Discrimination

Substitute teacher Hannah Duffus says students projected porn on the whiteboard while she took roll call and she was asked if she was the "proper teacher".

How do you sum up the experiences of Australia's second-largest migrant population in one book? Growing Up Indian In Australia editor Aarti Betigeri speaks on the dangers of assuming all Indians had the same upbringing. 

A disability advocate has urged the aviation industry to lift accessibility standards after Jetstar apologised to the passenger for an incident which caused them to fall out of a wheelchair.

Findings in a Human Rights Commission report show governments across all sectors are failing to identify and deal with racism across the country. The country's Race Discrimination Commissioner says there are "systemic failures" in dealing with racism that need to change. 

Adelaide Crows star Izak Rankine is racially abused online by a Brisbane Lions member during their AFL clash on Sunday.

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten confirms he will ban sex work from being accessed through the disability insurance scheme, which advocates say would rob participants of the freedom to control their own lives.

A complaint about a policeman ended Dulcie Flower's stint in a hospital emergency department. But it started a long career focused on improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

A report has found Hobart City Council staff breached anti-discrimination laws by lying to councillor Louise Elliot about the availability of a venue for a planned event about "the impact" of transgender women in women's sports.

One LGBTQIA+ Missourian says living in the US state — where 39 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills are currently in progress — means having "your humanity litigated day-after-day".

Multiple artworks in the style of Pablo Picasso have been relocated to a female toilet at Hobart's Mona, following an adverse court ruling which found a man was discriminated against when he was turned away from the women-only 'Ladies Lounge'.

The childcare provider has been accused of discrimination, but advocates say the situation is not unique.

Thailand's Senate approves a landmark bill allowing couples such as Anticha and Worawan to finally get married.

Borna was punched in the face and kicked in the stomach by a couple with a baby in the car park of a Sunday market in Sydney. The attack and use of homophobic slurs has left the Iranian refugee questioning if he is safe in Australia. 

The horrible truth is that in the Australian legacy media landscape, there are too many stories of senior men who forgive themselves their own lapses of judgement, or forgive each other's because they're "good blokes", or go easy on each other because they fear a nuclear escalation.

Award-winning Indigenous musician Emma Donovan will lodge a complaint with the taxi industry regulator after she says two cabs at Perth Airport refused to give her a ride "because of the colour of [her] skin".

Two years after causing outrage with a contract that singled out LGBTIQ+ students, Citipointe Christian College has issued a statement declaring its commitment to inclusivity.

Discrimination could see a whole generation of people walk away from sports they love, according to a researcher.

New research has revealed young LGBTQIA+ people are leaving the sports they love amid alarming rates of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia at a recreational level.

On Thursday, NSW became the last state to issue a formal apology on behalf of the government to people convicted of homosexual acts for laws and policies that "criminalised, persecuted and harmed" the LGBTQI+ community.

The federal government is committing to work further with the disability community to design changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Inside a tiny community hall in Alice Springs, there's an appetite for frank and open talk between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal locals.

As Australia marks its first Reconciliation Week since voting no to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, young First Nations people and advocates for change say they are still hopeful the country can heal, but that truth-telling will be key.

When we consider the desirability of federal hate speech legislation, we quickly run into the freedom-of-speech conundrum. But a line in the sand would be useful.

Three of the eight black men allegedly ejected from the flight in January accused the airline of "racial profiling" all black passengers onboard.  

Three black men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines.