Senator Louise Pratt has spoken out against three State Liberal MPs – who have made a submission to retain religious exemption in the Anti-Discrimination Act – this would allow the discrimination of LGBT people in Aged Care. Member for Mount Lawley, Michael Sutherland; Member for Southern River, Peter Abetz; and Member for the South Metropolitan […]
Elderly members of the LGBTIQ community can breathe a sigh of relief, with the new National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Strategy promising to take steps to ensure equality amongst aged care services. The strategy will act as a support for the Living Long Living Better program – a government package that is […]
When Jude Comfort and her researchers released statistics that listed lesbian and bisexual women as unhealthier than the general Australian populous, OUTinPerth wanted to know why. We spoke to Jude, as well as Freedom Centre youth worker Dani Wright about the many reasons as to why this might be. We also spoke to you lesbians […]
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced that the Australian Government has drawn up plans for its first ever GLBT seniors strategy. The plan, which will serve as the first national health strategy for the rainbow community, has been commended by LGBT health advocates in NSW. Leading GLBT health organisation ACON […]
The results have been released from research gathered by researcher Jude Comfort and her team in 2010 – and it’s not looking good. Information collected from 900 different lesbians and bisexuals nationwide, reveals that we’re not only unhealthier than the general public; we’re less likely to get pap smears, and more likely to take illicit […]
Under the reforms announced by Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler, LGBTI people are to be included as a special needs group under the Aged Care Act, with funding of $2.5m set aside for LGBTI training of the aged care workforce – a move welcomed by LGBTI Health advocacy groups across Australia. Jude Comfort from […]
