Without even realising it, your world sometimes gradually gets smaller: less walking, fewer days in the office, cancelling on friends. Watching plans disintegrate on the chat as friends struggle to settle on a date or place for a catch-up. You might start to feel a bit flat or disconnected. Subtle changes in habit and mood take hold. Could you be … lonely?

The United States, long viewed as a global leader in democracy and human rights, has been added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, a list reserved for countries experiencing significant declines in civil liberties. This development, which unfolded in March 2025 under President Donald Trump’s second term, sends ripples far beyond America’s borders, including through Australia’s own LGBTIQ communities.

The high-profile legal battle between Sall Grover, founder of the Lesbian women-only social media app Giggle for Girls, and transgender woman Roxanne Tickle entered a new phase today, as Grover’s appeal against Tickle’s gender discrimination victory commenced in the Full Federal Court.

Gender clinics provide multidisciplinary care that helps trans people to explore and affirm their gender identity. The number of adolescents referred to gender clinics has increased worldwide in recent years, especially among those who were assigned female at birth.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, turns 90 this week – a milestone that’s reigniting speculation over his eventual successor. While the Dalai Lama is the face of Buddhism to many people across the world, he is actually the head of just one tradition within Tibetan Buddhism known as the Gelug school. Tibetans believe the Dalai Lama to be the manifestation of Avalokiteśvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, and the “one who hears the cries of the world”. Avalokiteśvara is prayed to across Asia, and is known as Chenrezig in Tibet, Guanyin in China, and Kannon or Kanzeon in Japan. A statue…

Kings Beach has served as a vital sanctuary for queer communities for at least fifty years, with documented gay activity dating back to the 1930s. The beach played a particularly poignant role during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, hosting memorials and serving as the final resting place for the ashes of many who died during the epidemic.

The number of Americans identifying as queer has reached an unprecedented high, with 9.3% of US adults identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual in 2024, according to the latest Gallup poll recently released.

The unprecedented turnout transformed what was intended as a silent celebration into a powerful mass protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s escalating crackdown on people's rights and democratic freedoms.

Earlier this year, the Northern Territories Country Liberal Party (CLP) announced it would repeal key vilification protections under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992, which would have left Territorians exposed to hate speech targeting attributes such as sexuality, gender identity, race, and religion. The move sparked an immediate backlash in the community.

The federal government announced a $10 million commitment to make Medicare more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ Australians. It aims to improve access to “inclusive, culturally safe primary care” through training and accreditation for GPs, nurses and other health-care providers.

  San Francisco once again transformed its iconic Market Street into a radiant symbol of LGBTIQ+ pride, as the world’s largest rainbow laser flag returned for Pride Weekend 2025.