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After close to two hours of debate, discussion and a dressing down from parliamentary colleagues, newly signed up One Nation MP Ben Dawkins stood alone as the Legislative Council voted on his motion about people who are transgender. The Liberals and Nationals didn’t vote. Leaving the chambers as the bells tolled. Labor, Legalise Cannabis, and […]
The Prime Minister has announced the date to vote for the referendum to be the 14th of October 2023. The question is to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. At Transcend Australia, we value self-determination, integrity and justice. We truly believe that […]
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has announced that she will push again for a senate inquiry into transgender healthcare based on the decision from England’s National Health Service to stop prescribing puberty blocker medication outside of research trials. Hanson took to social media to announce the motion she’ll be putting forward to the senate and […]
Advocacy groups have urged Anthony Albanese to not delay a bill to protect LGBTQI students and staff in religious schools, with one group accusing the Prime Minister of “selling out” …
The Australian Press Council has found The Australian newspaper failed to meet expected standards of journalism with its reporting when it published an opinion piece from Patrick Parkinson, an emeritus professor of law at the University of Queensland and a former chair of the Family Law Council. The article was published on 13 June 2023, headed Gender affirming’ care is destroying vulnerable […]
Many cisgender and trans people rely on oestrogen hormone therapy, but the recurring national shortages of patches look set to continue.
by GRACE JOHNSON The NSW Government will today introduce the long-awaited bill to ban harmful LGBTQ+ conversion practices, which Premier Chris Minns says would “save lives” if passed. The …
Genderqueer Australia, one of Australia’s first support groups for people outside the gender binary, has shut its digital doors after 13 years.
The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a national project mapping threats to trans and gender diverse (TGD) human rights in Australia.
A new study conducted at the Child and Adolescent Health Service Gender Diversity Service at Perth Children’s Hospital has shown the rate of patients who choose to reidentify with their sex registered at birth is very low. The study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on 4th March 2024 showed that 5.3% of young people reidentified with […]
Representatives of the LGBTIQA+ community have welcomed Labor’s Plan for LGBTIQA+ Equality unveiled today by equality spokesperson, Ella Haddad. The Labor plan includes – a minister for equality – an effective ban on conversion practices, working with community on a model – funding for services, support and advocacy, including almost $100,000 per year for Working It Out and […]
Equality Tasmania and Working It Out have welcomed the Tasmanian Greens’ commitment to a raft of LGBTIQA+ reforms and to an effective ban on conversion practices. The Greens’ policy, unveiled today by Greens’ leader, Dr Rosalie Woodruff, commits to – an effective ban on conversion practices, fully implementing the recommendations of the TLRI– implement an LGBTIQA+ […]