2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1531+ words) Australians’ life expectancy has increased steadily over time but dropped during the COVID pandemic, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The report – Australia’s Health 2026 – shows life expectancy for a boy born…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (656+ words) Are you straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual or another sexual orientation? The census wants to know. Here’s why....

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (957+ words) Despite media networks’ and streamers’ unsteady support for queer characters on TV, a few series have broken through the mainstream to demonstrate the impact that rich, explicitly queer-focused stories can have on viewers. One of them, “Heartstopper,” has been particularly…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (624+ words) The landmark case, known as Tickle v Giggle, has been going for years. Today the Federal Court found transgender woman Roxanne Tickle had been discriminated against....

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (736+ words) Amanda Siegrist does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Coastal Carolina University provides funding as…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (975+ words) care for minors remains legal as of May 2026. Yet news coverage and political rhetoric have left many families...discontinued certain forms of gender-affirming medical care for minors. This includes puberty blockers...families believe possible, shaping how parents make medical decisions…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (808+ words) Nearly 16% of people changed their sexual identity over a 12-year period, according to a new study I conducted with my colleagues, involving around 35,000 residents of Stockholm County. This challenges long-held beliefs about sexual identity being largely fixed. Between 2010 and 2021, we…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (696+ words) banning gender-affirming care even though major U.S. medical professional associations oppose such bans and...Colordo ban on conversion therapy aligns with leading medical associations. Chiles sued Colorado to invalidate...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (386+ words) After backlash from the LGBTQIA+ community, the government agreed to include gender and sexual orientation questions in the new census. So why not intersex?...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (927+ words) Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Damien O'Meara does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their…...