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A team of local filmmakers is setting out to make a short film about the experience of being transgender and they need help to make it happen.
The banner was hung by activist organisation Queer Liberation Boorloo.
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 …
There is a lot of information out there about chest binding, and it can be challenging to work out what information is based on research and clinical evidence. This blog post takes a harm-reduction approach and advocates for bodily autonomy by compiling up-to-date, evidence-based information for individuals who bind (or are considering binding), and for those who support and care for them.
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 …
The billionaire admitted he’d got it wrong when he quoted the World Health Organisation.
The Newcastle Herald has apologised for running a transphobic ad from the Clive Palmer Trumpet of Patriots party on the front page, after significant backlash from editorial staff and human …
March 13, 2025 – Almost nine out of ten Australians don’t want trans issues to be used for political gain during this federal election campaign, according to a new poll. Most Australians also stridently oppose discrimination against the LGBT community and believe trans people should have the same rights and protections as everyone else. The […]
Sky news host Liz Storer says complaints about Trumpet of Patriot ads are only from a small minority who has “hurty feelings”.
The mental health of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse Australians is worse than the general population and the gulf is getting wider.
The ads have drawn scorn from newspaper readers and staff.