Category: Australia
A Senate committee has recommended an official apology and other forms of recognition for Australian Defence Force personnel harmed by historical anti-LGBTIQA+ policies, but has stopped short of supporting financial compensation. The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee examined the Defence Force Discipline Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 1) Bill 2026, […]
The Australian Government is investing more than $18.1 million in projects designed to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people, including a new national programme to help communities find safe and inclusive healthcare. Eighteen community initiatives will receive funding, while $10 million has been awarded to La Trobe University to develop an innovative healthcare […]
Tasmania has launched a new awareness campaign encouraging people persecuted under the state’s former homosexuality and cross-dressing laws to apply for financial redress. The campaign was developed in consultation with Tasmania’s LGBTIQA+ community and aims to reach people who may not realise that their historical charges or convictions can now be removed. Tasmania is the […]
Queenslanders are being encouraged to sign a new parliamentary e-petition calling on the state government to restore access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children and teenagers. The petition argues that decisions about young people’s healthcare should be made by patients, families and qualified medical professionals rather than politicians. “Your petitioners believe gender affirming care saves […]
Western Australians are being urged to recognise the symptoms of mpox and seek medical advice promptly after confirmed cases in the state surpassed the total recorded throughout last year. The Western Australian Department of Health confirmed 36 mpox cases between January and 20 July 2026. By comparison, the state recorded 28 cases during all of […]
Lesbian and other same-sex female couples seeking fertility treatment in the Australian State of Queensland face a confusing new hurdle under guidance that can count them as two separate families when both partners carry a child using the same donor. The Queensland Health guidance applies specifically when calculating limits on the number of families created […]
A growing number of queer, gay and inclusive venues in Sydney and Melbourne say their Instagram and Facebook accounts have been suspended, restricted or removed by Meta without clear explanation. The Laird, The 86, Palms on Oxford, UBQ and Tribe @ 231 are among the latest businesses affected. Meta has reportedly cited reasons including “human […]
The Australian author takes aim at publishing houses’ status quo of straight women writing gay men’s stories When Invisible Boys found an audience, Holden Sheppard was not expecting it. “The success was a massive surprise,” he tells YOUR EX’s Oliver Hall. “Not least because, as a book and as a manuscript, it was rejected by almost every publisher in Australia.” He says publishers […]