Athletics Australia president Jane Flemming.

Australian Athletics boss Jane Flemming backs DNA testing for female athletes

Noting her own experiences and those of athletes decades before her,Flemming says the issues of gender in female sport might be complex,but they are not new.

  • Konrad Marshall

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Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in the four-part drama Adolescence.

Adolescence has gripped parents,but our debates are missing a crucial thread

Add misogynistic influencers to the mix of feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness,and a growing wealth gap,and you have most of the ingredients for gendered violence.

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Caster Semenya.

Athletics becomes first Olympic sport to introduce DNA sex testing for women

World Athletics will mandate genetics testing for athletes entering female competitions to “doggedly protect” the female track and field category.

  • Tariq Panja
Protesters gathered outside Parliament House at a rally calling for the LNP to reinstate healthcare for trans youth in Brisbane on February 8.

‘Completely devastating’:Parents of trans kids open up over Qld’s hormone therapy ban

Two Brisbane mothers reveal how the LNP’s ban on hormone therapy for trans children is affecting their kids.

  • Courtney Kruk
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Coalition senators swing behind Pauline Hanson’s push for her own trans inquiry

Eighteen Coalition senators sided with Pauline Hanson,despite Peter Dutton telling them to avoid culture wars and support the government’s existing review.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
The Protect Trans Youth Day of Action in Brisbane was one of 20 events nationwide calling on the Queensland government to reinstate health care for trans youth.

Hundreds rally outside Parliament House to protest LNP trans youth ban

The event in Brisbane was one of 20 held across the nation calling on the Queensland government to reinstate health care for trans youth.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Adriana Paz (from left) Edgar Ramirez,Selena Gomez,Jacques Audiard,Karla Sofia Gascon,and Zoe Saldana with the award for best motion picture - musical or comedy for Emilia Perez.

As the Emilia Pérez saga escalates,let’s shed a tear for poor old Netflix

The streamer must have thought that elusive best picture statue was finally within sight. But its dreams of glory are fast evaporating.

  • Karl Quinn
Trans rights activists demonstrating at Parliament House in Canberra in 2023.

Why this is a turning point for trans healthcare in Australia

A federal review into standards of care and treatment guidelines for trans and gender diverse children may be a game-changer for vulnerable young people.

  • Eloise Brook
Health Minister Mark Butler.

Transgender medicine review throws an inkblot test at a culture war

What was the government thinking when it launched itself into one of the most contested culture war issues of recent years?

  • Michael Bachelard
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 andMike Foley