'It's kind of suffocating': queer young Australians speak about how they feel at school and what they think of politicians

By Lucas Walsh, Professor and Director of the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University
Beatriz Gallo Cordoba, Research Fellow – Quantitative Data/Statistics, Monash University
Blake Cutler, Researcher and PhD Candidate in Education, Monash University
Cathy Waite, Research Fellow at the Centre for Youth Policy and Education Practice, Monash University

With the Manly footy jumper episode providing yet another reminder of the prejudice LGBTQ+ Australians face, new research looks at the challenges faced by queer young people.

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