LGB Alliance Australia on Plasma Donation Reform
LGB Alliance Australia welcomes the long-overdue reform to blood and plasma donation policy.
Discrimination never protected the blood supply - robust screening and medical integrity do.
LGB Alliance Australia Responds to Minister’s Gender Parity Announcement
LGB Alliance Australia notes Minister Katy Gallagher’s announcement on Australia’s improved gender parity ranking. However, we remain deeply concerned by the government’s refusal to define “woman” by biological sex and its continued endorsement of policies that misrepresent homosexuality.
NSW anti-discrimination law: will proposed changes help or harm LGB people?
The NSW Law Reform Commission is reviewing the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Some of their proposed changes would help strengthen protections for LGB individuals - others raise serious concerns.
Family Court Lifts Anonymity in Gender Medicine Case, Prompting National Call to Action
LGB Alliance Australia welcomes the decision by Justice Andrew Strum to vary the pseudonym order in a Family Law Court judgment, allowing the identification of Dr Michelle Telfer and the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (RCH).
Interview with Nicole Mowbray about lesbian and single-sex spaces.
One of our founders recently had a conversation with Derrick Jensen about the erosion of women’s rights and single-sex spaces.
Mental Health Curriculum Framework for Undergraduate Health Degrees
LGB Alliance Australia took part in the Australian Government’s “Public Consultation on an Emerging Mental Health Curriculum Framework for Undergraduate Health Degrees”.
The right to education for LGB Australians
Our submission to the U.N. Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity in response to a call for input on 'The human right to education and the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.'
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons apply to Medicare to have adult trans patient consultations and surgical procedures subsidised.
The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons has applied to the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MASC) to have adult trans patient consultations and surgeries subsidised by Medicare.