Transgender Victoria has expanded Melbourne’s beloved trans-led community hub and op shop, reopening the Affirmation Station. Eighteen months ago, Transgender Victoria created an Affirmation Station in Brunswick East. A trans-led community hub and op shop, dedicated to social affirmation, creative therapies, events, and essential services. It’s Australia’s first integrated gender affirmation and support centre. Tonight …

Out Labor senator Louise Pratt has reflected on her years of LGBTQIA+ advocacy and supported the trans and gender diverse community in her valedictory speech. The retiring WA Senator was first elected to federal parliament in 2007 after a stint in state politics. She announced her exit from politics last year. Senator Pratt gave her …

Trans Justice Sydney is hosting a Trans Day of Visibility event on Monday, March 31, at The Imperial Hotel from 6pm to call on the community to step up for Trans Rights this federal election. Local action group Trans Justice Sydney are holding an event on Trans Day of Visibility that will celebrate trans existence …

A transphobic political advertisement from Clive Palmer’s new party Trumpet of Patriots is still running on Channel 7 despite mounting public backlash and removal from certain newspapers. The ad shows Leader of the Trumpet of Patriots, Suellen Wrightson, talking to the camera, saying that “there are two genders, male and female,” and that “we don’t …

Tasmania’s LGBTQIA+ community is taking action over the defacing of a memorial for transgender woman Marjorie Harwood. The memorial, near the Risdon Brook roundabout in Hobart, was vandalised with a Nazi symbol. The Nazi symbol is illegal in Tasmania. Community members have reported the incident to the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner and Tasmania Police. They are also …

A transgender woman visiting Sydney was sent to the male compound of an immigration detention centre despite officials telling her she would stay in a hotel before her deportation. Sonya (pictured), who is from the Philippines, spoke to ABC News about her trip to Australia on a tourist visa in February. At Sydney Airport, Sonya …

A new study by Australian researchers has found that the mental health of transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) Australians is worse today than it was in 2010. The researchers used data from the 2001–2022 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey to compare mental health trends between trans and gender-diverse and cisgender Australians. They published …

Melbourne’s newspaper of record, The Age, remains unrepentant for publishing a transphobic political advertisement on its front page today, despite the Newcastle Herald apologising for running the same advert on its front page yesterday. The advertisement, published by The Age on the cover of its 12 March edition, promotes Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party, …

The Newcastle Herald has apologised for publishing a transphobic front page advertisement for Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriot party, as the billionaire’s bright yellow ads appear in newspapers across Australia. Clive Palmer launched the new political party in Canberra last month and is on a publicity blitz ahead of the upcoming federal election. Palmer says …

In just over two years, the Trans and Gender Diverse Blue Mountains group has attracted over 350 members and has just had its first ever Mardi Gras float. Convenor Drew Bowie reflects on the origins and role of the wildly successful group. Trans and Gender Diverse Blue Mountains was created as people in the Blue …