“I’ve said it before but I used to go to trans clubs. That’s where I learnt to do my hair and make-up. I would sit down as a little freckled-faced red-headed girl and they would make me beautiful.”
For the first time, Australians aged 16 and over are being asked optional questions about sexual orientation and gender, alongside a question on sex recorded at birth.
This matters because communities that are not counted are too easily ignored in health policy, housing, education, aged care and mental health services.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (photo) has joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general urging a federal court to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), warning that the case threatens both transgender healthcare and medical freedom more broadly.
