MORE THAN A RAINBOW: IDAHOBIT, HARMONY, AND THE WORK AUSTRALIA STILL HAS TO DO FOR QUEER YOUNG PEOPLE

For the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), Heet Babla reflects on how Australian schools, workplaces and sporting codes mark the day with rainbows and awareness events. But behind the ceremony, national data tells a different story. Babla argues that Australia has mastered the observance of anti-discrimination days while deferring the structural work they were designed to demand. Queer young people are paying the price.