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Coming out as part of the LGBTIQ+ community can be tough in regional Australia, with additional challenges of limited support services, and less accepting community attitudes. Counsellor Tracee Ward lives in rural QLD and came out as gay to her family at the age of 49, she recently shared her story at the Women of …
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This weekend, the LGBTIQ+ community will march at Mardi Gras in Sydney. But this year’s celebrations come just days after the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at the hands of a serving police officer, reigniting the conversation about the police’s relationship with queer Australians. Police will be able to march out of uniform. …
Research suggests LGBTIQA+ people experience higher rates of sexual violence than the broader Australian population. However, until recently, there has never been national-level research into how LGBTIQA+ Australians experience sexual violence. The Gender Violence Research Network from the University of New South Wales is collecting important information from all diversities of the LGBTIQA+ communities, on …
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A new platform was launched today to reduce stigma around the LGBTIQ+ sexual health. The online telehealth clinic called Hey Fella, provides access online seven days a week to gay men seeking PrEP, STI tests, prescriptions, and consultations Australia-wide. Hey Fella will expand its services to the LBTIQ+ community in the new year. Image: Hey …
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A new online resource is now available for the LGBTIQ+ and multicultural communities to express themselves using their own language.The website, created by RMIT with the support of the Australia GLBTIQ Multicultural Council, translates terminology used in the community from English to seven other languages, including Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and more.The project also lists NAATI-certified …
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Throughout June, the world celebrated the LGBTIQ+ Pride, and Australia is not the exception. While metro areas like Sydney and Melbourne are well known to accept the LGBTIQ+ community, some regional areas don’t have this luxury, and it’s more challenging because of the discrimination the community faces. This month, the Queensland town of Gympie celebrated …
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New research released last week reveals around 85 per cent of diverse journalists face online abuse. The report, commissioned by Media Diversity Australia, states young media workers are the most vulnerable to this abuse, and most of them accept abuse as part of the job. Image: Most diverse journalists face online abuse. (Fox) Produced By: …
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff announced the government will introduce a bill banning conversion therapy early next year after the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute report was released this year. However, there’s a targeted campaign against the bill saying it will criminalise parents who question their children’s wish to change gender. Supporters of the bill say this …
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