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 NSW health sector is guided by the goals of keeping people healthy, providing world-class clinical care and delivering truly integrated care. Central to this is a commitment, as outlined in the NSW State Health Plan: Towards 2021 to supporting…
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…
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…
The Australian Government recognises that individuals may identify and be recognised within the community as a gender other than the sex they were assigned at birth or during infancy, or as a gender which is not exclusively male or female.…