Australia with LGBTQ positive census (and other transgender news)

Australia: Census asks about gender and sexual orientation for first time to help fill LGBTQ+ community data gaps

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.

On the increasing use of morality to deny transgender people their place in normative society

A Rehoboth-area bar and its owner were found to have violated Delaware’s anti-discrimination law for a second time.

Harry Potter star tries to separate JK Rowling from the franchise and people are fuming

Bel Powley Says She “Strongly Disagrees” With J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Despite Taking Role in Harry Potter Reboot

Australia: Help the intersex population be counted on the Census in the future

UK: Broadcast regulator Ofcom has launched investigations into anti-LGBTQ+ attacks on GB News following complaints by Good Law Project and 15,000 members of the public.

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Bev Craig, refuses to endorse ‘guidance’ restricting trans access to public facilities

UK: Police officer sacked and added to ‘barred list’ after making anti-trans comments

Trans pregnancy drama by Kolkata filmmaker to premiere at 2026 Toronto International Film Festival

Edinburgh Council condemns EHRC single-sex code in new report
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