This study of gender diverse and transgender young people reveals high rates of depression, suicidal thoughts and anxiety. Introduction This report is the culmination of many months of engagement across Australia with young people aged between 14 and 25 who have shared their thoughts, understandings, experiences, hopes and dreams with us through an online survey...

Large scale gay and lesbian events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras are major international festivals with considerable tourist attendance. Good order and goodwill are emphasised as positive aspects of the events, but an internet survey of participants shows that there is an undercurrent of hostility, abuse and unreported violence, particularly after...

Women and men may differ in their propensity to choose a risky outcome because of innate preferences or because their innate preferences are modified by pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes. Single-sex environments are likely to modify students’ risk-taking preferences in economically important ways. To test this, the authors of this paper conducted a controlled experiment...

Whilst there has been considerable progress in the human rights of sexual and gender minorities in recent decades, this report highlights the extent to which significant inequalities persist, particularly in respect of relationship recognition.

This paper is a summary of the discussion at a roundtable on gender and the brain held on 4 August 2004 at City West Campus of the University of South Australia, Adelaide, presented by Adelaide Thinkers in Residence and the Office for Women, South Australia. The guest of honour at the roundtable was Baroness Professor...