Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are legally protected from discrimination and have largely equal rights and responsibilities at law.. Australia is a federation, with most laws affecting LGBT and intersex rights made by its states and territories.

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 marriages.

In total, 4.1% of Australian men and 2.8% of women identify as being homosexual. So, does this trend of younger Australians who are homosexual mirror a global story of youth who identify as being gay? It seems the answer is yes.

If between 5% and 10% of any population is gay, then there are between 1,073,202 and 2,146,405 gay people in Australia. (About one and a half million).

There are on average 326 weddings across Australia per day. This swings between over 2,000 weddings on a popular Saturday to just 37 weddings on Christmas Day! The most popular times to get married during the year are Spring and Autumn, in the months of November and March.

In Private Lives 2 - a recent national Australian survey of 3,835 LGBT peoples relationships, health and wellbeing - about 11% of gay male participants indicated that they were parents or step-parents, or had some other kind of parent-like relationship with children, as opposed to 33% of lesbian participants (Leonard et al., 2012).

There has been a decrease in the proportion of Australians who are married, and an increase in co-habitation of both heterosexual and same-sex relationships. Census 2016 puts on display the

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Australia have advanced since the late-twentieth century. LGBT people in Australia are legally protected from discrimination and have largely equal rights and responsibilities at law.. Australia is a federation, with most laws affecting LGBT and intersex rights made by its states and territories.

Here’s How Many Same-Sex Couples Have Wed In Australia So Far More than 370 same-sex marriages have been registered across Australia in the month since same-sex weddings began. While the legislation came into effect on December 9, couples had to give a month’s notice of their intention to marry.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS; 2016) estimated that there were 48,000 same-sex couples in June 2015, accounting for 0.9% of all couple families. ABS noted that the apparent rise might partly reflect an increasing willingness for …

In 2016, there were 23,700 male same-sex couples and 23,000 female same-sex couples. The pattern of more male than female same-sex couples has been consistent since 1996, although the degree of difference has decreased in each Census. Same-sex couples accounted for 0.9% of all couples in Australia, up from 0.7% in 2011.