Growing up queer can be tough for many young people. Despite much progress, three out of four (75%) Australian LGBTQIA+ youth still experience some form of bullying or discrimination. Indigenous Australians and those from non-English speaking backgrounds are the two most likely groups to experience discriminatory behaviours. Findings from the LGBTQIA+ Health Australia 2019/20 Report […]
Transgender activist Georgie Stone has been named as the Pride Ambassador for the AFL’s upcoming Pride Game hosted by St Kilda Football Club. This year’s match follows the theme ‘I’ll Stand By You’, aimed at promoting the importance of family and support networks in the LGBTIQ community. Stone, who is 2018’s Young Victorian of the […]
Jordan Bruno and his mother Anna won hungry hearts around the nation on the seventh series of Seven’s reality series, My Kitchen Rules. Though the Bruno’s didn’t take out the major prize, Jordan has become one of the program’s most successful graduates. The openly gay cook has used the platform to grow his social media […]
Victorian LGBTI+ youth support organisation Minus18 have announced they have surpassed their fundraising goals for their annual Same Sex and Gender Diverse Formal and are planning to expand the event. The news comes just days after a Facebook group publicly planned a boycott of the event, encouraging members to buy up tickets so that queer kids could not […]
The Australian Christian Lobby have made calls for Education Minister Christopher Pyne to cease federal funding for the Safe Schools Coalition of Australia. The ACL are concerned that the Safe Schools Coalition are “promoting radical sexual experimentation in Australian schools.” The Safe Schools Coalition are an organisation dedicated to helping schools be safer and more […]
