The HRC Foundation’s analysis of 2019 CDC data finds trans and gender-expansive high schoolers face negative outcomes compared to cisgender youth Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
WHAT IS TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK? In 2020, Transgender Awareness Week will take place from 13-19 November. This week is an important time in the LGBTIQ+ calendar because it raises the visibility of trans people around the world. During this time, allies and…
Every year, Transgender Day of Remembrance honours the memory of transgender people who have lost their lives through transphobic violence. We light a candle, we say their names, we honour and remember them. Transgender Day of Remembrance began in the USA on November…
The term transgender describes people whose gender identity is different than the identity they were assigned at birth. The term non-binary describes people who don’t identity as male or female. These people live as both, either, or no gender. The term gender diverse is an umbrella term that…
No to Violence welcomes today’s announcement from the Victorian Government of $20.41 million funding for services that work with directly with perpetrators of family violence. No to Violence is the operator of the Men’s Referral Service which has seen an 11 per…
Migration Council Australia has worked with Protein One—a Sydney-based award-winning digital design agency to develop a multilingual mobile app for Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities about COVID-19, its impact and available support.…
Justice Action (JA) represents people locked in Australian prisons and hospitals, defending human rights in the hardest places. The movement to provide a voice, and to show support for prisoners dates back to when Australia was a penal colony. JA aims to…
Today the Commonwealth Government is expected to release Closing the Gap justice targets to address the crisis of Aboriginal incarceration. Yesterday a draft of the national agreement stated that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would wait until 2093 to reach parity…
Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), the peak organisation for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health workforce, calls on governments to work with and support the Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government, the Hon Mark Coulton MP, in…
