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Parenting

Mum’s wholesome TikTok videos are a masterclass in parenting LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse kids

Maggie Baska - May 8, 2022

Opinion

Coming out as autistic and LGBT+ wasn’t easy – but now I know it’s something to be celebrated

Charlie Middleton - April 1, 2022

Exclusive

‘Embracing queerness delayed my coming to terms with autism. We need more visibility,’ says acclaimed author Naoise Dolan

Patrick Kelleher - March 4, 2021

Latest Posts

Culture

Sia’s ‘ableist’ autism film Music accused of putting Maddie Ziegler in Blackface

Maggie Baska - February 15, 2021

Cody Skinner speaks at conferences around Australia about his experiences living with disability.

News

Deaf, autistic, gay man had a mental breakdown after being discriminated against at work

Matilda Davies - January 8, 2021

News

Trans people are up to six times more likely to have autism and related conditions, landmark study confirms

Vic Parsons - September 15, 2020

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

World

Senator makes grovelling apology after saying Ireland’s gay leader Leo Varadkar is ‘autistic’

Josh Milton - January 28, 2020

TV homophobe and former adviser to Ronald Reagan peddles drinking bleach as a cure for HIV, STIs and disabilities

Emma Powys Maurice - December 9, 2019

Science and Tech

TikTok admits it censored LGBT users in ‘wrong’ attempt to tackle online bullying

Lily Wakefield - December 4, 2019

Parenting

Meet the four-year-old autistic boy who loves nothing more than to be a Disney princess

Vic Parsons - October 24, 2019

Current Affairs

National Autistic Society cuts links to transgender charity

Nick Duffy - October 5, 2018

Health

Autistic and LGBT: This is what it’s like to be queer and have an autistic spectrum disorder

Nicholas Fearn - May 16, 2018

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby back LGBT autism activist determined to end discrimination

- September 15, 2017