LGBTIQA+

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Discussion & Debate

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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

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Politics & Society

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Environment

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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

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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

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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

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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

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