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A monthly clinic is helping transgender people previously overlooked by the NT's health system, yet its long-term future is uncertain due to funding concerns.
Topics: sexuality, mental-health, sexual-health, mens-health, womens-health, adolescent-health, gays-and-lesbians, health, suicide, states-and-territories, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
Topics: community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, education, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedA British couple who want their relationship recognised in law without the "patriarchal baggage" of marriage lose the latest stage in their fight to be allowed a civil partnership.
Topics: marriage, family-and-children, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, family-law, united-kingdom
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Four Canberra youths — including two teenage brothers — who are accused of running a blackmail scam targeting gay men on dating apps are denied bail.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, states-and-territories, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe authors of a new fairtyale book about two men falling in love are hoping to shift cultural attitudes towards the LGBTI community and prevent homophobic bullying that can lead to teens taking their own lives.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, author, books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, suicide, new-zealand
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Same-sex couples can now legally adopt children in South Australia, with new laws coming into effect today.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, gays-and-lesbians, laws, sa
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| UpdatedWest Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith says politicians could reach a consensus on same-sex marriage if a free vote was held.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, liberals, wa, australia
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WA Premier Colin Barnett maintains his staunch defence of the Liberals preference deal with One Nation, while distancing himself from extreme comments of some of its candidates.
Topics: elections, minor-parties, gays-and-lesbians, wa
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| UpdatedA Facebook post that targets the sexuality of the former Australian Greens leader demonstrates the need for tough anti-discrimination laws, a prominent gay rights activist says.
Topics: government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, discrimination, tas
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| UpdatedKylie Walker says discrimination and a lack of community awareness about homosexuality contributed to her mental health problems, rather than her sexual orientation itself.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, depression, mental-health, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA Facebook post implying former Greens leader Bob Brown enjoyed being manhandled by forestry workers during a protest will be the subject of an official complaint.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, gays-and-lesbians, tas
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| UpdatedQueensland police complete an investigation into an assault that left Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth hospitalised with a broken jaw, a month before he took his own life.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, activism-and-lobbying, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedIn November 2016, Tyrone Unsworth killed himself after years of homophobic bullying. He was 13. His school claims it knew nothing, but the warning signs were there.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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Margaret Court is the world’s most decorated tennis player with 64 major titles to her name. Court is now a Christian pastor who treasures her sporting victories, but says they are no match for her faith.
Topics: domestic-violence, family, marriage, gays-and-lesbians, christianity, evangelism, sport, tennis, australian-open, health, mental-health, australia, albury-2640, nsw, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, wa, united-states, england
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The owner of the Royal Hotel Gympie has made a strong declaration on social media that bullying, intolerance and discrimination of others will not be tolerated.
Topics: discrimination, gays-and-lesbians, breastfeeding, family-and-children, community-and-society, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, gympie-4570
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Thousands of men convicted under now-abolished anti-homosexuality laws in Britain have been pardoned posthumously under a law enacted on Tuesday, and many more still alive can now apply to have their criminal convictions wiped out.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThousands of gay and bisexual British men convicted of crimes under now-abolished sexual offence laws are posthumously pardoned, after a law named after celebrated World War II codebreaker Alan Turing comes into effect.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, discrimination, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedMen using gay hook-up apps and forums are being blackmailed by a group of three or four people in Canberra, the AIDS Action Council warns.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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Distinguished historian Jill Roe, best known for her celebrated biography of Australian writer Miles Franklin, has died aged 76.
Topics: history, books-literature, women, religion-and-beliefs, feminism, gays-and-lesbians, sydney-2000
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I'll be marking Donald Trump's first day in office by marching in Sydney to stand up against the hatred and bigotry he represents, Lucia Osborne-Crowley writes.
Topics: feminism, gays-and-lesbians, women, internet-culture, social-media, us-elections, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedDocuments obtained by the ABC reveal the New South Wales branch of the RSL spent more than $93,000 defending a senior executive accused of vilifying a young, gay RSL member.
Topics: unions, veterans, defence-and-national-security, law-crime-and-justice, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, nsw, australia
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Former Queensland One Nation candidate Shan Ju Lin says she will not apologise for the comments that led to her being dumped by the party and reiterates her belief that gay people need "medical consultations".
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, australia
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Topics: events, gays-and-lesbians, photography, lismore-2480
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Topics: events, gays-and-lesbians, photography
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Tropical Fruits New Year's Eve Festival photographer Brad Mustow is exhibiting some of the tens of thousands of images he has captured at regional Australia's largest LGBTI event.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, photography, events, lismore-2480