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The National LGBTI Health Alliance is the peak health body for organisations that provide health-related programs, services and research targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people (LGBTI).

The Alliance is concerned about practical health issues which affect LGBTI people in Australia. These issues include mental health and suicide prevention, ageing and aged care, better health for people of diverse sex and gender, and higher rates of tobacco, alcohol and drug use.

Alliance Members work together to improve the health and wellbeing of sexuality, sex and gender diverse people. We speak with a national voice; and we build the capacity of our Members to work with and for LGBTI people. We respect the personal responsibility and resilience of individuals to make decisions about their health.

Inclusive Language Guide on Intersex, Trans and Gender Diversity

Minout webinar Gender Centre

LGBTI Data: developing an evidence-informed environment for LGBTI health policy

The Alliance has released a discussion paper outlining why diverse sex, sexual orientation and gender indicators should be included in:

 

  • national, publicly funded health and other research;
  • monitoring mechanisms including minimum data-sets (including mental health and suicide prevention); and
  • the Australian Census.

 

This paper provides both an overview of contexts and clear discussion points for improving methodological accuracy and achieving inclusion of LGBTI people in data collection and research.

 

 

 

Submission: ABS Sex Standard Review 2013

The Alliance has made a submission to the Australian Bureau of Statistics regarding the review of their 'Sex Standard'. The Sex Standard is used in all ABS household surveys and is a fundamental demographic characteristic used in social and population analysis. The Alliance proposes that the Sex Standard should:

  • Acknowledge more than just biological 'sex'
  • Include more than just 'male' and 'female'
  • Explore and discuss the complexity of sex and gender
  • Collect data on sexual orientation

 

 

 

Recent Submissions