Review of ‘Over the Rainbow - A challenge to cancel culture’
Edited by Drew Hutton and Libby Connors, this new collection from Spinifex brings together fourteen chapters from Australian and overseas writers. They cover community, therapy, theory, society, politics and law, and together they trace how gender ideology reshaped a lesbian and gay movement, captured institutions, and made its way into Australian law.
Tasmania's Conversion Bill: Who's Left Exposed?
Tasmania's Conversion Practices Prohibition Bill was expanded after public consultation.
One addition was never put to the public: it rewrites sexual orientation from same-sex to "same gender", and it leaves counsellors exposed.
Have Your Say: Medicare Funding for Gender Surgery
The Medical Services Advisory Committee is consulting on Application 1754, which seeks around 30 new Medicare items for gender surgeries in adults. LGB Alliance Australia has recommended MSAC decline the listing.
If you want to share your views or have been personally affected, the survey is open until 9 October 2026.
Melbourne Sundays: A Year of Community
What started as one Sunday afternoon conversation has become a year of lively, affirming gatherings for lesbians and gay men in Melbourne. Here's what we've found, and how to join us.
Detrans Hub has launched!
Detrans Hub's official account is live and their website is on the way. If you know desisters or detransitioners, let them know there are people to connect with.
Ipsos LGBT+ Pride Report for 2026 Now Available
Ipsos's 2026 Pride Report shows Australian support for same-sex marriage fell from 79% to 71% in a year, while backing for key transgender policies stays low. We argue that bundling LGB rights with gender identity is costing same-sex attracted Australians hard-won support.
Is Biological Sex a Spectrum?
Is Sex Really a Spectrum?
When people say "sex is a spectrum", they often blur biological sex with identity, expression or social expectations. Those may vary. Biological sex doesn't follow.
Sex is marked by which gametes a body is organised to produce: eggs or sperm. There are no gametes that are 70 per cent sperm and 30 per cent egg.
If sex were a spectrum, I could ask a dog breeder for a puppy that's 65 per cent male. Nobody does, and we all know why.
Nicole Mowbray Puts Lesbian Freedom of Association on the National Agenda
LGB Alliance Australia would like to thank Nicole Mowbray and the ABC for the opinion piece "Why should lesbians need government permission to gather?", published on 14 July 2026. Nicole is a founding member of LGB Alliance Australia and the spokeswoman for the Lesbian Action Group, on whose behalf she wrote.