Shields calls for focus on LGBTI suicide rate

By Orlander Ruming
Updated July 31 2015 - 7:19am, first published 4:00am
Dubbo City Councillors, including Lyn Griffiths, Ben Shields and Greg Mohr voted on a motion calling for marriage equality to go before the people, at the July meeting of Dubbo City Council.
Dubbo City Councillors, including Lyn Griffiths, Ben Shields and Greg Mohr voted on a motion calling for marriage equality to go before the people, at the July meeting of Dubbo City Council.

LEGALISING same-sex marriage needs to be put to the people, and the focus moved to the high levels of suicide in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, according to Dubbo councillor Ben Shields.

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