In 2021 FDPN ran the first Australia-wide survey to comprehensively capture the experiences of displacement and settlement of LGBTIQ+ forcibly displaced people. The aim of this survey was to collect information about the experiences and barriers of LGBTIQA+ forcibly displaced…
Amputee Crystal Love Johnson set for stage comeback after long battle with diabetes. Channel: @ABC News
The effects of homophobia in Arabic-speaking communities in New South Wales. In 2003, the NSW Attorney General’s Department (AGD) released its landmark report on homophobic hostilities and violence against lesbians and gay men, You Shouldn’t Have to Hide to be…
In 1998, the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University conducted Writing Themselves In, the first ever national survey of same-sex attracted young people in Australia. The research highlighted the marginalisation of same-sex attracted…
This report documents the effects of systemic discrimination on the health and wellbeing of LGBTI people with disability. It is divided into two key sections (Sections 4 and 5). The first reviews the national and international research and policy literatures…
This report presents findings from secondary analyses regarding respondents who reported having a disability or a long-term health condition from two national surveys. These surveys were: Writing Themselves In 4, which focused on the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay,…
Carpenter, M. The “Normalization” of Intersex Bodies and “Othering” of Intersex Identities in Australia. Bioethical Inquiry 15, 487–495 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-018-9855-8
An emerging area of enquiry in the development and humanitarian sectors is the intersectionality of people with disabilities and diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in development and humanitarian contexts. This paper shares the findings…
