A 2021 survey led by Mission Australia and Orygen on Australian youths has found around half, or 50 percent of those surveyed, found their mental health was affected by the pandemic, with high lockdown states such as New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria having the highest reports of adverse mental health. Victorian youths, who experienced…

Australian supermarket giant Coles has announced it will allow trans and gender-diverse staff to take up to 10 days of paid gender affirmative leave in a bid to promote gender diversity. The move came on Wednesday, one day after International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. On Wednesday, David Brewster, Coles Chief Legal and Safety…

Changing words like ‘women’ and ‘mothers’ to gender-inclusive terms like ‘vagina owners’ or ‘birthers’ in medical research has the potential to dehumanise women and diminish the importance of the mother-child relationship, leading researchers have said. In an opinion article officially published in the journal Frontiers in Global Women’s Health on Feb. 7, 10 women’s health…