Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in Australia still experience discrimination, harassment and hostility in many parts of everyday life; in public, at work and study, accessing health and other services and securing proper recognition of their sex in official documents.

SAME-SEX COUPLES IN AUSTRALIA, 2016 Australian families are characterised by increasing diversity - including a rise in the number of same-sex couple families. 1 The Census of Population and Housing captures information on same-sex couples based on responses to the relationship and sex questions on the Census form. Counts of same-sex couples living together in the same household have been

Same-sex marriage in Australia has been legal since 9 December 2017. Legislation to allow same-sex marriage, the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, passed the Australian Parliament on 7 December 2017 and received royal assent from the Governor-General the following day. The law came into effect on 9 December, immediately recognising overseas same-sex …

AUSTRALIA has more than 1300 same-sex couples who wed overseas, with the census counting the marital status of gay and lesbian partners for the first time. And the national snapshot also reveals 2822 lesbian couples have children, in comparison with 336 male same-sex

The total number of divorces has been declining – there are fewer now than any time in the last 20 years, as both the divorce rate and divorce numbers have been declining. 10 years ago the divorce rate was 2.7 per 1,000 people, one year ago it was 2.2. and it is now 2.1 per 1,000 people.

The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey was a national survey designed to gauge support for legalising same-sex marriage in Australia.The survey was held via the postal service between 12 September and 7 November 2017. Unlike voting in elections and referendums, which is compulsory in Australia, responding to the survey was voluntary.. A survey form, instructions, and a reply-paid …

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, (formerly the National LGBTI Health Alliance), is the national peak health organisation in Australia for organisations and individuals that provide health-related programs, services and research focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people and other sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTIQ+

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has worked in conjunction with the Attorney-General’s Department and Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages in each state and territory, and is now collecting and publishing statistics on same-sex marriages in its annual publication Marriages and Divorces, Australia, 2017.

Number of marriages registered and crude marriage rate, 1901–2017. Notes: Crude marriage rate: number of marriages per 1,000 of estimated resident population at June for each reference year. Same-sex marriage was legalised in Australia in December 2017, so is not reflected in this data.