Our Work
From crafting impactful policy documents to reporting on unique research insights, we engage with diverse stakeholders to ensure our advocacy approach is systemic and intersectional.
State of Play Reports
State of Play Reports-
State of Play Report III
LGBTIQA+ young people’s experiences of Healthcare in Western Australia. Content warning: Discussion of discrimination, and other mistreatment. Reader discretion is advised.
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State of Play Report II
Stories from students, parents/carers, and teachers of their experience of the WA education system. Content warning: Discussion of discrimination, and other mistreatment. Reader discretion is advised.
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State of Play Report I
LGBTIQA+ young people’s experience of the accommodation system. Content warning: Discussion of conversion practices, discrimination, and other mistreatment. Reader discretion is advised.
Download Policy Submissions
Policy Submissions-
LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Strategy Youth Report 2025
YPN has proudly contributed to the development of Western Australia’s first whole-of-government LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Strategy, by supporting and training youth organisations to lead their own consultations, running community engagement sessions in collaboration with Freedom Centre, hosting stalls across four university o-week days and drawing on insights from WA-specific data in Minus18’s National Queer Youth Now report (June 2025).
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Submission to the Review of the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 (WA) 2025
This submission is made jointly by Transfolk WA, Youth Pride Network, Living Proud WA, and WAAC. It highlights the critical need for law reform to ensure the rights, safety, and dignity of trans and gender diverse (TGD) young people are meaningfully protected within guardianship and administration frameworks.
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The Anti-Bullying Rapid Review Submission 2025
This submission presents key themes and recommendations to assist the Department of Education in enhancing its anti-bullying frameworks. We call for a consistent, national approach that embeds inclusivity, cultural safety, youth leadership, and mandatory training at all levels of the education system. Addressing bullying effectively requires more than policy; it demands a cultural shift. That shift must be co-designed and co-led by young people.
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WA Election Priorities 2024
This submission is to inform state government and policymakers on our expectations and demands for policy reform in lieu of the upcoming election in 2024.
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Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission 2024
Current and Emerging Threats to Trans and Gender Diverse Human Rights. This submission was written in collaboration with TransFolk of WA and Freedom. Content warning: Discussion of discrimination, conversion practices, self-harm and homelessness.
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Esther House Submission 2022
This submission was written in collaboration with Ending Conversion Practices WA to be delivered to the Education and Health Standing Committee. It includes our recommendations on how to improve health and wellbeing services for LGBTIQA+ people.
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Submission to Inquiries on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021
This was to the joint parliamentary committee on human rights and the senate committee on legal and constitutional affairs in December 2021.
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Submission on the Equal Opportunity Act in WA 2021
This submission was to the Law Reform Commission to recommend changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.
Queer And? Podcast
Queer And? PodcastThe Youth Pride Network’s new podcast “Queer And?” Is a podcast for the community, by the community. Being queer isn’t a full stop. Our queerness intersects with other parts of our identity in unique, exciting, and challenging ways.
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EP1: Queer and Creating the Youth Pride Network
Hannah and Charlotte sit down to discuss how the Youth Pride Network came to be.
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EP2: Queer and First Nations
8 fierce advocates from the community discuss their experience of being queer and First Nations.
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EP3: Queer and Transitioning
13 trans people from the community discuss their experience of being transgender in WA.
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EP4: Queer and a Person of Colour
7 fierce advocates from the community discuss cultural identity and queerness.
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EP5: Queer and Disabled
5 fierce advocates from the community discuss disabled culture and queerness.
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EP6: Queer and an Elder
An intergenerational discussion about queerness with five queer elders.
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