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Jun 1, 2021 · Torres also worked to pass the Equality Act, a sweeping LGBTQ rights bill that would prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, education, public accommodations and other arenas.
- Dan Avery
Representative Ritchie Torres made history in 2020 when this fighter from the Bronx won a very crowded, expensive, and contentious race and became the first openly LGBTQ Latino-Black Member of Congress ever elected.
Feb 23, 2023 · Washington, DC – Today, Equality PAC Co-Chair and founder Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-CA) announced that Equality PAC’s Member Board has unanimously voted to name Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) as one of Equality PAC’s Co-Chairs, replacing Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI) who will be leaving Congress on June 1 st.
- Indigenous Australians were formally acknowledged as part of our nation’s population. Until the 1967 referendum, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were not included in the census and therefore weren’t considered members of the Australian population.
- Changes were made to Section 51 of the Constitution. The 1967 referendum changed Section 51 of the Constitution to allow the parliament to “make laws for peace, order and good government” for all Australians, where previously Aboriginal people had been specifically excluded.
- The Freedom Ride of 1965 led by Charles Perkins is credited for influencing the outcome. In 1965, Charles Perkins, the first Aboriginal man to graduate from an Australian university (the University of Sydney), led a Freedom Ride through towns in western NSW to raise awareness of the poor state of Aboriginal health, education and housing.
- It was the most successful Australian referendum. The 1967 referendum was the most successful in Australia’s history. There have been 44 referenda since 1901 and only eight of those have returned a ‘yes’ vote.
The Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 granted white women the right to vote in federal elections but excluded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This act also introduced a property qualifying franchise, which meant that Indigenous Australian people who did not own property could not vote.
May 21, 2022 · From the National Museum of Australia. On this day, 21 May 1962, the Commonwealth Electoral Act receives royal assent, granting all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the option to enrol and vote in federal elections.
People also ask
Why did Torres vote for equality?
Did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people vote in Australian elections?
What laws stopped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from voting?
Did the 1967 referendum give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders the right to vote?
In 1895 South Australia gave equal voting rights to men and women, including Aboriginal women. Laws that stopped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from voting were introduced in Queensland (1885), Western Australia (1893) and the Northern Territory (1922).
