LGBTIQA+

Discussion & Debate
Opinion
You can be a better customer for LGBTQ+ hospitality workers
Bars, cafes and restaurants often rely on LGBTQ+ workers to make spaces look and feel inclusive, but they can end up facing harassment with no support

Politics & Society
Book extract
The great ‘gayby’ boom
Changing social and legal perspectives of parenthood, and access to the global fertility industry has enabled a huge rise in queer people raising children

Health & Medicine
Understanding how to improve body image in queer men
Expressing self-compassion can help improve body image in women, but it’s more complicated for gay, bisexual and queer men

Education
The importance of allies on IDAHOBIT Day
While increased visibility of the LGBTQIA SB+ community aims to promote acceptance, it can inadvertently increase stigma, highlighting the need for strong allies on days of awareness

Health & Medicine
Embracing queer Indigenous Australia
Health services need to cater to the whole person as a human right, and that includes Indigenous LGBTIQ+ Australians

Arts & Culture
How popular culture helps with the business of death
The staging of the musical ‘Fun Home’ in Melbourne is part of a broader embrace of issues around how we deal with death

Environment
Under the Microscope
Cultivating inclusive research
Being outside of the mainstream helped guide Dr Andrea Rawluk onto a path of research that asks us to challenge the status quo to integrate the environment and society

Health & Medicine
Dispelling the myths about transgender people
Transgender people are simply trying to live their best and most authentic lives, just like anyone else

Arts & Culture
Understanding the diversity of Australia’s LGBTQI+ community
To understand the issues that impact people within our LGBTQI+ community, many of us need to acknowledge our own position of privilege

Health & Medicine
Why have nearly half of transgender Australians attempted suicide?
Stigma and discrimination must be urgently addressed to reduce alarming rates of attempted suicide among transgender Australians