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By Dr Horas Wong The federal government recently marked this year’s World AIDS Day by announcing funding of $39 million to improve access to HIV …

Trans activists around Australia are overwhelmed by the positive response to a Federal petition started last week that urges for gender affirming surgery to be covered …

On December 1 each year since 1988, the world pauses to remember those that we have lost to AIDS related illness, and to unite in the …

This month,Prepped Smart and Healthy has reached a significant milestone with the program having now contributing over $1 million towards eliminating HIV in Australia by creating …

With COVID-19 related lockdowns affecting everyone, ACON has launched a new at-home HIV testing service in New South Wales for cis gay men and trans …

This Thursday and Saturday, BreastScreen Victoria is providing free LGBTI specific mammogram sessions to women and trans and gender diverse people over the age of …

“Parents were telling us about difficulties they’d had with Centrelink and Medicare, so we surveyed them about those experiences and put together this report.”

The Australian Christian Lobby’s state branch decried the proposal, saying taxpayers should not fund surgeries that advocates say are “life-changing” and sometimes “life-saving”.

The men who have given birth are presumably trans men who have retained the relevant reproductive organs.

The clinic’s staff identify and have extensive experience working with the LGBTI community.