2024 has been an eventful year for many, including when it comes to the rights of lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Australia. This list recaps three of the year’s lowest points, followed by three of its greatest moments.

The Victorian Government plans to introduce new anti-vilification protections for protected attributes, including "sexual orientation", "sex" and "gender identity".

LGB Alliance Australia holds deep concerns about crimes and anti-social behaviour directed at individuals on the basis of same-sex attraction. We agree that more should be done to promote social cohesion and support victimised individuals.

Last weekend there was a trans only event held in Melbourne and we’re trying to work out why the TQ can have their own events but the LGB can’t have single-sex events. We wrote to Minister Shing to see if we can get an answer.

We recently wrote a submission to the UN Human Rights Council resolution 52/12 - mental health. You can read it here.

One of our researchers has found that none of these state or territory governments allocated any grants in recent years to community initiatives specifically for lesbian, gay and/or bisexual individuals.  

The decision in the Tickle vs Giggle case shows the disappointing failure of the amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act.

We have written to the Attorney General about the failings of the Sex Discrimination Act on sex based rights.

The Lesbian Action Group are going to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal against the Australian Human Rights Commission who rejected their application for a single sex exemption.

Victoria's Review of Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act 2021 has come up for a 2-year statutory review.

LGB Alliance Australia has written to Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes reiterating our reservations about the law, asking that the findings of the review be made public, and urging that the reviewers give full and meaningful consideration to the many significant developments since 2021.

We were part of a joint submission to the World Health Organization. Read the submission here.

The Free Speech Union have offered LGB Alliance Australia members 50% off events held in Sydney with Toby Young in July.

Where has all the lesbian space gone? Join The Lesbian Club here.

LGB Alliance Australia contributed to the review of Australia's Online Safety Act 2021, highlighting four concerns: the impact of smartphones and social media on children who may grow up to be LGB adults; the use of "hate speech" laws to silence discussions on biological sex; the misuse of the adult cyber abuse reporting scheme to suppress references to biological sex; and the disappointing messaging about LGB Australians in eSafety public resources.

Find out more about our new community events, opportunities for volunteering and free training workshops.

Read our interview with the comedian and writer Graham Linehan during his recent sell-out tour of Australia.

LGB Alliance Australia is profoundly shocked by the recent decision of Cumberland City Council to ban books depicting same-sex parenting from its library collections.

LGB Alliance Australia has recently written the following letter and have sent it to every politician in Australia. Read our letter here.

Sarah Morgan did a fabulous job representing LGB Alliance Australia at the NSW Equality Bill Public Hearing yesterday.

We want to encourage you to find out more about the Cass Review so you can have a conversation with anyone that might be open to understanding more about how this affects LGB youth.