Rainbow Inclusion is a website that has been created as part of the Information for Inclusion: LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability project. The website is still being constructed and more resources will continue to be added but it is up and running and already includes many resources. There are separate sections for LGBTIQA+ people with intellectual disability and for allies. Visit the Rainbow Inclusion website.
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The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience are sSeeking participants who are: 14-29 years old self-identify as a sexual or gender minority youth (SGMY/LGBTQ+) play video games regularly live in Canada, the United States, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, or Mexico The purpose of this research study is to investigate the experiences of gender and sexual minority youth (GSMY) aged 14-29 while playing video games and/or participating in online gaming communities and spaces. …
First Day is an Australian tv series about Hannah Bradford, a transgender girl played by Evie Macdonald. Series 1 of First Day aired in 2020 and is about Hannah Bradford’s first year of high school in which she has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, as well as find the courage to live as her most authentic self. In series 2 Hannah faces new challenges in her second year of …
Better Place Australia is a community focused not-for-profit organisation that provides family law, psychological and community support services. Better Pride is a program of Better Place Australia that provides support to LGBTIQ+ individuals, couples and families, including children and adolescents and older people. Services including:– Counselling and psychology services– Family and relationship services– Mediation for separating couples (parenting plans, care agreements, pets, property and finance)– Donor planning Find out more about Better Pride here…
Resources developed in consultation with members of the LGBTQ+ community are part of a new suite of articles developed by Raising Children Network to support parents and families of children with disability to more confidently navigate the NDIS. The resources discuss issues commonly of concern to LGBTQ+ parents, such as;– sharing information about your family with the NDIS– choosing the right NDIS providers for your family– the right to respectful service Read more about the …
LGBTIQ+ Health Australia and the National Ethnic Disability Alliance are developing training, peer support and mentoring activities for LGBTIQ+ people with disability. The training aims to improve participants knowledge and skills in advocacy and storytelling. Find out more and sign up to be kept up-to-date with the launch of the training here…
Opportunity for LGBTQ people aged 18 and over to participate in a global pride study. This global study on health and wellbeing across generations is being piloted in Australia, and 14 other countries. The purpose is to gather information to address health and well-being holistically in LGBTQ adults, including quality of life, physical and mental health, and economic and social lives. Find out more here – https://goldseninstitute.org/globalpridestudy/ Skip straight to the survey here – https://uwt.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9FU1RXpsBD11yBM
The Stawell IDAHOBIT Day celebration will be held, Tuesday 17th May 4.30 pm – 6pm in the foyer of the Stawell Town Hall. This FREE event will feature; free food and drink, free rainbow merch for young people under 19, a raffle, rainbow chalk art and a film screening. Everyone is very welcome. The event will be a disability friendly space. There will be chairs and beanbags available. People not from the LGBTI community are …
Queerspace are looking for participants for a new documentary about the trans experience in high school, from trans and queer writer-director AP Pobjoy. The aim is to make a documentary that tells the story of transgender students around Australia as they go through highschool in 2022. The project will be filmed by the participants themselves, giving them a voice and the opportunity to share their experiences. They are looking for high-school students aged between 15-17 …
Sensorium Studio is an inclusive, therapeutic art community in a colourful, sensory controlled environment in Preston. Hosted by Sensorium, SensOPride groups are an LGBTIQA+ safe, social, creative space to make art and explore experiences and issues of gender and neurodiversity. SensOPride is for adults and young people aged 11-30 who identify as gender diverse and/or neurodiverse or those exploring. SensOPride will be supported by art therapists Sam Harlow-Black and Bentley/Ben Tamplin, who both have lived …