A "bad taste" story might set back the rights of LGBTIQA+ people in the country.
Tag: transphobia
Trans writers refuse to contribute to The Age after transphobic editorial
“The implication that ‘trans issues’ are up for debate deeply concerns me.”
Transphobic messages plastered in Brisbane bathrooms, trains
Trans people have been intimidated by the messages.
It’s time to stop tolerating stigma – our lives depend on it
Hate is killing too many LGBTIQA+ people.
Minister for Women joins voices against Tas bill to ban trans women from sports
"Divisive, hurtful, and utterly unnecessary.”
Hobart vigil shows support for trans community
Protesters gathered outside the Town Hall during a meeting of the Coalition for Biological Reality.
‘You are not welcome’: The message a Christian college is giving queer students
When you tell queer children that they are immoral, we risk losing them.
Activists ask police not to march at Pride in Melbourne
Most LGBTIQA+ people say they feel unsafe around Victoria Police.
‘Targeted for their appearance’: LGBTIQA+ people persecuted by police
A new global report shows that people around the world are still arrested just for being queer.
Queer refugees face uncertain future as Kenya set to close camps
Hundreds of refugees may be forced to return to their dangerous countries of origin.
A trans woman in intensive care: ‘It’ did not have fun
Being in the hospital is stressful enough without transphobia.
Unsolved hate crime inquiry announced for Sydney
Murders and other hate crimes committed over 40 years will be examined.
High schoolers surveyed on ‘queer’ access to ‘normal people’ bathrooms
The school’s ‘Anti Queer Association’ distributed the survey following transphobic debate.
Japanese man fighting cruel mandatory sterilisation laws
Japan still requires trans people to be surgically sterilised to change their legal gender.
Charity raising funds to support ‘traumatised’ LGBTIQ refugees in Kenya
“We want to see it given greater prominence so that we can advocate for change in Africa.”
National Coming Out Day: Support still needed for LGBTIQ people
"Young LGBTIQ people today continue to suffer significant mental health problems because of the discrimination and vilification they still experience."
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