Andre and Ben's story Adrian became aware of his sexuality when he was a teenager, but found it difficult to know how to start the conversation with his parents. “I...
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Natalie and Colin’s story Natalie came out as bisexual in year 11, and by her final year of school was an active member of Stand Out, her school’s LGBTIQA+ alliance...
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Korra and Manuel’s story When Korra was 13, she began transitioning to affirm her gender as female. “I transitioned around the first year of high school… and that was one...
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Christina and Farah’s story Throughout Christina’s life, they were aware their experience of gender didn’t sit within the strict binary of male or female. “Sometimes I feel I have both...
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Roz and Jess’s story Roz, a writer, editor and academic, doesn’t identify as strictly male or female. Roz believes the idea that there are only two genders doesn’t work for...
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Merrin and Jax’s story When her youngest child was 10 years old, Merrin was already having discussions about gender. “Jax would describe himself as gender not-sure,” she remembers. However, Merrin...
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Jenny and Tracey’s story Back in 2017, while the same-sex marriage debate raged across Australia, Jenny and her partner Tracey were pregnant with their first child. A marriage celebrant by...
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Ben and Mike's story Ben is 37 years old, and grew up in country Victoria. Ben is non-binary, which means they don’t identify as male or female. “I began to...
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Andre and Ben's story As a young boy, André grew up surrounded by prejudice towards LGBTIQ+ people. “I grew up in the Caribbean at a time where homophobia was very...
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