Latest news: LGBTIQ+

Do laws need to be changed so women and girls can play “single-sex sport”? Where would that leave transgender people?

New guidelines for gender-affirming mental health care were launched by ACT Minister for Mental Health, Emma Davidson, during Transgender Awareness Week, 13-19 November. A collaboration between the ACT Government, A Gender Agenda, and...

It’s the words that no expectant parent ever wants to hear: ‘Your baby has no heartbeat.’ After 27 weeks of pregnancy, following four years of IVF, Gemma and Yen received the horrible news. “There...

The Eastlake and Ainslie football clubs will set aside their long-standing rivalry for the inaugural Pride Game this weekend.

Queer Canberrans spoke at a Legislative Assembly panel for the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

There has been a significant increase in demand for LGBTIQA+ support services in the ACT, according local LGBTIQA+ organisation, Meridian.

Canberra’s leading LGBTIQ+ bodies are calling on funding for professional health organisations, following recent research finding mental health within the community was in crisis.

A new partnership between Havelock Housing Association and Meridian will address a gap in homelessness services for the sex and gender diverse community in Canberra.

The ACT become the second jurisdiction nationally to ban gay conversion therapy today, when a Bill was passed through the Legislative Assembly this afternoon.

The ACT Government is working hard to criminalise “dangerous and abhorrent” sexuality and gender identity conversion practices in the Territory.

A bill enabling young people to have their identified gender reflected on official documents is today being tabled in the Legislative Assembly by ACT Social Justice Minister Shane Rattenbury.

The Chief Executive Officer of Meridian (formerly the AIDS Action Council of the ACT) has called for a peer-led service for LGBTIQ+ people to access health and wellbeing services in the ACT. Philippa...