The nascent LGBTQ+ rights movement and the Christian right each strongly shaped the early years of HIV/AIDS, a historian explains.
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The about-faces comes after outrage from LBGTQI groups, some Labor MPs and members of the public.
The government has decided against including questions about sexuality and gender identity in the 2026 Census. How can it make policy for LGBTQI+ people without such basic data?
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire or have sex, except to please men or have children.
Adults have blamed porn for many things recently, including harming teenagers. We asked teens what they thought and their opinions paint a complex picture.
Society should embrace various sources of sexual self-definition.
The season three scene between Colin and Penelope got more than a few hearts racing. It’s a refrenshingly rare onscreen portrayal of a larger women in a passionate, sexual encounter.
Dating apps have changed how men interact with women when pursuing heterosexual relationships. A sexuality scholar writes about her experiences online, and her observations on changing masculinity.
This advice can help you to engage your teens in open, honest and helpful dialogues about sex and sexuality.
In ancient Rome, male followers of the goddess Cybele, known as Galli, some of whom surgically removed their testicles, were often considered feminine.
With over 80 million believers in 160 countries, the Anglican Communion has been grappling with LGBTQ+ issues since the 1970s.
For the first time since gender identity was added to the Sex Discrimination Act, it’s being tested in court. At its heart, the case looks at the rights and recognition of transgender people.
Whether LGBTQIA+, or sceptical of romantic love as the best foundation for their family, many are looking to the Internet to find co-parenting partners with whom to raise a child.
Individuals with disabilities frequently confront stereotypes that limit their opportunities to form intimate relationships and have sex.
Sex is all over the internet, and girls engage with it in many different ways. They shouldn’t be judged for it.
Those in Spain who have objected to Jesus being portrayed as ‘effeminate’, ‘camp’ or ‘sexualised’ seem to imply that there is something wrong or deviant about such portrayals.
Poor Things accurately depicts girls’ early sexual feelings and shows us some more positive ways of understanding girlhood sexual desire.
Why do gay men generally earn less than heterosexual men, and lesbian women more than heterosexual women? New research aims to find out why, and how LGBTQ+ inclusivity can be improved.
We must be careful not to misgender or misidentify people of the past – especially if our only evidence for how they might have identified comes from hostile writers.
Asexuality remains widely misunderstood. Here’s what it means and how this sexuality became a social movement.
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in the Specialty of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Professeur d'histoire ancienne, Université de Lorraine
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Associate Head, School of Psychological, Social & Behavioural Sciences, Coventry University
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Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Law, Keele University
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