Join Switchbboard’s QTIBPoC program for this upcoming gathering for LGBTIQA+ international students. We understand the unique challenges that can be faced as we navigate a new country, so let’s chat about it! Date and time: Wed., 14 September 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm AEST Online This workshop aims to: 1. Understand our needs as Queer International Students, including queer identities, cultural identities and living in Australia as an international student. In addition, we …
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Tickets now available for new TGV Open Workshops! TGV now offers interactive video training sessions that can be accessed by members of your team working either remotely or onsite. Free subsidised tickets available to some sessions! Learn more and grab yours at https://tgv.org.au/training#workshops
Were you, or somebody you know, part of Australia’s Gay Liberation movement of the 1970s? We want you to be part of something very exciting coming to the Pride Centre this December, to mark 50 years since a wave of LGBTIQ+ activism began! Register your interest the December events via email: comms@pridecentre.org.au
Join for the soft launch of the YAAS! Young, Authentic and Social Program. The YAAS! Presents R U OK? Day hangout is a chilled drop in for Rainbow young people and allies, aged 12-17. Get crafty with Zine making, enjoy free snacks, listen to some music and make connections with like-minded young people. Register at https://naughtynoodle.com.au/yaas/
Come through and learn from the four panelists coming as they talk about their experiences being PoC and Queer, the work they do within the community and the work/history that has been done within our community as we don’t want to forgot the history that lead us to our rights today! Details:Date: Friday 2nd, September Time: 4 pm – 6 pmAddress Docklands Library – 107 Victorian harbour promenade, Docklands VIC 3009 This panel discussion will …
A team of LGBTIQA+ people with disability worked with Thorne Harbour Health and Inclusion Designlab to create a number of resources to support LGBTIQA+ people with disability to better understand their rights when accessing support. Knowing Your Rights: Disability & LGBTIQA+ Australians is a guide that offers information about standing up for your rights as a LGBTIQA+ person with disability in Australia as well as the information about how those rights are protected. Find the Knowing Your …
Seven days of Quirky Queer Festival Fun this October long weekend in Central Coast, NSW. Coastal Twist 2019 was the first National Visibility LGBTIQ Arts & Culture festival for Central Coast NSW, a region going through much social, economic and community visible change! The upcoming theme is “Be the Change”. Alas we are still pushing for diversity as the norm and we are working hard, creating safe and Inclusive spaces for self-expression which inspire authentic …
Safer Spaces is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) LGBTIQA+SB Suicide Prevention program. The program consists of a full-day in-person workshop that increases participants’ knowledge and literacy of the needs of First Nations LGBTIQA+SB people to improve access to suicide prevention, health, and social services for the First Nations LGBTIQA+SB community. The program is currently only available in the Northern Territory. Find out more about Safer Spaces here…
Rainbow Tick is a quality framework that helps health and human services organisations show that they are safe, inclusive, and affirming services and employers for the LGBTIQ community. Rainbow Health Australia is offering sessions for interested organisations about the Rainbow Tick, the HOW2 Program, and how to get started. These sessions are online, free of charge and open to all. Register to attend the 9 September session here… Rainbow Health Australia also hosts a quarterly …
Are you a book worm at heart? Or exploring social groups to meet likeminded people? Belconnen Youth Centre is partnering with Libraries ACT to run a book club for LGBTQIA+ and Allies aged 10-25 y/o! A staff member from both the Capital Region Community Services Youth Team and Belconnen Library will be present to facilitate the book club. The book club sessions will run monthly, and will fall on a Monday at Belconnen Library – …