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Largest trans sex and health survey highlights resilience and progress

The second Australian Trans and Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey paints an encouraging picture of progress in Australia.

On This Gay Day | Australia updated passport gender rules

The changes were brought in by the Gillard Labor government.

The Last Mile | HIV diagnoses in Australia show more work needed to reach some groups

Australia has achieved global HIV testing and treatment targets, but late diagnoses and disparities among key communities remain.

On This Gay Day | Singer Mika was born in 1983

Happy Birthday Mika.

On This Gay Day | In 1880 Anna Rüling is born in Hamburg

In 1904 she gave a speech to the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee in Berlin, the first known public statement of the socio-legal problems faced by lesbians.

On This Gay Day | In 1986 New Zealand decriminalises homosexuality

On this day in 1986, New Zealand passed the Homosexual Law Reform Act that decriminalized homosexuality removing British colonial laws.

On This Gay Day | Playwright Joe Orton was murdered in 1967

Today Orton is remembered as an influential playwright.

On This Gay Day | Remembering Carmen Xtravaganza

On this day in history, we lost ballroom icon Carmen Xtravaganza, Salt-N-Pepa urged us to talk about sex and a WA MP made headlines for his comments about HIV.

On This Gay Day | In 1981 a newspaper revealed Martina Navratilova was gay

The tennis champion was forced to acknowledge her sexuality.

On This Gay Day | The acronym AIDS is proposed in Washington

In 1982 experts gathered to work out a name for an illness they were struggling to define.

On This Gay Day | Russia’s anti-gay propaganda law was passed in 2013

Russia's anti-gay propaganda law was introduced in 2013.

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Largest trans sex and health survey highlights resilience and progress

The second Australian Trans and Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey paints an encouraging picture of progress in Australia.

On This Gay Day | Australia updated passport gender rules

The changes were brought in by the Gillard Labor government.

The Last Mile | HIV diagnoses in Australia show more work needed to reach some groups

Australia has achieved global HIV testing and treatment targets, but late diagnoses and disparities among key communities remain.

Calls for Wear It Purple Day to be banned

Former ACT principal Janelle Rowe says opposition to Wear It Purple Day led to her resignation and prompts calls for schools to ban the initiative.

Alan Carr honoured by the British television industry

Alan Carr was left emotional after receiving the National Television Awards' Special Recognition Award during a surprise presentation by friends.
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