News & Views The book taking the sting from the trolls and celebrating queer families If Queers Weren’t Meant to Have Kids …,by Narelda Jacobs and Karina Natt is a joyful illustrated adult picture book, celebrating the love.
News & Views ‘We couldn’t hold on any longer’: Australia’s first and only women’s sports bar quietly closes its doors Australia’s first and only women’s sports bar in Sydney’s quietly closes its doors, after just four months of operations.
News & Views More than one in ten high school students are queer. How can we better support LGBTQIA+ teenagers? More than one in ten teenagers in Australian high schools identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community, new research has found.
Local Albanese reverses decision to exclude gender and sexuality from 2026 census The federal government has reversed its decision to exclude broader questions about gender and sexuality from the 2026 census.
News & Views ‘Enough broken promises’: LGBTQIA+ community condemns government walking back on religious discrimination reforms Equality Australia has condemned the federal government for walking back on an election promise for religious discrimination reforms to better protect the LGBTQIA+ community in schools.
Books Utah orders removal of books by Judy Blume and Margaret Atwood from public schools and libraries Books by Judy Blume, Margaret Atwood and Rupi Kaur have been banned in Utah, after a new law was implemented.
Women's Health News ‘It kills to be discriminated against’: Lesbian and bisexual women more likely to die earlier Lesbian and bisexual women are more likely to die earlier than straight women, according to a new Harvard study pointing at discrimination.
News & Views Western Sydney local council votes to ban same-sex parenting books in libraries A local council in Western Sydney has voted in favour to “rid” council-run libraries of books containing parenting material for LGBTQIA+ families.
Health LGBTQI+ Australians experience much higher rates of mental health issues, ABS data shows The latest ABS statistics paint a grim picture of the higher rates of mental illness and self-harm across Australia’s queer community.
Soapbox Name-dropping Taylor Swift in a political speech doesn’t undo Scott Morrison’s damage to women A nice gesture for his family and a nod to the Swifite phenomenon gripping the country, but Scott Morrison’s final speech was tone-deaf.
News & Views ‘Anyone can be a victim of violence’: The horrific alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies Last Friday, NSW police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon handed himself in to authorities in relation to the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
News & Views ‘It made us feel invisible’: Human rights complaint says Census discriminated against LGBTIQ+ community A complaint has been lodged against Michael Sukkar and the ABS over a failure to properly count LGBTIQ+ people and families in the Census.