Despite its long history of LGBTIQ culture, parts of Africa remain dangerous for the community.
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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”.
Outrage over newspaper promoting anti-gay conversion
The religious newspaper includes a story about a couple who were ‘cured’ of homosexuality.
Being trans still a crime in many countries: report
Trans people are still targeted by laws against their identities around the world.
Ambassadors demand end to Poland anti-LGBTIQ discrimination
Governments in Poland have attempted to outlaw LGBTIQ people.
Federal government refuses action on trans workplace discrimination
Advocates are looking to Labor and unions.
Hormone treatment for trans teen approved despite mother’s opposition
“We got the result last night and we had a bit of a cry.”
‘Systems of coercion’: Survivors demand stronger bans on conversion
“Even well-intentioned laws can miss some nuanced ways in which conversion ideology and practices occur.”
Calls for investigation of Indonesian police gay raid
“The government has been inciting hostility toward LGBT people.”
Perth man jailed for five years over HIV non-disclosure
Four of the man’s sexual partners have tested positive.