Star Observer

NT Health Minister, Steve Edgington has announced that the Northern Territory will also ban access to puberty blockers and gender affirming care for trans youth.

The Queensland government has announced it will continue its ban on gender-affirming care for new trans patients under 18 in the public system, following an independent review into evidence around puberty blockers and hormone treatments.

GLAAD has announced its 2025 20 Under 20 list — a showcase of young LGBTQIA+ people who are fighting to improve the world for their generation — and Melbourne’s own Evangeline “Evie” MacDonald has been recognised as one of this year’s standout change-makers.

The Queensland government is facing yet another legal challenge against its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents, a little over one month since the Supreme Court overturned the ban in October.

Anti-trans activist and Binary Australia spokesperson Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 in fines and issue a public apology after she was found to have vilified two trans women earlier this year.

Six months ago, Queensland Health’s own experts delivered an unequivocal verdict: the Queensland Children’s Gender Service provides “safe, evidence-based care consistent with national and international guidelines.”

Victoria will become the first state in Australia to make it completely free for trans and gender diverse people to update the gender marker on their birth certificate.

Held on November 20, the Trans Day Of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual event to honour and acknowledge the transgender people whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence.

Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek has confirmed the appointment of the founder of a conservative right wing group, responsible for a 2022 anti-trans sporting campaign, to a school curriculum board.

Brisbane community members will today be flying the trans flag from Victoria Bridge to celebrate the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.