From Blues to Rainbows: The mental health and well-being of gender diverse and transgender young people in Australia, is the culmination of many months of engagement with gender diverse and transgender young people across Australia. Historically, transgender and gender diverse…
The importance of ‘reaching out’ comes up a lot when talking about mental health, and looking after ourselves. It’s something that can be easier said than done though since asking for help and holding space for our mates isn’t something…
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…
Interview with Lived Experience Change Maker and Award Winner, Emily Unity. Channel: @The Lived Experience Podcast
The term “Intersectionality” was first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, who described it as “a lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects.” She published a paper titled “Demarginalizing the Intersection…
Trans Pathways is a mixed-methods, crosssectional online study conducted from February 2016 to August 2016. This research explored the current state of mental health of trans young people living in Australia and the barriers they face in accessing mental health…
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 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,…
