The new requirement under “Enhancing Vetting and Combating Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program” introduced under a broader push to strip gender identity from federal policy, is expected to affect trans travellers, migrants and asylum seekers worldwide, including those from Australia’s LGBTIQ+ communities.
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The Trump administration has finalised a US immigration rule requiring all visa applicants to disclose “biological sex at birth.”
The US State Department has confirmed the sex-at-birth requirement will apply to all visa applications.
Immigration sy…
Join us for a special free education session hosted by Pride Cup and Queer Run CBR. This session is for all those involved in organised sport and fitness, whether that's as a leader or member of a club, gym or community group.
Join Queer Run CBR for an inspiring and insightful conversation with Mitch Brown, the AFL’s first openly bisexual male player, as he reflects on his groundbreaking coming out journey and the broader landscape of LGBTQIA+ inclusion in sport.
In a Canberra first, Free-Rain Theatre Company is presenting the internationally celebrated musical & Juliet in 2026. The production boldly asks: What if Juliet’s story didn’t end with Romeo?
Heralding the team’s expansion into live events all across Australia, TRANSGENRE Volume III will take over the UniBar in Kaurna/Adelaide on Saturday May 23, 2026. It’ll be an all-ages event with doors opening at 12pm, and for the first time in the festival’s history, tickets will be FREE!
Once, “Are you a friend of Dorothy?” was a coded question asked in shadows; in Lee Knight’s Oscar-nominated short, it becomes a quiet bridge between generations as Miriam Margolyes’ Dorothy offers a young JJ (Alistair Nwachukwu) not answers, but something rarer – the space to see himself reflected and safe, in a living room filled with books, paintings and unspoken understanding.
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The film centres on an unexpected friendship between elderly widow Dorothy and 17-year-old JJ after his football lands in her garden.
JJ’s silent reaction to a painting of a half‑naked…
The ACT Government is recruiting for the LGBTIQA+ Ministerial Advisory Council. Your voice could help shape the future. We’re looking for a Chair, Deputy Chair, and members (including an identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander position) who are passionate about driving progress for our communities. If you’ve got heart, vision, and a flair for advocacy, we want to hear from you. Applications close 9 am, 7 April 2026
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What the Council Does
We advise the ACT Government on issues affecting LGBTIQA+ communities in the ACT.
The LGBTIQA+ Ministerial Advisory Council (the C…
In the early 1980s, as the AIDS crisis devastated communities and governments turned away, queer people were forced to fight not just for survival, but for dignity. In The Normal Heart, Larry Kramer’s searing and deeply human play, that fight takes centre stage.
“The Normal Heart is a celebration of raising one’s voice and fighting for causes you believe in.” – FUSE Magazine.
The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp increases since 2021 and with each consecutive year. Kansas dealt the most radical blow yet on Feb. 26, 2026, as a law that immediately invalidates state-issued driver’s licenses, identification cards and birth certificates for holders whose gender marker does not match their sex assigned at birth took effect overnight.
