Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people Experiences and issues for LGBTI people in Australia. One of the short Face the Facts reports on human rights and diversity in Australia from the Australian Human Rights Commission
'Trapped between my culture and sexuality' A video in which LGBT Australians from ethnic minorities explain their feelings about their identities and about the national marriage vote. BBC News, 28 Sep 2017.
*Jake's story of being gay in rural Australia from Reach Out.com, "When I heard comments like ‘Oh, that’s gay’ or ‘Ha! Gaaaaaay!’ being used in everyday conversation, I think I got scared. I didn’t know that when people used these sorts of terms they were just trying to be funny, or were quoting TV shows."
*LGBTI Aboriginal people – diversity at the margins from Criative Spitirs, Aug 2020. "Being transgender in remote Aboriginal communities often means going against strictly observed cultural practices defined by, and for, male and female gender roles. "
*Michael's Story - All Of Us from Minus 18, Coming out story of the young student in Melbourne.
*LGBT Australians share their coming out stories, 2019. from News.com.au. The fearless coming out stories of four different individuals who are proud of who they are and where they've come from.
LGBT Rights in Australia from Equaldex
LGBT Rights in Australia Statistics from EQAULDEX, a collaborative LGBT knowledge base
LGBT rights in Australia, Wikipedia
How far Australia has come — is it far enough? "it’s clear we’ve come a long way in our attitudes to gay people. The vast majority of us support marriage equality and most also think same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt. But there’s one real cause for concern. As many as one in five Australians believe homosexuality is “immoral”." news.com.au, 5 Mar 2016
Australia's heated same-sex marriage debate Twenty years after Tasmania became the last remaining Australian state to decriminalise male homosexuality, the country is having its say on same-sex marriage.BBC News, 27 Sep 2017.
Resilient Individuals: Sexual Orientation Gender Identity & Intersex Rights 2015 A recent report that includes discussion of SOGII rights and religious issues, discrimination, realtionship and family issues, health issues, education, trans and gender diverse people, Aboriginal and Torres Straits islander peoples and legal issues. Australian Human Rights Council, 2015. Download pdf of "Resilient Individuals: Sexual Orientation Gender Identity & Intersex Rights 2015" (6.91 MB)
Census will allow Australians to identify as 'other' for both sex and gender The 2016 standard for sex and gender variables, released on 2 February, allows respondents to identify their biological sex and their gender identity as either male, female or “other”. Guardian, 4 Feb 2016.
*Sydney Pride Festival Page for Event Information, 2020
*Marriage equality was momentous, but there is still much to do to progress LGBTI+ rights in Australia from The Conversation, Mar 2019. This article includes the information about legal and health rights of sexual minorities in Australia.