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Transcend Australia are hosting Pathways to Thriving Conference 2025 – Australia’s first national event dedicated to parents, and service providers supporting trans, non-binary, and gender diverse children and young people.
The mental health of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse Australians is worse than the general population and the gulf is getting wider.
Anna Hickey-Moody, RMIT University and Lizzie Maughan, University of South Australia I’m not sure if you remember Kaitlyn and Leah […] they are social media famous and they’re a couple. That was the first time I’d seen representation in a positive way, ‘cause of my dad being so conservative about it […] And then I just saw a happy couple together. And I was like this actually doesn’t seem like the terrible thing that I am taught it is, you know. – Sam This quote is taken from a recent interview one of us (Anna) conducted with a trans teen living in Melbourne. It was the beginning of what turned out to be a detailed learning journey highlighting the role of internet access in trans youths’ education – and the importance of Instagram in creating safe spaces for them. The Albanese government has passed a bill that will introduce a