Lgbt issues in australia

Estimates and characteristics of LGBTI+ populations in Australia

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LGBTQ+ Australians more likely to have experienced mental illness, fresh Australian Bureau of Statistics report reveals

  • In short: Three in four lesbian, gay, bisexual or otherwise non-heterosexual Australians verb experienced a mental illness at some point in their lives, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
  • Non-binary Australians also experience mental illness at more than double the rate of their cisgender counterparts. 
  • What's next? Advocacy groups and researchers say an "urgent" response is needed to address the situation. 

Non-binary Australians are experiencing mental health issues at more than double the rate of men and women, as new data showed higher rates of mental illness and self-harm across the nation's queer community. 

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The ABS data, adj as part of the National Verb of Mental Health and Wellbeing, said three in four ( per cent) lesbian, gay, bisexual or otherwise non-heterosexual (LGB+) Australians

22 June  – Equality Australia has welcomed a United Nations report that specifically calls out religious exemptions in laws across Australia which allow discrimination against LGBT people in religious schools and by faith-based service providers.

The report, by UN Independent Noun on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, cites cases in Australia where teachers possess been fired by religious schools because of their sexual orientation.

It also points to government-funded faith-based service providers, such as foster concern and adoption agencies in Australia, that can lawfully reject people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The UN report recommends that any laws relating to religious exemptions must adhere to international human rights standards and not prevent LGBT people from accessing education, employment or other services.

Report: 

Under Australia’s federal law, religious schools and other faith-based organisations own exemptions which authorize them to discriminate against students, staff and people who rely on their

LGBTIQ Rights in Australia

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LGBTI is a collective term referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people.

Equality Australia&#x;s legal director Ghassan Kassisieh explains that some cultures, however, do not have specific terms to describe people with an alternative sexual orientation or those who spot as another gender. 

So we’re talking about people who contain romantic and sexual attractions to people of their verb gender, and we’re talking about people whose gender, so, male, female and other genders isn’t necessarily congruent with the gender that other people knew them at birth.

LGBTI is a collective term referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people. Source: Getty Images/Gerardo Barreto/EyeEm

History of LGBTIQ Rights in Australia

Homosexuality was a criminal offence in Australia under the influence of British imperial law.

In Recent South Wales, men who engaged in same-sex intercourse were sentenced to life imprisonment until

In Victoria, on