QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, a Brisbane school has required parents to sign a contract stating their kids must identify as their sex assigned at birth, and more than 100 queer Victorians have signed an open letter urging Victoria Police to not march as an organisation at Midsumma.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, the man convicted of murdering gay man Scott Johnson has lodged an appeal after his shock confession, and a new Australian study claims to have found “clear evidence” for a theory that those with older brothers are more likely to be gay.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, former AFL star Moana Hope and her wife have slammed the Victorian Government for suspending some IVF procedures, and Australian LGBTIQ+ group just.equal have said Australian gay men who can safely donate blood should be allowed to in order to address donor shortages.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, the first woman to come out as a lesbian on Australian television has passed away, and Islamic organisations condemn the “discriminatory” Religious Discrimination Bill.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, LGBTIQ+ counselling service Switchboard Victoria joins calls to ban Victoria Police officers marching in Pride, and New Zealand passes laws allowing transgender Kiwis to more easily update the sex marker on their birth certificates.

And in Sports with Tanya, Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton has won the first-ever Saudi Arabian Grand Prix wearing his intersex-inclusive Progress Pride flag helmet, The Sydney Rangers soccer club have created a new team logo and brand, to reflect their pride, A football match in Mexico erupted into violence after it was suspended over homophobic chants, The Commonwealth Games Federation is considering making the event more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ athletes, and Wrestling star Anthony Bowens has hit back on Twitter after a fan shouted a homophobic slur at him.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, Victoria passes new laws protecting LGBTQ+ staff and students from religious discrimination, and Sydney drag performer Etcetera Etcetera delivers a powerful speech against Scott Morrison’s Religious Discrimination Bill.

In Sports with Tanya, Olympic bronze medallist in boxing Irma Testa has come out as queer, formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton speaks out against Saudi Arabia’s anti LGBTQIA+ laws again, and Leeds United condemns disgusting homophobic chants aimed at star Chelsea footballer Conor Gallagher.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, an elderly gay couple will sell up and leave their Toowoomba home following homophobic abuse, and a long-time gay activist and charity worker has won a “life-changing” million dollars on Channel Nine’s Millionaire Hot Seat.

In sports with Tanya, World Rugby officials make it easier for Israel Folau to return to Tonga, Brazillian Olympic gymnast Arthur Nory Mariano introduces his boyfriend to the world, The FA insists that football fans will be welcome at the World Cup in Qatar,  and Manchester United’s LGBTQIA+ plus fan group has demanded an apology after Instagram deactivated their account, caving to homophobes.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, a new survey has revealed that four out of five LGBTIQA+ Victorians don’t trust the police, and the Tasmanian town of Ulverstone has raised the rainbow flag, thirty years after it was labelled the most homophobic town in Australia.

And in sport with Tanya, Former Kangaroos coach Dani Laidley has returned to North Melbourne to celebrate a milestone with the club, the International Olympic Committee has scrapped its Trans athlete policy, and will allow individual sports to set their own rules around Trans inclusion, and Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has worn the progress pride flag on his helmet for the Qatar Grand Prix.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, community organisations urge the Australian Government to provide refuge to LGBTIQA+ Afghans, and iconic The Simpsons character Waylon Smithers gets a boyfriend.

And in Sports with Tanya, the gay games are officially back for 2023, Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Mike Cooper has been subjected to homophobic slurs at a League One match in England, Amal Fashanu says a Premier League footballer is “very likely” to come out next year, and Australian footballer Josh Cavallo says he fears playing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

QNN provides communities across the country with the latest in local, national and international LGBTIQA+ news. This week, New South Wales has announced an inquiry into unsolved gay and trans murders, and the broadcast of Mardi Gras in 2022 is moving from SBS to a new home at the ABC. No sport this week.