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“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.”

Young LGBTIQ+ Victorians have agreed that sex education should be standardised throughout all schools, or taught by a funded external provider, so that everyone is receiving the same up-to-date information.

While there has been a decline in rates among Australian-born men, rates among overseas-born men have slightly increased.

One employee was reportedly called in and told that the roster was being re-arranged because the senior officer “needed a ‘real man’ on that shift”.

The US survey reveals 58 per cent have experienced abuse by police.

“We know when conversion practices are performed on children they are a form of child abuse. We have to do something to protect our kids.”

In Victoria, there are currently no legal protections against LGBTI-specific hate speech.

“We will be taking the priorities from this survey to all candidates and parties at the next election seeking their commitment to real change for LGBTIQ+ Australians.”

The VAC report also highlighted the global fight against discrimination.

While almost 95 per cent of young gay people surveyed had been victims of hate crimes, only 10 per cent of the crimes had been reported.