Fiona Kelly
Donor Conception in today’s culture: what has changed?
La Trobe Law School’s Associate Professor Fiona Kelly has co-authored a book chapter with Associate Professor Deborah Dempsey, titled “Transnational third-party assisted conception: pursuing the desire for ‘origins’ information in the Internet era” in Miranda Davies (ed.), Global Babies: Transnational… Continue Reading
Associate Professor Fiona Kelly speaks at the Talking Justice Conference: “Are we doing enough to protect transgender children?”
Associate Professor Fiona Kelly was an invited speaker at the Talking Justice conference at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo. In its the fourth year, Talking Justice brings together some of the country’s finest writers, lawyers, activists and commentators tackle some… Continue Reading
Recent Publications by Associate Professor Fiona Kelly
Recently, La Trobe Law School’s Associate Professor Fiona Kelly published two academic articles entitled, “The family law implications of early contact between sperm donors and their donor offspring” and “The court process is slow but biology is fast’: Assessing the… Continue Reading
Associate Professor Fiona Kelly mentioned in the Herald Sun
La Trobe Law Associate Professor Fiona Kelly, appeared in The Herald Sun newspaper on 22 November 2016 in an article titled ‘Mothers’ rights always beat a donor’s‘. In the article, Associate Professor Fiona Kelly commented on how single mothers should… Continue Reading
Associate Professor Fiona Kelly completes Legal Toolkit for parents of transgender children seeking hormone treatment
In 2015, Associate Professor Fiona Kelly received a grant from the Victorian Law Foundation to create a Legal Toolkit for parents of transgender children seeking hormone treatment (often referred to as stage two treatment). Australia is the only country in… Continue Reading
Fiona Kelly Interviewed on ABC 774’s Evenings with Lindy Burns
Last night, Dr Fiona Kelly, Associate Professor, La Trobe Law School, joined Lindy Burns on ABC 774’s Evenings with Lindy Burns to talk about Victoria’s new law that will retrospectively open anonymous sperm donor records. The law passed Parliament in February 2016 and will… Continue Reading
Law Week 2016: ‘Donor Conception: from Anonymity to Openness’: 19 May 2016
An Insight into Donor Linking and the Law in Victoria La Trobe University will be co-hosting a Law Week Twilight Seminar with the Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority on 19 May. The seminar will address Victoria’s new donor linking legislation… Continue Reading
Why Safe Schools is a necessity: “Safety at school is a very real issue for LGBTQIA students”
The Safe Schools Coalition has has been under fire in recent weeks, following assertions made by the likes of Senator Cory Bernardi and Lyle Shelton (Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby), who claim that Safe Schools pushed a sexual… Continue Reading
Associate Professor Fiona Kelly on Buzzfeed: “Someone Is Going To Die”: Meet The Trans Kids Fighting For The Right To Transition”
On 6 March 2016, La Trobe Law School Associate Professor Dr Fiona Kelly was mentioned in an article posted on Buzzfeed news, titled “Someone Is Going To Die”: Meet The Trans Kids Fighting For The Right To Transition”. In the article, Fiona… Continue Reading