ABSTRACT
For several decades, Australia's transgender communities have given voice to their inherent diversity. Increasingly, the diversity extends beyond how one identifies as trans or other terms to other socio-cultural identities, such as socio-economic status, race and ethnicity, religion, dis/ability, and where one lives. The Northern Territory is colloquially known as the Territory and it is one of two mainland territories and six states in Australia. It is twice the size of France and the Territory's climatic characteristics range from the cyclone-prone tropical north to the desert of the south. In the 1980s, transgender individuals around the world began to coalesce into a social identity movement. Since the 1970s, academic and government-funded research into transgender Australians has mapped out a range of identities, lived experiences, behaviours, and desires. Thus, the extant literature provides a glimpse into the diversity within Australian transgender communities.
