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Welcome to Queerly Different, a news and information resource for LGBTQIA+ people living with disability (whether neurodevleopmental, intellectual or physical) and those with an interest in queer and disability related issues.
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USA: Republicans table record number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in 2025.

#LGBTQIA+ #transgender

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USA: Republicans table record number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in 2025 — Queerly Different
Independent news outlet the 19th has been tracking the record number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills put forward by Republicans in the United States in 2025, with a total of 575 such bills already tabled in ...
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May 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day - May 28.

More than 60% of LGBTQIA+ people will experience some form of domestic, family or intimate partner violence and abuse during their lifetime.

#SeenAndBelieved #LGBTQIA+

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LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day — Queerly Different
More than 60% of LGBTQIA+ people will experience some form of domestic, family or intimate partner violence and abuse during their lifetime. Held annually on 28th May, LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awarene...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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When ‘accessible’ isn’t enough - the gaps in event inclusion.

A disabled and neurodivergent perspective and experience with navigating event spaces.

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Third party blog: When ‘accessible’ isn’t enough - the gaps in event inclusion — Queerly Different
In this blog from People with Disability Australia, Shannon Meilak, a Melbourne-based creative who is disabled and neurodivergent, shares her perspective and experience with navigating event spaces.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Gender-affirming care ban passes US House of Representatives.

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Gender-affirming care ban passes US House of Representatives — Queerly Different
The Trump administration has escalated its attack on the transgender community with the Republican majority House of Representatives passing legislation that will ban federally funded gender-affirming...
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May 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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The latest Social Media Safety Index report from American LGBTQIA+ media advocacy organisation GLAAD has found that the six leading social media platforms are all failing when it comes to providing basic protections for the safety of their queer users.

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Social media giants failing LGBTQIA+ users — Queerly Different
The latest Social Media Safety Index report from American LGBTQIA+ media advocacy organisation GLAAD has found that the six leading social media platforms - TikTok, YouTube, X, and Meta’s Facebook, In...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Grindr is reportedly pursuing members relentlessly for personal details to help train new AI powered features, raising concern amongst privacy advocates and users.

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Beware: Grindr is out to get your personal info — Queerly Different
Public Service Announcement: Grindr is reportedly pursuing members relentlessly for personal details to help train new AI powered features, raising concern amongst privacy advocates and users.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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US stops monitoring violent crime against trans people.

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US stops monitoring violent crime against trans people — Queerly Different
In its ongoing efforts to erase trans people, the Trump administration has reportedly stopped monitoring violence against trans people by removing questions relating to gender identity from federal su...
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May 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Conversion therapy shown to damage not only mental health, but also physical health.

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Conversion therapy shown to damage not only mental health, but also physical health — Queerly Different
The long lasting mental health effects of conversion therapy are well documented, but a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that it also has a demonstrated i...
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May 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Poll shows Americans are increasingly rejecting Trump's anti-trans agenda.

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Poll shows Americans are increasingly rejecting Trump’s anti-trans agenda — Queerly Different
US President Donald Trump’s obsession with rolling back transgender rights and protections is reportedly starting to dent his popularity.
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May 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Disability advocate causes biggest upset of Australian federal election, unseating the now former Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, as the conservative vote takes a battering.

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Disability advocate causes biggest upset of the election — Queerly Different
Disability advocate and former world champion para-athlete, Ali France, has caused the biggest upset of the Australian federal election, winning the Brisbane seat of Dickson from the now former Opposi...
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May 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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US Health Secretary seeks to subject transgender youth to conversion therapy.

#transgender #LGBTQIA+ #USA #ConversionTherapy

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Alarming: US Health Secretary Seeks to Subject Trans Youth to Conversion Therapy — Queerly Different
In alarming news from the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services secretary, has dispensed with decades worth of research and evidence from leading medical or...
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May 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Less than a week out from the federal election, it is being reported that the Albanese Labor government has “dumped” planned reforms aimed at ending discrimination under Commonwealth law, leaving queer teachers & students vulnerable to discrimination.

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ALP backtracks on faith school protections — Queerly Different
Less than a week out from the federal election, it is being reported that the Albanese Labor government has “dumped” planned reforms aimed at ending discrimination under Commonwealth law.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Australia's first ever Deaf Queer Festival.

Melbourne will this weekend play host to Australia’s first Deaf Queer Festival, featuring activities, workshops, performances, panel talks, a family barbecue and Deaf Market.

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Australia’s First Deaf Queer Festival — Queerly Different
Melbourne will this weekend play host to Australia’s first Deaf Queer Festival. Described by the organisers as “A weekend packed with accessible celebration, expression and empowerment for our communi...
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April 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Trump admin has proposed defunding a vital suicide prevention hotline for queer youth in yet another attack on the LGBTQIA+ community. Since 2022, the service has provided crisis services to more than 1.2 million contacts.

