Urgent trans help needed: PFLAG
Lobby group Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is urging the Gillard Government to commit to fully subsidise the cost of gender reassignment …
Big win for slimmed single
In a reality television first, 34-year-old openly lesbian Queenslander Margie Cummins has won season seven of Channel Ten’s The Biggest Loser competition. The finale screened …
Lesbians a step closer to IVF
South Australian Social Inclusion Minister Ian Hunter says lesbian couples and single women are a step closer to accessing IVF services after a bill to …
NAPWA: time for treatment talk
People living with HIV will be targeted in a new advertising blitz to get them to speak to their doctors about going on treatment, whether …
Rights debate should be global
It’s with great pleasure we present two editorials this week from the enormously well regarded author and academic Dennis Altman and talented writer and tweeter …
New agenda for rights lobby
Under new leadership, the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (VGLRL) will push for stronger federal protection and will target vilification at state and federal …
Supportive Liberals need to speak up
Triumph this week that same-sex marriage supporters had won the online clicking war against marriage opponents in the House of Representatives survey is likely to …
Gay seniors recognised as special needs group
Australia’s peak LGBTI health organisations have applauded the Gillard Government’s move to include LGBTI people as a special needs group under the Aged Care Act. …
Surrogacy forum first
Melbourne will host Australia’s first national conference on surrogacy next month. The conference is run by Surrogacy Australia — a not-for-profit association set up in …
Rift emerges over Trust
Trustees of fledgling organisation the Carmen Rupe Memorial Trust (CRMT) have defended board member Kelly Glanney after rifts have emerged. The Trust was officially established …