LGB Alliance Australia has written to Senegal’s Honorary Consul-General in Melbourne as part of a wider international effort opposing proposed harsher criminal penalties for same-sex activity in Senegal and threats to those who speak up for lesbian, gay and bisexual rights.

Senegal’s diplomatic presence in Australia is limited, but that does not make silence acceptable.

Singapore has banned hormonal and surgical treatment for under-18s with gender dysphoria. The British Medical Association, after two years reviewing the Cass Report it once opposed, could not identify a single recommendation to disagree with.

Two landmark developments - and Australia's institutions are yet to respond.

Today the Full Federal Court dismissed Giggle's appeal. This is a significant setback for women's rights and for every lesbian, gay man, and bisexual Australian.

A major Finnish study of 2,083 adolescents who contacted gender identity services found high levels of psychiatric distress before referral, with needs that did not improve and sometimes worsened after medical gender reassignment. For Australia, the findings raise serious questions about whether vulnerable young people are being placed on a medical pathway before underlying mental health issues are properly addressed.

Within six weeks, three medical practitioners who raised concerns about paediatric gender-affirming care were subjected to regulatory or institutional action. Their cases point to a growing pattern of suppression aimed at clinicians whose experience and evidence led them to challenge the prevailing model.

LGB Alliance Australia has written to candidates in the 2026 South Australian election, urging the next Parliament to examine youth gender medicine and protect sex-based rights, including women’s rights and the rights of same-sex attracted people.

We have been made aware of distressing violent attacks targeting gay and bisexual men arranged through dating apps. Homophobia never went away. LGB people continue to be targeted for our sexual orientation through physical violence, online harassment and outing threats used to intimidate and manipulate us.