How can I be a trans ally? Advocate and proud trans woman Michelle Sheppard shares ways to show your support amidst the current climate. Small efforts can go a long way in making our trans and gender-diverse community feel seen, respected and acknowledged. Four more years of transphobia and misinformation have begun overseas, and we …

Eighteen Coalition senators have thrown their support behind One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s call for a parliamentary inquiry into the “need for a national ban” on medical treatments for transgender children. In the Senate on Monday, Pauline Hanson put forward her ultimately unsuccessful motion for the parliamentary inquiry. Hanson moved for a Senate committee to …

Retiring federal Labor MP Graham Perrett, who represents the Queensland seat of Moreton, has urged MPs to stand up to “bullies” targeting the trans community. The long-time LGBTQIA+ ally won the seat for Labor in 2007. After almost two decades as a federal MP, last August Graham announced his retirement at the upcoming federal election. …

Over a thousand people gathered in Melbourne today to Protect Trans Youth in a national day of action. Today we came together, standing in solidarity with the transgender community and the 491 children and families affected by the sudden hormone therapy ban in Queensland. “We all know it. We ain’t twisted. Trans folk have always …