Sex workers and supporters rallied in Brisbane to call for an end to criminalisation.
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Tasmanian man in six-year battle for next-of-kin recognition after partner’s death
The Supreme Court has still not delivered a verdict on alleged discrimination by the Coroner’s Office.
‘A debt of gratitude’: Survivor win in new Vic conversion law
Advocates have called for other states to follow Victoria’s lead in criminalising anti-LGBTQA+ conversion practices.
Lesbian couple in battle for legal recognition as parents
The couple are in a race against time with their first child due this month.
US President Joe Biden reverses military trans ban
Advocates have raised concerns that a president can single-handedly decide whether trans people may serve.
AFL to face legal action over new trans player policy
Footballer Hannah Mouncey has vowed to fight the league’s decision.
NSW Health apologises for order banning gay wedding kisses
The order allowed kissing at weddings only of the bride by the groom.
Dozens of countries still criminalise homosexuality: report
ILGA World has reported on advances and setbacks in LGBTIQ rights worldwide.
‘A continuous battle’: The reality of being queer in Africa
Despite its long history of LGBTIQ culture, parts of Africa remain dangerous for the community.
New law proposed to ban anti-LGBTQA+ conversion practices in Victoria
“LGBTQA+ people are not ‘broken’ or ‘disordered’."
Sex workers ‘devastated’ by pandemic demand decriminalisation
“COVID-19 has had a devastating and unprecedented impact on sex workers in Victoria.”
Time running out for compensation over historical gay convictions
No one has yet successfully applied for expungement of historical convictions.
Rainbow Futures WA working to advance LGBTIQA+ rights
The community organisation has launched a new Rainbow Votes campaign.
Compulsory HIV testing slammed by health experts
The New South Wales Government has introduced legislation mandating HIV testing in certain circumstances.
Biden makes historic acknowledgment of trans Americans
“For that is what America is about: the people."
VP-elect Kamala Harris divides sex workers, LGBTIQ Americans
Kamala Harris has been called “no friend to trans or Black women”.