Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Glossary
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Term
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Explanation
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adoptive parent
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A person who has legally adopted a child.
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ART
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assisted reproductive technology.
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ART child
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A child conceived through ART.
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assisted reproductive technology
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Conception other than through intercourse, including in
vitro fertilisation, clinically-assisted donor insemination and self-insemination. |
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birth father
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A father listed on a child’s birth
certificate. |
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birth mother
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A woman who gives birth to a child.
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CRC
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Convention on the Rights of the
Child |
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de facto couple
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Two people in a de facto relationship.
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de facto relationship
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A relationship between two people living together as a
couple on a genuine domestic basis, irrespective of gender. |
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gay co-father
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A person in a gay couple intending to raise a child from
birth, who is not a birth father. |
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HREOC
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission |
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ICCPR
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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ICESCR
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights |
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ILO 111
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International Labour Organisation, Discrimination
(Employment and Occupation) Convention 1958 |
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Inquiry
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HREOC’s National Inquiry into Discrimination
against People in Same-Sex Relationships. |
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legal parent
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A person noted as a parent on a child’s birth
certificate or an adoptive parent. |
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lesbian co-mother
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The female partner of the birth mother at the time a
child is conceived and born. |
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opposite-sex couple
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A de facto couple where one member is the opposite sex
to the other. |
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opposite-sex family
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An opposite-sex couple with one or more
children. |
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opposite-sex partner
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One member of an opposite-sex couple.
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parenting order
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A parenting order issued by the Family Court of
Australia under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth). |
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same-sex couple
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A de facto couple where one member is the same sex as
the other. |
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same-sex family
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A same-sex couple with one or more
children. |
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same-sex partner
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One member of a same-sex couple.
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social parent
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Any person (often a subsequent partner) significant to
the care and welfare of a child who is not a birth mother, birth father, lesbian co-mother or gay co-father . |
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