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By Gene Lim “Is it alright with you that I’m Asian?” The message popped up on my white friend’s Grindr notifications. It broke his heart …

Two in five LGBTQI Australians had considered suicide in the past year, a new survey released on Friday revealed. The findings from Australia’s largest national …

Sixteen Uniting Church ministers have in a joint letter extended their support to the ACT government’s new law that seeks to ban sexuality and gender …

From 29 countries, out of 600 entries, the award for the Australian Book Review Calibre Essay Prize goes too… Dr Yves Rees!  The Australian Book …

Researchers from La Trobe University will investigate the impact conversion therapy practises have had on LGBTQI Australians. The research comes at a time the Victorian …

International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) falls every year on May 17.

“As survivors we want Australians to know it is not just the practice that is harmful, but that much of the damage is done by the ideology that underpins the pseudo-therapies.”

The study found that 71 per cent of LGBTI Australians didn’t reach out to support services during their last mental health crisis.

Co-author of the Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) Survivor Statement, Chris Csabs, advocacy and support group for LGBTI people of faith and their allies Brave Network Melbourne, and legal advocacy body Equality Australia have all praised the commitment to combat LGBTI conversion therapy.

The MyLife+ app has helped people with HIV in Australia manage their health and better understand HIV and treatment options.