SBS Explores Identity

Explore what makes us who we are – from genetics to our cultural roots, from our shared passions to our individuality.

SBS Explores Identity

What makes us who we are? We take a look at what makes us who we are through a series of stories, news and programs. From genetics to cultural roots, through to shared passions and individual identities.

Radio

A Muslim Athiest Couple: Meet Shadi and Adam

Born in the Middle East, to a Palestinian family, Shadi migrated to Australia 6 years ago and says Australia gave him the freedom to be himself. Working as an...

News

Identity matters: 'Where you come from is part of your DNA' - Nick Kaldas

Nick Kaldas was one of Australia's highest ranked cops and 'probably as Australian as the next guy,' but he says identifying with his Egyptian heritage is still...

News

Jan Fran takes a DNA test: what did she discover?

Does Jan really know where she is from?

News

Unwelcome Everywhere: The Rohingya Story

Shunned by their home Myanmar, and facing an increasingly hostile reception elsewhere, Dateline hears the personal stories of the outcast Rohingya Muslims.

News

Identity Matters: Love is in the Australian air for John Paul Young

The 70's pop icon embraces his Scottish roots, but it doesn't make him any less Australian.

News

Identity Matters: 'The more I grow, the more I feel the ties back home' - Eman Sharobeem

Women's rights campaigner Eman Sharobeem migrated to Australia from Egypt as a child bride. She says Egypt gave her an education but Australia gave her a voice.

Feature

DNA Country

A precious store of Aboriginal hair, collected last century, may now tell a story tens of thousands of years old.

DNA Nation starts Sunday 22 May 8:30pm on SBS

DNA Nation

Who are we? And where do we come from?

Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe, iconic Indigenous actor Ernie Dingo, and TV presenter and Queen of Eurovision Julia Zemiro set off on an epic journey of genetic time travel to find out.

On Demand

Former Australian students call out schools for 'policing' the length of skirts

22 October 2021 News

Phineas is in love with a man in immigration detention. She'll go with him if he's deported

21 October 2021 News

Push grows to ban medical procedures performed without consent on intersex Australians

18 October 2021 News

Moving back to Western Sydney helped me reclaim my Tongan identity and heal from childhood racism

12 October 2021 Culture

A Sydney show celebrating gender diversity is bringing joy to a Kenyan refugee camp

10 October 2021 News

More than 111,000 people sign petition for gender affirmation to be covered by Medicare

06 October 2021 News

'Batsman' replaced with gender-neutral 'batter' in landmark update to Laws of Cricket

23 September 2021 News

Victorian religious schools to be banned from sacking LGBTIQ+ staff

16 September 2021 News

This year's ARIA Awards will have gender-neutral categories

15 September 2021 News

Unity in the time of COVID-19. How can the talented people of the Indonesian diaspora help Indonesia realise its potential?

07 September 2021 IndonesianAudio Track

Our Story Podcast – Corey Tutt a STEM Ambassador inspiring future scientists

02 September 2021 NITV RadioAudio Track

Is Australia ageist? We asked older Australians about their experiences

25 August 2021 News

Our Story Podcast – Emma Donovan: born in a musical family and a trailblazer in her own right

19 August 2021 NITV RadioAudio Track

When Troy went to renew his Australian passport he was told he wasn't a citizen. This is what happened next

01 August 2021 News

Coming back to your own homeland

31 July 2021 GermanAudio Track

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan shows it's ok to ask people to pronounce our names correctly

30 July 2021 Culture

2021 Commonwealth Youth Council representative Ram Dulip talks about LGBTIQ rights in Sri Lanka

22 July 2021 SinhaleseAudio Track

Eighty per cent of Muslims in Australia say they have experienced discrimination

19 July 2021 News

This illustrator has found a unique way to reconnect with the country where she was born

28 June 2021 News

Love Down Under: "I get criticised just because I met him online, married him, and I am not white"

27 June 2021 FilipinoAudio Track

SBS Explores Identity