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‘Trump & Queensland: Our Trans Youth Need Us To Show Up For Them, Now‘ is an opinion piece by Chloe Sargeant. In the mere weeks (it seems like much longer, …
Queensland LGBTQIA+ organisation Open Doors Youth Service is seeking stories from the trans community on the impact of recent political decisions. Last month, the Queensland government announced a suspension of hormone therapies for new patients under 18 with gender dysphoria. This followed a previous decision to halt the recommended expansion of Queensland Children’s Gender Service. …
Farewell and Thank You to Our CEO, After three and a half transformative years as CEO of Transcend Australia, Jeremy Wiggins (he/him) is stepping down to take on an executive role at a national youth mental health organisation. During Jeremy’s tenure, Transcend Australia has grown from a volunteer-led support group into a nationally […]
Ben Dawkins is now Austin ‘Aussie’ Letts Trump.
This Saturday, 15 Protect Trans Youth rallies are taking place nationwide, in a National Day of Action after QLD’s trans hormone therapy ban. It has been less than a week since the Trans Justice Project called for a national day of action protecting trans youth. This call-out came following the Queensland government’s announcement of an …
Right now the world is not feeling like a safe place for trans people, especially trans youth. The same week the US President started erasing the word transgender and removing the T from LGBT on all government resources and websites, the Queensland government decreed that gender-affirming care should be suspended for all new patients to …
Recent changes at both state and federal levels are impacting access to gender-affirming care for young people in Australia. In Queensland, the government has announced a temporary pause on new patient access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy while it conducts a review of existing care models. This has raised concerns, as gender-affirming care is […]
February 4, 2025 – National LGBTIQ+ group Equality Australia is calling on the Federal Government to strengthen its Hates Crimes Bill, saying it needs to include serious vilification to be effective. Equality Australia CEO Anna Brown welcomed the inclusion of the LGBTIQ+ community in the current draft of the bill in addition to criminal penalties for inciting violence. […]
The head of anti-trans organisation Binary launched a campaign against a trans women playing local sport.
Premier David Crisafulli and the Queensland LNP government has announced that it will continue its own trans healthcare review into hormone therapy for young people under eighteen. Despite Federal Health …
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