Queer youth deserve safer schools and better health support

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In his acceptance speech, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese evoked a kinder Australia, in which “we should always look after the disadvantaged and the vulnerable”. This follows from his pre-election promise to end the ability of schools to expel queer students. The importance of these statements cannot be understated for queer young people in Australia, many of whom experience harassment and discrimination in schools. Drawing from new research by the Monash Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Blake Cutler and Lucas Walsh explore why...