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As trans rights face increasing attacks overseas, Australia’s comparatively moderate political climate provides cautious hope for 2025. While efforts to spark a culture war over trans issues have largely fizzled …
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Controversial MP Moira Deeming has been readmitted to the Victorian Liberal party room as a new leader was chosen. In a dramatic morning, the Victorian Liberals have replaced John Pesutto with Brad Battin as leader. Pesutto had previously led Deeming’s removal from the party after she participated in a rally by anti-transgender provocateur Kellie-Jay Keen …
LGBTQIA+ advocacy group Just.Equal Australia have announced a four point plan to protect trans and gender diverse (TGD) Australians from an increase in anti-trans hatred after incoming US President Donald Trump made it clear that attacking the rights of transgender people will be a top priority for his second term in office. Trump yesterday launched …
A vote to bring exiled Liberal MP Moira Deeming back into the party room in Victoria has failed. MPs were tied on whether to readmit the controversial MP and leader John Pesutto held the deciding vote – he said no. Liberal MPs gathered at Parliament House in Victoria a week after the federal court found […]
19 Dec 2024 – Community groups have welcomed the first ever estimates of LGBTIQ+ populations across the country by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Data released today by the ABS estimates that 4.5 per cent of Australians aged 16 years or older are LGBTI+, meaning more than 900,000 Australians fit under the LGBTI+ umbrella. […]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released experimental estimates of LGBTI+ populations. These estimates are the first of their kind in Australia. In a new approach, the ABS combined data from nearly 45,000 people who responded to one of four recent ABS health surveys to shed light on LGBTI+ people in Australia. Linda Fardell, …
Western Australian Liberal leader Libby Mettam says Australia should follow the lead of the United Kingdom and immediately ban the use of puberty blockers in the treatment of youth gender dysphoria. Earlier this week the UK government announced an indefinite ban on the use of the medications for the treatment of youth gender dysphoria, in […]
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson is calling on the Australian government to issue an immediate ban on puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria in children. This comes just …
Independent MP Moira Deeming has doubled down on her support for “women’s sex-based rights” after winning her defamation suit against Victorian Liberal Opposition Leader John Pesutto this morning. Deeming gave …
2024 was Trans Justice Project’s biggest year yet.
The Australian Government has today announced a $15.5 million ten-year “National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People” following a consultation process that involved hundreds of community members and 26 roundtables around the country. The Action Plan was announced today in Melbourne by Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care the Hon …