A new legal report has approved Tasmania's gender reforms and called for action to end non-consensual surgery.
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Backlash against UK government over plan to attack trans rights
Thousands have voiced their opposition to plans to exclude trans women from women’s spaces.
Australia now behind US in LGBTIQ workplace rights, advocates say
Trans and intersex workers are not protected by the Fair Work Act.
Call to scrap religious discrimination bill following US civil rights ruling
Pressure is continuing for the Australian government to scrap the controversial bill.
LGBTQ people protected from job discrimination: US Supreme Court
The landmark ruling has found that civil rights protections apply to orientation and trans status.
Trump administration removes trans health protections
The move was announced in the middle of Pride month and on the anniversary of the Pulse massacre.
Japanese prefecture criminalises outing LGBTIQ people
“Outing is a life-threatening harassment.”
MP supports transphobic conversion therapy, calls ban ‘child abuse’
Experts worldwide have condemned anti-LGBTQ conversion as pointless and dangerous.
Sex workers celebrate International Whores’ Day with online rally
With public gatherings impossible due to the pandemic, activists have taken to social media.
Revolting whores and Black uprisings: Remembering our roots
"Our community is as vast as it is diverse, and far too many of us know the pain of state-endorsed violence."
Trans woman’s privacy breached in police misgendering debacle
The case highlights a need for more sensitive handling of private information.
LGBTI Legal Service receives $1.3 million funding to provide free support
The Queensland service has received funding for the next five years.
Costa Rica first Central American country to enact marriage equality
The country this week began legally recognising same-sex marriages.
Pansexual Visibility Day: Challenges remain in Pakistan
“Same-sex relationships can lead to imprisonment for life.”
Most gay and bi men want to donate blood: study
As Brazil scraps its limitations on gay blood donation, Australia is set to reduce the deferral period.
Advocates say pandemic is the wrong time for religious discrimination bill
"The pandemic is a time when we should unite in the face of a common problem, not further divide the community as this bill would."