A new report released by US based The Trevor Project has shared that there is an alarming high rate of suicide ideation among young transgender and non-binary Americans. Reader advice: This report contains news about suicide, suicide ideation and transphobia. The figures have drawn attention to a growing mental health crisis among LGBTIQA+ youth as […]
The Community and Public Sector Union/Civil Service Association (CPSU/CSA) has announced they will offer access to Gender Affirmation Leave for their staff and they encourage other employers to follow suit. Following internal staff bargaining throughout the last few months, the new CSA Staff Agreement 2022 will now offer employees access to six months of leave, […]
PFLAG+ Perth, the Parents, Families and Friends of the LGBTQIA+ community are calling on the McGowan Government to take action on the outdated Gender Reassignment Board. The organisation highlighted that there had been media reports revealing the board had stopped considering applications because its long-standing President resigned back in September. The situation was first revealed […]
The WA Equal Opportunity Commission is hosting a panel discussion on gender identity discrimination in education at the State Library Lecture Theatre on International Youth Day, Friday 12 August. Panelists include Director of the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and the RCH Gender Service Associate Professor Michelle Telfer, former Headmaster […]
Bette Midler has copped a swift backlash on social media after she shared her thoughts about gender inclusive language saying it was leading to women being stripped of their rights. “WOMEN OF THE WORLD! We are being stripped of our rights over our bodies, our lives and even of our name! They don’t call us […]
The British government is expected to reveal new laws which will require all newly built public buildings to have distinct male and female toilets. New offices, schools, hospitals and entertainment venues will be required to have separate male and female facilities in a move which has been described as an effort to curb the growing […]
ANZ have announced its Australian and New Zealand based employees who are affirming their gender will be able to access six weeks of paid leave, and up to 12 months’ unpaid leave. The newly created Gender Affirmation Leave will support staff as they undergo any aspect of gender affirmation including social, medical, and legal gender […]
LGBTQIA+ advocacy group Just.Equal Australia are calling on political leaders to debate issues that matter to trans people, including inclusive health care and reducing discrimination, instead of conducting culture wars at trans people’s expense. Just.Equal spokesperson and trans advocate Sally Goldner AM has called on all parties and candidates to listen to trans, gender diverse […]
Liberal senator Alex Antic has used his time in Senate Estimates to ask a variety of government departments to answer the question, “What is a woman?” Sharing a video of him asking the question to Professor Brendan Murphy, secretary of the Department of Health, Senator Antic said it was one of the “burning questions” that […]
Australia’s peak trans health body AusPATH has launched the Australian Informed Consent Standards of Care for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy on Trans Day of Visiblity. These new national Standards of Care are intended to assist and enable clinicians across Australia to better meet the medical gender affirmation needs of their trans women, trans men and […]
