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One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson said the Safe Schools program contained ‘highly explicit material’ that is being ‘directed at young children’. We asked the experts to look at the facts.
‘Vote No’ campaign material distributed by the Australian Conservatives claims that if same-sex marriage is legalised, the Safe Schools program will be ‘mandatory in schools’. We looked at the facts.
Social conservatism among many ethnic communities will be a key factor in deciding the result of the upcoming same-sex marriage survey.
The new program for Catholic schools draws on the same research as Safe Schools (so perhaps it wasn’t part of a ‘Marxist agenda’ after all).
The Crossroads program provides students with meaningful and accurate information about gender diversity in order to challenge homophobic and transphobic discrimination and violence.
For every advance in LGBT rights that is made in one part of the world, there are extreme regressions elsewhere.
Not only is the Australian Christian Lobby losing relevance, it has had to appeal to Bill Shorten to pay attention to the group in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Roz Ward’s suspension by her university should send a chill through Australian academia.
The damaging polarisation around queer issues in Australian politics is out of step with community sentiment.
After a three-week debacle, the findings of the review into the Safe Schools Coalition program are out. Here’s what academic experts make of the review.
What might be Malcolm Turnbull’s worst nightmare, apart from losing the election? Scraping back as a minority government, with Tony Windsor in balance of power.
The Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton said he was concerned about body modification, gender reassignment surgery and future suicide risk. We check the research.
Australia has a vibrant, culturally rich, queer history and it should be acknowledged in our schools.
About 80% of students experience some kind of gender-based bullying in their primary and high school years. But research shows that teachers often fail to intervene or are not equipped to deal with it.
The review of the Safe Schools program is yet another example of the misguided conservative anxiety that talking about homosexuality can “turn” children gay.
Moralising commentaries about the Safe Schools Coalition are out of touch with social research about gender and the realities of the ways that young people understand their own sexual and gender identities.
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Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney
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Associate professor Sexualities and Genders / Sociology, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus professor, The University of Western Australia
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Timothy W. Jones is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Clinical sexologist, Gender team Stockholm, Centre for Andrology and Sexual Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Griffith University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Education, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Education, Deakin University
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Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Gothenburg
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Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