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Trump admin proposes defunding suicide prevention hotline for queer youth — Queerly Different
In yet another attack on the LGBTQIA+ community, the Trump administration has proposed ceasing all funding for a suicide prevention hotline that specifically provides support to LGBTQIA+ youth.
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April 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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At a time when transgender rights are under attack around the world, more than 120 candidates in the upcoming Australian federal election have signed the Trans Justice Pledge, committing them to protect trans healthcare and other rights.

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More than 120 election candidates sign pledge to advance transgender rights — Queerly Different
At a time when transgender rights are under attack around the world, including in Australia, more than 120 candidates in the upcoming federal election have signed the Trans Justice Pledge.
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April 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Populist NZ party introduces Gender Bill to parliament to define men and women by their biology and thus preventing transgender people from being legally recognised.

#LGBTQIA+ #transgender #newzealand

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Populist party in NZ introduces Gender Bill — Queerly Different
Less than a week after the UK Supreme Court declared that the term “woman” refers exclusively to biological sex assigned at birth, the populist New Zealand First party, which forms part of the country...
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April 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Latest Queerly Different Blog: The Challenges of Finding & Maintaining Employment When You're Autistic.

#autism #employment

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The challenges of finding & maintaining employment when you’re autistic — Queerly Different
It’s no secret that many of us with autism struggle to hold down a job, if we can even get one to begin with. It would seem that, at almost every step of the way, we are set up to fail. This blog ex...
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April 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Spreading the hate: US tells UK to repeal hate speech laws or lose trade deal.

#LGBTQIA+ #hatespeech #USA #UK

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Spreading the hate: US tells UK to repeal hate speech laws or lose trade deal — Queerly Different
US vice president JD Vance is reportedly demanding that the UK repeals its hate speech laws, including those protecting the LGBTQIA+ community and other minority groups from hateful comments, if it wa...
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April 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Trans woman allegedly turned away from US hotel because "people like you can't stay here".

#LGBTQIA+ #transgender #USA

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Trans woman allegedly turned away from US hotel because “people like you can’t stay here” — Queerly Different
A trans woman in the US has allegedly been denied her reservation at an Extended Stay America hotel, with the hotel clerk reportedly telling the woman that her reservation was cancelled because “peopl...
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April 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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It's 2025 and in Australia people with disability can still legally be paid below the minimum wage and as little as $3 an hour.

#disability #downsyndrome #australia #employment

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Video: In Australia, it’s still legal to pay people with disabilities less than the minimum wage — Queerly Different
It’s 2025 and in Australia people with disability can still be paid less than the minimum wage. Advocates are trying to get the major parties to change this.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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One of the big surprises from the Rainbow Votes Forum was Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg confirming that if elected the LNP will implement Labor's National Action Plan for LGBTQIA+ health. Never saw that coming!

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Politicians vie for the queer vote at Rainbow Votes Forum — Queerly Different
Politicians from the ALP, LNP, Greens and the so-called “teal independents” pitched their respective parties to queer voters at the Rainbow Votes Election Forum in Sydney on Tuesday night.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes because of Trump's freeze on foreign aid, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

#Trump #USA #Africa #HIV/AIDS

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Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes due to Trump’s foreign aid cuts — Queerly Different
A new study published in The Lancet reveals that nearly 500,000 children are at risk of dying from AIDS-related causes by 2030 if the Trump administration doesn’t restart the PEPFAR programs it cut af...
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April 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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A non-verbal autistic teen, who also had cerebral palsy, has died after being shot repeatedly by police in the US state of Idaho earlier this month.

#autism #cerebralpalsy #disability #USA #police

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Autistic teen dies after being shot by Idaho police — Queerly Different
A non-verbal autistic teen, who also had cerebral palsy, has died after being shot repeatedly by police in the US state of Idaho earlier this month.
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April 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Trump's foreign aid freeze is leading to a worsening of the HIV crisis in Africa.

#Trump #LGBTQIA+ #HIV #USA #Africa

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Trump’s foreign aid freeze is leading to a worsening of the HIV crisis in Africa — Queerly Different
US President Donald Trump’s freeze on almost all foreign aid is being felt hardest by some of the most vulnerable communities in some of the world’s poorest nations and threatens to deepen the HIV cri...
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April 13, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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A non-binary, disabled candidate has been trolled with homophobic, transphobic and hateful comments on social media following announcement of their candidacy for the upcoming federal election.

#LGBTQIA+ #disability #auspol

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Non-binary, disabled candidate trolled after announcing candidacy — Queerly Different
Avery Howard, a non-binary and disabled candidate, was trolled with homophobic, transphobic and hateful comments following their announcement that they would be contesting the upcoming federal electio...
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April 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM