Australasian Society for HIV Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), March 2025 The Doxy-PEP Decision Making Tool supports prescribing doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) to gay and bisexual men and transgender women at increased risk of syphilis. Suitable patients include those with recent syphilis or other STI diagnoses, periods of increased risk, or who wish to protect...
SHINE SA Media Release: Support for Calls for Inclusion of Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics, and Sexual Orientation in the 2026 Census Posted on September 4, 2024 “All of us count, and all of us should be counted” SHINE SA supports the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) proposal to include three essential topics—gender, innate variations of sex characteristics, and sexual...
ABC & Australian Institute of Criminology, 10th July 2024 More than one in five Australians have admitted to inflicting acts of sexual violence since the age of 18, in shocking figures released by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). A survey of 5,000 anonymous Australians aged between 18 and 45 has revealed almost 10 per cent had perpetrated sexual violence in the past 12 months...
COTA SA, June 2024 Rainbow rights are human rights, and this toolkit identifies how older LGBTI+ community members can understand and action their rights, as well as providing information to the people who are part of their choices, supports and care. COTA SA has partnered with the South Australian Government’s Office for Ageing Well to develop this resource and build awareness of state...
June 2024, eSafety Commissioner (Australia) ‘Tipping the balance: LGBTIQ+ teens’ experiences negotiating connection, self-expression and harm online’ is based on the experiences of 305 Australian young people aged 14 to 17, who identified as LGBTIQ+. This research explores the online experiences of LGBTIQ+ teens and how they negotiate connection, express themselves and deal with harm...
Reininger, K.M., Koulen, H., Biel, H.M. et al. A Pilot Study of Metacognitive Training in U.S. Republican Leaners: Reducing Polarization Toward LGBTIQ+ Persons. Arch Sex Behav 53, 1609–1620 (2024). Negative attitudes and stigmatization toward sexual minorities is a cause of minority stress of non-heterosexual persons on an individual level and has a negative impact on democratic coexistence in...