams taught) by Virginia Chadwick.[16]

Following the launch of the Griffin SchoolWatch Report, Williams continued to work with Chadwick[17][18] alongside the New South Wales Department of Education, the New South Wales Parents and Citizens Association[19] and the New South Wales Anti-discrimination Board to address ongoing issues of school bullying,[20] suicidal ideation, suicide among LGBT youth[21] and homicide[22][23][24] by students, via workshops,[25] teacher training and books in schools programmes.[26][27] The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Attitude program[28][29] and Channel 9's 60 Minutes broadcast television documentaries covering GaLTaS' endeavours to keep LGBT+ students at school. From May 1993, Williams began to call on the parliament to remove private schools' LGBT+ related exemptions from the New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.[30]

In March, the Nine Network's 60 Minutes show ran a story on homophobic bullying of 13 year old Christopher Tsakalos,[31][32] interviewing Williams, Christopher and Vicky Tsakalos, in which students at Cranebrook High School[33] were filmed yelling abuse across the school playground. The story was followed up both in Australia's major mastheads, and internationally.[34][35][36] In February 1997, Williams raised the Tsakalos case in his address to the Parliament of Australia forum on youth suicide convened by then Prime Minister, John Howard,[37][38] working with PFLAG who also attended.

During the Justice James Roland Wood Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service, Williams represented GaLTaS in submissions on behalf of LGBT+ teachers and students, and was again interviewed on the 7:30 Report by Quentin Dempster.[39] In December, Williams was a GaLTaS witness in Jacqui Griffin's successful discrimination case against the Sydney Catholic Education Office,[40][41] adjudicated by the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission under Chris Sidoti.[42][43]

In 1998, GaLTaS was absorbed into the New South Wales Teachers Federation as a Special Interest Group,[44] with Williams as a founding member. Since 2008, Williams has been active in LGBT+ politics in Scotland and in 2018, was co-opted as Meetings Secretary of the Edinburgh University Staff Pride Network.[45][46][47]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Daily Post article was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Committee, Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby AGM, July 1990. (Source: Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby Annual Report 1988-1989). Wayback Machine. (Sydney, Australia)
  3. ^ Singerman, Deborah (18 January 1992). 'Testing Time for School Gays'. Page 36. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  4. ^ Combatting Homophobia. Education: Vol 73 No 5, 27 April 1992. New South Wales Teachers Federation. Trove
  5. ^ "Out of the closet and into the classroom". Green Left. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ^ (27 February 1993) Carole Ruthchild, co-convenor of the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL), Derek Williams, co-convenor of Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students (GaLTaS) meet with Virginia Chadwick. Parliament of New South Wales. Sydney's Pride History Group. Wayback Machine. (Sydney, Australia)
  7. ^ Powell, Sian (7 October 1993). 'Govt bid to outlaw racism, sexism in schools'. Page 3. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  8. ^ Lee, Sophie. (19 March 1992). Sydney Morning Herald. Page 24. Television. "Homosexuality". Nine Network. (Australia).
  9. ^ "The Museum of Broadcast Communications – Encyclopedia of Television – Sex". 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  10. ^ Luck, Peter. (23 March 1992). 'Luck on the Logies'. Pages 48 and 53 (= 1 and 6 The Guide). Sydney Morning Herald. (Australia).
  11. ^ Sex (TV Series 1992–1993) – IMDb, retrieved 20 April 2023
  12. ^ Inflation Calculator.
  13. ^ (24 March 1993). IN BRIEF: Help for gay victims. Page 4. The Sydney Morning Herald
  14. ^ Griffin, Jacqui (1994). The SchoolWatch report: a study into anti-lesbian and anti-gay harassment and violence in Australian schools. Chippendale, N.S.W: J. Griffin. ISBN 978-0-646-19960-3.. National Library of Australia
  15. ^ (January 1996). 1996 'Derek Williams and Jacqui Griffin are the new co-convenors of the Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students' Association'. Sydney's Pride History Group. Wayback Machine. Australia)
  16. ^ (March 1995). The School Watch Report – 'A Study into Anti-Lesbian and Anti-Gay Harassment and Violence is launched at Randwick Boys' High School by the NSW Minister of Education']. Sydney's Pride History Group. (Australia)
  17. ^ Lewis, Julie (15 February 1995). 'Gay students to get formal protection'. Page 3. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  18. ^ Long, Stephen (11 April 1991). 'Education the way to wipe out prejudice'. Page 6. The Eastern Herald (Sydney, Australia)
  19. ^ Passey, David (15 May 1997). 'Schools tackle rights of gays'. Page 3. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  20. ^ Vass, Nathan (1 July 1996). 'Gay slurs: school suspends 2 students'. Page 6. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  21. ^ Adamson, Judy (20 July 1995). 'Death by Numbers'. Front Page, P4-5. Northern Herald (Sydney, Australia)
  22. ^ Goddard, Martyn (6 April 1991). 'Seeds Of Tolerance: In The Gay Killing Fields'. Page 39 (full page). Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum. (Australia)
  23. ^ Goddard, Martyn (25 January 1991). 'Death Boast'. Front Page. Star Observer (Australia)
  24. ^ Wade, Matthew (23 September 2016). "The Sydney gay beat murders revealed". Star Observer. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  25. ^ Williams, Derek. 11 October 1997. How to Stop Classroom Homophobia conference. Sydney's Pride History Group. Wayback Machine. (Sydney, Australia).
  26. ^ Lewis, Julie (7 March 1995). 'Anti-gay students targeted via literature'. Page 5.The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  27. ^ Raethel, Stephanie (22 October 1997). 'Gay book gift bushwhacked'. Page 3. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  28. ^ "Attitude | Library Sales – ABC Commercial". 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  29. ^ "... and ain't i a woman?: Learning hatred from the church". Green Left Weekly. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  30. ^ Kirk, Sigrid. (19 May 1993). 'Call to ban school discrimination.' Page 3. The Sydney Morning Herald. (Australia)
  31. ^ (23 March 1997). Reporter: Jeff McMullen, Producers: Kerryn Pratt and Stephen Taylor. Pride and Prejudice – Chris. 60 Minutes. Nine Network. (Sydney, Australia)
  32. ^ Rasmussen, Mary Louise (12 November 2012). Becoming Subjects: Sexualities and Secondary Schooling. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-08194-1.
  33. ^ Kendall, Christopher & Sidebotham, Naomi. (2004). Homophobic Bullying in Schools: Is there a Duty of Care?. 1327-7634 Vol 9, No 1, 2004, pp.71–93 Australia & New Zealand Journal of Law & Education. Murdoch University. Western Australia
  34. ^ Epstein, Debbie (Ed.) & Sears, James Thomas (Ed.) (1 November 1999). A Dangerous Knowing: Sexuality, Pedagogy and Popular Culture. Pages 287–298. ‘Multicultural does not mean multisexual’. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli. Continuum International Publishing Group. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 1441193510. ISBN 9781441193513. (United Kingdom).
  35. ^ Meyer, Elizabeth L. & Stader, David. (2009). 'Queer Youth and the Culture Wars: From Classroom to Courtroom in Australia, Canada and the United States'. McGill University (Canada). Saint Louis University (USA).
  36. ^ "Queer Youth and the Culture Wars: From Classroom to Courtroom in Australia, Canada and the United States". 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  37. ^ "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON FAMILY AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS" (PDF). 5 February 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  38. ^ 28 February 1997. Prime Minister John Howard hosts a forum on youth suicide. Gay and Lesbian Teachers and Students Association (GaLTaS) and Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) speak at the forum. Canberra. Sydney's Pride History Group. Wayback Machine.
  39. ^ David Humphries and Jennifer Cook. (27 August 1997). 'Wood's main recommendations' and 'MP's say 'no' to consent proposal'. Page 7. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  40. ^ Raethel, Stephanie (19 December 1997). 'Lesbian teacher wins discrimination case'. Page 8. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  41. ^ McGillion, Chris (24 June 1998). 'Ruling on gay teacher rejected'. Page 7. The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
  42. ^ Sidoti, Chris. (March 1998). Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report of Inquiry into a Complaint of Discrimination in Employment and Occupation. Discrimination on the ground of sexual preference. HRC Report No. 6. (Australia)
  43. ^ December 1997. 'The Human Rights Commissioner, Chris Sidoti condemns the Catholic Education Office for refusing Jacqui Griffin’s employment in 1993 when she was the co-convenor of GaLTaS'. Sydney's Pride History Group. Wayback Machine. (Sydney, Australia)
  44. ^ "Special Interest Groups". NSW Teachers Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  45. ^ "Contacts and Committee". The University of Edinburgh. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  46. ^ ‘ LGBT+ Network of Networks in Higher Education’s Networks Got Talent Showcase: Derek’s Entry’ - (Video). University of Edinburgh Staff Pride Network on YouTube.
  47. ^ ‘Pride Month 2021’ - (Video). The University of Edinburgh Staff Pride Network on Facebook .
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