TranslateLGBTIQA+ data, research and stories
Data and research
Private Lives 3 (2020)
Private Lives 3 is a national survey of the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people. It was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The survey provides vital information for health professionals, service providers, community organisations and governments to better understand and support the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people in Australia.
Download the Private Lives 3 National Report
Writing Themselves In 4 (2021)
Writing Themselves 4 is a survey of LGBTQA+ people aged 14 to 21 about their experiences with education, homelessness, harassment, assault, mental health, community connections and more. It was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University, with support from Rainbow Health Victoria and Rainbow Network.
Download the Writing Themselves In 4 National Report
Mental health and suicide prevention statistics
Although many LGBTIQA+ Australians live healthy and happy lives, research has shown that a disproportionate number experience poorer mental health outcomes and have higher risk of suicidal behaviours than their peers.
View the statistics on the LGBTIQA+ Health Australia website
Recognising and addressing the mental health needs of the LGBTIQA+ population
This position statement provides an overview of issues relevant to mental health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer/questioning (LGBTIQA+) people in Australia and New Zealand, and makes recommendations for enhancing the mental health sector’s responsiveness to their needs.
Read the full statement on the RANZCP website
The Tasmania Project: What wellbeing means for LGBTIQ Tasmanians (2021)
A report by the University of Tasmania on what wellbeing means for LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians.
Bisexual mental health: 'Findings from the 'Who I Am' study' (2019)
A cross-sectional survey was completed by 2651 adults living in Australia who had bisexual attraction, identity and/or experience. Despite consistent evidence that bisexual people have poorer mental health than heterosexual people, gay men or lesbians, the reasons for this remain largely unknown. The 'Who I Am' study aims to address this current knowledge gap.
Stories
Storytelling is an important way to understand LGBTIQA+ experiences.
Podcasts
Hear & Queer is a podcast telling the stories of LGBTIQA+ young people living in Tasmania. It is produced by a steering committee made up of LGBTIQA+ young people and staff from Working It Out, Tasmania’s gender, sexuality and intersex status support and education service.
Average length: 6-12 minutes
Listen to the Hear & Queer podcast
Queer Life Stories is about sharing the lived experiences of people that identify across the LGBTIQA+ range. The first six focus on Tasmanian people telling their story
Average length: 20 minutes
Listen to the Queer Life Stories podcast
LGBTIQ+ Tasmanians Telling Us the Story Report, May 2022
The Tasmanian Government commissioned the University of Tasmania to research experiences of LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians.
View the LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians Telling Us the Story Survey Report
Stories from around Australia
- Rodney Croome - LGBTIQA+ activist
- Advocates push to outlaw gender assignment surgery on intersex children in Tasmania
- 14 Microaggressions LGBTIQA+ People Deal With All The Time
- What does "queer" mean anyway?
- What does it mean to be non-binary?
- Personal stories from people with intersex variations
- ‘Not a boy, not a girl’. Four Corners meets young Australians who do not identify as either male or female (45 minute video)
- Kids talk about gender with Courtney Act (6 minute video)
- 'You can't ask that: Transgender' (3 minute video)
Videos
Trans 101 - The Basics
Judged for Being Bisexual
You Can't Ask That: Intersex people answer 'What is Intersex?'
ABC report – Asexual Recognition: Adding A to LGBTIQ+ 17 July 2023
'Sex is clinical': what it's like being asexual
