Five Perth teenagers have been sentenced to jail terms of up to two years and two months after orchestrating a series of violent homophobic attacks using the gay dating app Grindr to lure victims to isolated locations. 

The U.S. underwear brand Andrew Christian will be closing its operations after nearly thirty years in the fashion business. 47 year old designer Andrew Christian has announced his retirement and revealed that his attempts to sell the business have been unsuccessful so far.

The number of Americans identifying as queer has reached an unprecedented high, with 9.3% of US adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024, according to the latest Gallup poll recently released.

The lifting of blood donation restrictions will see over 600,000+ Australians now eligible to give blood. From July, gay, bisexual and transgender Australians will be eligible to give blood.

The American Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025 annual meeting, however, neither of those issues took up as much time as controversial social issues, including the denomination’s stance on same-sex marriage.

The long-criticised Gender Reassignment Board has been officially abolished, streamlining the process for changing sex or gender on birth certificates and marking a significant milestone for LGBTIQ rights in the state.

Under the orders of US President Trump, the United States military has begun the removal of up to 1,000+ transgender service members following a Supreme Court decision that allows the government to enforce its ban on transgender individuals serving in the armed forces. 

Are you ready for a happier, healthier you? Andreas Anthony creates a path for achieving an authentic life in these challanging times. Living authentically is not a destination or a thing to do but a continuous journey of honesty, self-discovery and growth.

In 2016, one of us (Kath) attended New Normal, a conference in London which opposed LGBT+ rights, including lesbian parenting and gender recognition. As a lesbian parent, I was upset by what was said – and by the way people stood to applaud speakers who warned of the dangers of parents like me, while mentioning the need to “protect children”. Pseudonyms are used in this article; interviewees who asked for their real names to be used are asterisked. Yet that conference also opened my eyes to my – and perhaps, many other people’s – lack of understanding of what it can mean to stand against…

A new study led by Monash University researchers has revealed how thoughtful video game design can help create gender euphoria for transgender people, offering new pathways to joy, identity affirmation and inclusive design. Recently presented at the prestigious ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’25) in Japan, the research identified key themes and patterns to support game designers in understanding how particular combinations of design choices can be a source of trans joy and identity affirmation. The study was conducted by four game design experts, whose lived…

Nestled in the Broken Head Nature Reserve, this idyllic cove has long been a safe space for queer connection. But today, the freedom that defined Kings Beach is under threat, sparking concern and activism within the LGBTIQ+ community.