In our surveys when we first started asking young Australians about their sexual orientation in August of , 15% identified LGBTQIA+.
When we asked again in distinct surveys in , that number grew between 16% and 23%.
In , it increased to between 25% and 29%.
And when our latest survey asked Gen Zs aged nationally about their sexual orientation in the final weeks of , one in three (32%) said they identified as LGBTQIA+.
And sure, while scientifically speaking there’s always a margin of error in any survey (meaning the results can be a few percentage points above or below), we can confidently state that there has been a general uptrend in young Australians identifying as LGBTQIA+ over the past few years.
And that means in Australia that somewhere between a quarter and a third of Gen Zs now detect as LGBTQIA+.
Yup. That’s a attractive incredible increase.
And our findings about young Australians and their LGBTQIA+ identifications aren’t unique.
They also align with a Gallup survey in the USA in which initiate one in five (21%) Gen Z youth in America detect as LGBT. It’s wo
Stan’s new series Concealed Boys follows four young gay men as they perceive and explore their identities while living in Geraldton, a regional town in Western Australia.
Charlie Roth (Joseph Zada), Zeke Calogero (Aydan Calafiore), Kade “Hammer” Hammersmith (Zach Blampied) and Matt Jones (Joe Klocek) illustrate four very alternative young men. Yet they share the experience of feeling invisible because of their sexuality.
An adaptation of Holden Sheppard’s novel of the same call, the story challenges linear narratives of progress and representative ideals of gender non-conforming life. It also shows how such mentalities can command gay and multi-attracted men growing up in regional Australia to feel concealed, as they often don’t fit the neat narratives related with “progress”.
Invisible Boys is an example of what my colleague Whitney Monaghan and I have termed a queer storyworld, which centres LGBTQIA+ stories, communities and issues in complex and nuanced ways.
Read more: We studied two decades of queer visibility on Australian TV, and found some interesting trends
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Aussie Boys &#; seven fleeting stories from Australia, with a queer twist
With Aussie Boys, you can get a trip &#;Down Under&#; and witness seven stories about the lives and loves of these men and boys from across Australia. From historical beginnings in the &#;s all the way through to noughties truck stop dilemmas, to present day route trip romancing, and faces from the past returning for a final goodbye, there&#;s something to appeal to every viewer. This plays out like a mini Australian film festival that&#;s definitely worth the watch.
THE SHORTS:
Burning Soul
Australia, June , a ship from the Dutch East India Company wrecked on the hostile coast. Pieter and Hendrick are friends prefer brothers &#; they grew up together, sailed together, survived together. But when Hendrick discovers the correct nature of Pieter&#;s heart, the two men are taken in a storm where friendship and faith collapse. Historical period piece with great costumes and cinematography.
Miles
Lifelong friends Edward, Michael and Ashley are committed in a love triangle but not all of them are aware of it. Emb