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A mother of a transgender teenager has taken legal action against the Queensland government’s ban on puberty blockers for trans young people. In late January, Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls (pictured) announced the snap ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapies for new patients under 18. The sudden freeze caused national backlash and anguish among …
After decades of tireless advocacy, LGBTQA+ conversion practices are banned in New South Wales as of today. The law came into effect at midnight, 4 April, 12 months after a …
The Greens’ Tara Burnett has called out the Australian Christian Lobby’s transphobic election pamphlets as “imported culture war garbage”. Residents of the City of Yarra and Moreland City Councils contacted QNews after receiving transphobic election material this week. The pamphlets stated ‘Male and Female Matter’ and were put in people’s letterboxes on and after Trans …
KL has been chosen as the latest No Milk In My T champion, as they raise funds for two gender-affirming surgeries. KL came to the realisation later in life that gender is a spectrum, and they’re not anywhere near the binary scale of that. Gender-affirming care is costly. Supporting family members, KL has found it …
Vilifying LGBTQIA+ people, women and people living with a disability is now illegal in Victoria, after the passing of the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill. The bill was passed just before 3.30am this morning, 22 votes to 17, expanding the state’s pre-existing hate speech laws. LGBTQIA+, women’s and disability groups welcomed the …
Almost 1 million LGBTQIA+ voters will take to the polls in the federal election this year, with 1 in 5 still undecided, a new report has found. Equality Australia have …
The LGBTQIA+ Candidates Fighting for Visibility & Change in the 2025 Election is a feature story by Naomi Lawrence in the April print edition of Star Observer. See the latest …
The Australian Christian Lobby has sent an election mail out in Victoria, spreading transphobia and trying to discredit The Greens. Residents of the City of Yarra and Moreland City Councils contacted QNews after they received transphobic election material. It arrived in their letterbox the day after Trans Day of Visibility. The pamphlet from the Australian …
Australian researchers have developed a revolutionary tool to measure gender euphoria that could help researchers and clinicians better understand a trans person’s relationship with their gender. Researchers from the Swinburne …
A Canadian anti-trans activist, alongside X, is in court appealing an order to remove a post allegedly targeting a trans man. The post was made by Chris Elston, also known as “Billboard Chris,” in March last year. It linked to a Daily Mail article about an Australian trans man who is a prominent LGBTQIA+ health …
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