With the Manly footy jumper episode providing yet another reminder of the prejudice LGBTQ+ Australians face, new research looks at the challenges faced by queer young people.
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Conservative rhetoric about ‘parent rights’ that marginalizes LGBTQ+ positive sex education erases the complexity of parent identities and denies possibilities for richer school experiences.
Strong queer representation in young adult comics can have a significant positive impact on the well-being of queer-identified or questioning youth.
For the first time, the testimony of a 94-year-old Holocaust survivor tells the story of life and love in the camps as a young lesbian woman.
We spoke to a number of young LGBTIQA+ people from all over Australia and from a variety of cultural backgrounds about their experiences during the pandemic.
Despite same-sex relations being criminal, social media is a space to come out and speak back to homophobia for the Nigerian tweeters in the study.
Sci-fi, fantasy and rom-coms: books with LGBTQIA+ characters are as diverse as their readers.
The overdose crisis — coupled with a lack of accessible harm reduction services — represents a growing concern for young queer and trans men who use drugs.
Including queer texts in the English curriculum has the potential to affect real social change, including in understanding and confronting inequalities.
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.
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Lecturer, University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
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Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University Schools, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Modern Continental European History, University of Warwick
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Professor of English, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor, Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Professor, Faculty of Education;, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Senior research fellow, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Performance, University of Portsmouth
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PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia
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PhD Candidate in Literary Studies and Creative Writing, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
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Research Assistant, Western Sydney University
