LGBTIQ+
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Gay community
LGBT
LGBTIQ
LGBTQIA
Rainbow community
Sexual minorities
Homosexuality
Sexual identity
LGBTQI
NARROWER TERMS
Report
Reporting of dating app facilitated sexual violence to the police: victim-survivor experiences and outcomes
This study examines experiences of victim-survivors who reported in-person to the police about online sexual harassment and violence perpetrated by someone they met on an online dating platform.
Report
The state of diversity, equity and inclusion in Australian workplaces
The ethical and business cases for diversity, equity and inclusion are well known across Australian workplaces. This report argues that there is an ethical, legal, economic and labour market imperative to creating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces in Australia.
Report
‘Can’t you girls work this out?’: LGBTQ+ victim-survivors’ experiences of Victoria’s family violence intervention order system
This report examines the experiences of LGBTQ+ family violence victim-survivors with Victoria’s family violence intervention order system.
Report
The voices of LGBTQIA+ young people in NSW 2022
The Advocate for Children and Young People conducted face to face and online consultations with 233 LGBTQIA+ identifying young people over a six month period. This report shares their experiences on what is and is not working well for them, and what changes they would...
Report
Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability: a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys
This report, commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission, finds that LGBTQA+ people with disability experience higher rates of violence and abuse due to their gender or sexual orientation.
Report
Defining and identifying hate motives: bias indicators for the Australian context
This report presents bias indicators for the Australian context and discusses their concept, uses, benefits and risks. The bias indicators presented are the result of extensive consultations with local experts, including academics and practitioners working in law enforcement agencies, government and non-government organisations and community...
Report
Dalarinji - 'Your story': community roadmaps
This report sets out key findings from a project investigating the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of Indigenous LGBTIQ+ people in New South Wales.
Report
Manifesto for sex-positive social media
This publication sets out guiding principles that platforms, governments, policy-makers and other stakeholders ought to take into account in their design, moderation and regulation practices. It builds upon the generative work currently underway with the proliferation of alternative, independent collectives and cooperatives, who are designing...
Working paper
The inclusion of LGBTQI+ students across education systems: an overview
This paper provides a brief history of how the LGBTQI+ population has often been misunderstood, in order to understand the educational challenges faced by students who identify as a part of this population.
Report
Sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices
In the course of preparing this report, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute received and accepted evidence that conversion practices are happening in Tasmania. The report authors assert that they have caused severe harm to people subjected to them, and that they are a continuing risk...
Report
Intersectional complexities of coercive control
Through investigating the existing data and literature around those groups disproportionately represented as victim-survivors of coercive control and those who experience specific controlling behaviours, this paper explores the intersectional complexities of coercive control experiences and the potential barriers to seeking support in Australia.
Policy
Equality and justice for all
This policy statement outlines The Greens' policy position on human rights, violence prevention and gender equality.
Blog post
Identity matters: sexual identity in Australia
This article provides some statistics on sexual identity in Australia.
Report
Young women’s report 2022
This report's findings emphasise the prevalence of violence and abuse in young people’s lives, along with the inadequacy of institutional responses to violence against young women and non-binary people.
Strategy
Pride in our future: Victoria’s LGBTIQ+ strategy 2022–32
Victoria’s first whole-of-government LGBTIQ+ strategy provides the vision and plan to drive equality and inclusion for Victoria’s LGBTIQ+ communities within all aspects of government work over the next decade.
Report
Involved from the beginning
This is the final report from Women with Disabilities ACT’s 2021 'COVID-19 Outreach Project.' Findings demonstrate that women with disabilities in the ACT have experienced an exacerbation of pre-existing disadvantage.
Report
Ensuring health and bodily integrity: towards a human rights approach for people born with variations in sex characteristics
The publication of this report is the culmination of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s project about protecting the human rights of people born with variations in sex characteristics in the context of medical interventions.
Report
Community-led culture-centered prevention of family violence and sexual violence
This report presents findings from research into the primary prevention needs of diverse communities to address family violence and sexual violence (FVSV).
Report
Negotiating multiple identities: intersecting identities among Māori, Pacific, rainbow and disabled young people
In this report, the authors use Youth19 data to explore the wellbeing of Aotearoa New Zealand secondary school students with multiple social identities.
Report
Breaking the Silence
This summary report presents the key findings of a state-wide survey completed by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, living in Western Australia and identifying as LGBTIQ+.
Report
Social media insights from sexuality and gender diverse young people during COVID-19
This report outlines the findings from a qualitative study of sexuality and gender diverse young people and their use of social media platforms.
Report
Healthy relationships and consent: through the lens of Rainbow identifying youth
The report explores the needs of the New Zealand Rainbow community in relation to intimate partner sexual violence.
Report
Free2Be... Yet?: The second national study of Australian high school students who identify as gender and sexuality diverse
This report details the findings from a second nationwide survey of gender and sexuality diverse Australian secondary school students. Where possible, the research generates comparisons across the two studies to investigate shifting trends.
Fact sheet
Trends in unwanted digital communications regarding sexual orientation in New Zealand
This document compares annual trends regarding the prevalence of unwanted digital communications based on participants’ sexual orientation.
Report
Report of the Inquiry into anti‑vilification protections
This report recommends that the Victorian government explore options to address online vilification, and makes some additional recommendations to improve Victoria’s anti-vilification laws.