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Independent Allegra Spender is seeking support for her amendment from both the government and opposition.

Last-ditch push to beef up hate speech laws in wake of antisemitic attacks

Independent MP Allegra Spender is pushing to restore bans on vilification to hate speech legislation to be discussed in parliament this week.

  • David Crowe

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The Fresh Rollerskaters ready to glide through St Kilda during Midsumma Pride March on Sunday.

Sun, sweat, sequins: Midsumma Pride March hits milestone

After a bruising week for gender diverse communities around the world, Melbourne’s LGBTQ community has celebrated in style during the annual Pride March.

  • Ashleigh McMillan
The treatment of children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria is back in the news following the closure of a prominent gender clinic in the UK.

Puberty blockers and treatments for trans youth under review

The federal government has ordered the review to come up with new guidelines for the treatment of trans and gender diverse children.

  • Michael Bachelard and Mike Foley
President Donald Trump, pictured here on Air Force One on Monday, has moved to ban transgender people from the US military.

Trump moves to ban transgender people from US military

The commander-in-chief’s order declared that “expressing a false ‘gender identity’ … cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service”.

  • Michael Koziol
Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich

MP accuses NSW Police of leaking ‘confidential details’

Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich is concerned the leak will discourage members of the LGBTQ community from reporting hate speech.

  • Michael McGowan
US President Donald Trump listens to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. “Not too exciting,” he said.

What to know about Trump’s ‘two-sex’ executive order

Donald Trump said his gender-related executive orders were aimed at ending efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life”.

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Magicians Penn & Teller perform at Hamer Hall, January 21, 2025.

Stranger than Trump? Penn & Teller provide the best performance art of the day

In a tour celebrating their golden jubilee, the duo showed a packed Hamer Hall exactly why their act is so enduring and beloved.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Protesters confront police last February.

Victoria Police withdraws from Midsumma Pride March

Police announced their decision after organisers banned participants from wearing formal work uniforms following violence at last year’s event.

  • Lachlan Abbott and Cassandra Morgan
Donald Trump is on the cusp of a second term.

Lights, camera, Village People: Excitement on the eve of Trump’s inauguration and day one orders

Donald Trump’s second inauguration foreshadows a promised crackdown on the US-Mexico border, pardons for partisan supporters and the end of diversity policies in government.

  • Farrah Tomazin and Michael Koziol
The Village People on the street, though not in the gutter, in 1980.

So Y.M.C.A. is not a gay anthem? You could have fooled us queer folk

He voted Democrat, but the songwriter says he and Village People may even perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday.

  • Gary Nunn

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