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As part of a NSW initiative to build affordable housing for people at high risk of homelessness, a community housing co-operative for trans women will be developed in Sydney.
Hey folks, we’ve recently been sent a survey by the fantastic team of #TransEquality from Equality Australia and we wanted to take the time to share it here with you all as it will help immensely inform government and the Australian Human Rights Commission …
Trans Day of Visibility is such an important day as we know that “you can’t be what you can’t see”.
Genderqueer Australia, one of Australia’s first support groups for people outside the gender binary, has shut its digital doors after 13 years.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a national project mapping threats to trans and gender diverse (TGD) human rights in Australia.
Hello everyone! We recently had someone send us this and we wanted to help share a call for participants for a research project on the experiences of trans people in Australian prisons. They’re looking for people who are over 18, who identify anywhere outside of cis, and who have spent time in an Australian prison at any time in the past. Participation includes a 1-2 hour one-on-one interview with Charlie (research team) and it is paid.
So it’s been a while since I’ve made a post about our progress and I just want to spend some time today and do that now.
Western Australians will soon have an easier time correcting the sex on their birth certificates – and non-binary will be recognised as an option alongside male and female. This follows the McGowan government’s 2022 decision to overhaul Western Australia’s birth certificate amendment process and abolish the state’s Gender Recognition Board. In comments to The West Australian (paywall), a spokesperson for the Cook government has confirmed that allowing non-binary sex markers on birth certificates will be part of these reforms. Currently, Western Australians seeking to update the sex on their birth certificates must prove they have undertaken surgical or medical intervention, supply a letter from a psychiatrist or psychologist, include letters from all medical practitioners involved in their transition, and provide two or three letters of support from friends and family, along with certified copies of identity documents. The Gender Recognition Board then meets to discuss whether a recognition certificate should
An Australian trans health researcher has won a prestigious endocrinology award – for the second year in a row
Since Trans.au launched a month ago, we’ve been very busy chasing up a number of new submissions for our directory, from all over the country and today we’re looking for your feedback!
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