Accurate data on Australians’ gender and sexual identity helps governments make good policy – and, importantly, ensures those communities are seen and recognised.
For lesbian couples or trans men, the ‘unexpected’ gender of one parent causes difficulties for maternity services where notions of ‘normal’ are increasingly out of step with the times.
Legislation in Victoria would allow people to change the sex on their birth certificates with just a declaration, not sex reassignment surgery.
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The Victorian parliament should delay its vote on the birth certificate reform bill to allow more consultation with women’s groups and to assess the potential impact on single-sex spaces.
Under the proposed changes, TGD people in Victoria can change the gender on their birth certificate without having to undergo medical intervention.
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Proposed reforms in Victoria will not only remove barriers for many TGD people to navigate their daily lives more safely, but help to make gender categories in general less strictly defined.
Some states protect LGBTQ worker from discrimination, but many others do not.
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Cricket Australia is providing opportunities for people who, while ‘different’, can fit in and feel welcomed.
A new city ordinance in Berkeley, Calif., that officially changes the name from ‘manhole cover’ to ‘maintenance cover’ has stirred up a media commotion.
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Transgender and non-binary people are often pressured to hide their gender identity at work.
Graffiti commemorating Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco who was shot dead in an apparent assassination.
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What experiences do trans people have of recreational sport?
A transgender pride flag at a protest against white supremacy and discrimination after the events in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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High-profile athletes have been speaking out against the eligibility of transgender women in elite female sporting competitions.
Just as gaining the right to vote did not end the women’s rights movement, so, too, will marriage equality not end the LGBTI+ rights movement.
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Marriage equality was an important step for LGBTI+ rights in Australia, but there are many other areas in which LGBTI+ people in Australia still face discrimination.
There are many genes involved in shaping not just our biological sex, but also our gender identity.
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It’s not about trauma or how you were raised: evidence now points to a biological basis for transgender, and to the action of particular genes in that determination.
A demonstrator holds a sign against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance.
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A survey done of transgender people right after they read a story on the government’s move to deny transgender identity shows the emotional impact that denying that identity can have.
Tumblr’s new rules will likely shut much of the LGBTQ youth activity. Here a chaptered LGBTQ youth themed comic on Tumblr.
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LGBTQ youth use Tumblr more frequently than others. The platform has provided a safe space for youth to explore sexual identities and find crucial support. A new regulating policy may change all that.
Transgender employees still struggle in the workplace.
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While US companies have made significant strides in creating workplaces that are more inclusive of transexual individuals, discrimination and employment penalties remain.
Magnus Hirschfeld, on the right, sits with his partner, Tao Li, at the fourth conference of the World League for Sexual Reform in 1932.
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Physician Magnus Hirschfeld advocated for those he called ‘sexual intermediaries.’ His activism began before World War I – and ended only when the Nazis came to power.
A sign denouncing transphobia is held up in front of the U.S. Supreme Court at a protest in June 2016.
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Donald Trump is seeking to amend laws that prevent discrimination against Americans based on their sex. It’s all just another attempt to fire up the Republican base for the mid-term elections.
Tasmania’s lower house will consider a bill to remove sex from birth certificates, which would be a first for an Australian state or territory.
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Having a gender identity that does not match one’s sex on a birth certificate can cause confusion and embarrassment and potentially lead to discrimination.