05/08/2026
HUGE WINS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT ALP NATIONAL CONFERENCE! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Thanks to the hard work and dedication of activists and delegates inside the Australian Rainbow Labor Network (ARLN), we have secured critical platform amendments and conference resolutions to protect, support, and uplift LGBTIQ+ Australians nationwide!
Here is a look at what we fought for and WON:
✨ Protecting Intersex Australians: Explicit support for the rights of intersex people to have bodily autonomy and agency in medical settings, ensuring effective oversight of clinical practices in consultation with the intersex community.
🏥 Trans & Gender Diverse Healthcare: Committing Labor to progress community-informed healthcare guidelines and expand Medicare-supported healthcare and mental health access free from discrimination.
🏛️ Preserving Our History: Recognizing our community's living history, knowledge, and lore, with commitments to preserve and showcase LGBTIQ+ oral histories through national cultural institutions.
🛡️ Workplace & Anti-Discrimination Protections: Addressing exemptions to anti-discrimination laws that unfairly target LGBTIQ+ workers (including in faith-based settings), tackling hate crimes, and defending social cohesion against hate speech.
👨👩👧👦 Recognising LGBTIQ+ Families: Explicitly recognising LGBTIQ+ families and supporting all families to care for their children with equal access to services.
📊 Census Inclusion: Continuing crucial work with the ABS to ensure intersex, sex-diverse, and gender-diverse Australians are properly counted and included in future Censuses.
Every single one of these policy shifts is a step toward a safer, fairer, and more equal Australia. A massive thank you to all the delegates, activists, and allies who made these wins possible!
Together, we keep building a stronger movement! 💪❤️
