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Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979
LGBTI COMMUNITY SERVICES AND ORGANISATIONS
No matter where you live, there is always an organisation for you to reach out to that can cater to your needs or interests. Here is a comprehensive, state-by-state list of community services and organisations available.
NATIONAL
AFAO Australian Lesbian and BeyondBlue Black Rainbow Gay Archives The Australian Works to address issues Social network for Federation of AIDS Collecting, preserving associated with Indigenous people who Organisations is the and celebrating depression, anxiety identify as LGBTI, national peak body of Australia’s queer past. disorders and related sistergirl or brotherboy. HIV and AIDS sexual health organisations alga.org.au
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afao.org.au mental disorders, and to Also advocates for better reduce associated mental health and stigma. suicide prevention.
beyondblue.org.au BlackRainbowAustralia
Freedom2B Genderqueer Australia Metropolitan MindOUT! Community Church Assists LGBTI people Specialises in the support A mental health and from Christian of gender questioning With branches all over suicide prevention backgrounds on their and genderqueer people, Australia, the MCC prides project supporting health journey to reconciling their family, friends and itself in being a inclusive organisations to be their faith, sexuality and professionals who they and LGBTI-friendly place inclusive of LGBTI gender identity. go to for help. of worship. people.
freedom2b.org genderqueer.org.au mccmelbourne.com.au & lgbtihealth.org.au/mindout mccbris.asn.au & mccsydney.org
Minus18 NAPWHA Organisation Intersex Out for Australia International Australia Provide mental health, The National Association An organisation that peer mentoring and of People with HIV Intersex human rights, seeks to support and events to support same- Australia. information, education mentor aspiring LGBTI sex attracted and and peer and family professionals as they gender-diverse young napwha.org.au support. navigate their way people from all over through the early stages
Australia. oii.org.au of their career.
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minus18.org.au outforaustralia.org
Pride in Diversity
PFLAG Australia Pinnacle Foundation Australia’s only national Pride in Sport not-for-pro t employer A non-pro t voluntary Provides scholarships to support program for all Sporting inclusion organisation and support LGBTI youth who are aspects of LGBTI program speci cally network for parents and marginalised or workplace inclusion. designed to assist families of LGBTI people. disadvantaged. Publishers of the National and State Australian Workplace p agaustralia.org.au thepinnaclefoundation.org sporting organisations Equality Index (AWEI). and clubs with the inclusion of LGBTI www.prideindiversity.com.au employees, players, volunteers and spectators.
www.prideindiversity.com.au prideinsport
QLife Australia Silver Rainbow
Free LGBTI phone and An LGBTI ageing and Transcend Wendybird web counselling, coast to aged care group that coast. Call 1800 184 527. provides training for Supporting trans* A community for aged care providers, children and their meaningful connection qlife.org.au resources, information families. for all LGBTIQ people and advocacy. transcendsupport.com.au wendybird.com.au lgbtihealth.org.au/ageing
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
AIDS Action Council A Gender Agenda
The ACT’s peak HIV and Works with gender- AIDS health organisation diverse community also o ers counselling, members, including peer education, intersex people, trans* treatments, resources, people, cross-dressers and more. and other gender-variant or gender non- aidsaction.org.au conforming people.
genderrights.org.au
NEW SOUTH WALES Diversity ACT
A community-based, non-pro t organisation that exists to advance and support the aspirations, acceptance and human dignity of LGBTI members of the Canberra community. Acceptance Sydney ACON
diversityact.org.au
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A faith community The AIDS Council of NSW supporting LGBTI is one of Australia’s Catholics, their family largest LGBTI sexual and friends. health and wellbeing organisations, with a gaycatholic.com.au variety of services on o er, including free rapid HIV testing clinics, counselling, resources, substance support, and more.
acon.org.au
Ankali Project BLISS
Trains and supports The Blacktown Lesbian Bobby Goldsmith Care Coordination volunteers who provide Information and Social Foundation emotional and social Support operates out of ACON service that helps support to people living the Blacktown Women’s Provides nancial and clients with multiple with HIV. and Girls’ Health Centre, practical assistance, and/or complex needs to a non-pro t organisation nancial counselling, access relevant The Ankali Project in western Sydney. housing and healthcare and support employment support to services, manage care womensandgirls.org.au people living and treatment and disadvantaged by HIV. reduce social isolation. A free service provided for bgf.org.au three months.
Care Coordination
Cronulla Gay Group Dayenu
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A social group for LGBTI Sydney’s Jewish LGBTI The Gender Centre Inc. NSW Gay and Lesbian people in Cronulla and social and networking Rights Lobby Sutherland Shire group. A non-pro t state-wide service supporting the Provides referral and cronullagaygroup.com dayenu.org.au transgender and gender educative resources on diverse community gay and lesbian rights to through counselling, case the media, policy makers management, crisis & and the community. transitional accommodation, glrl.org.au Transgender Anti-
Violence project, over 55 support, group work outreach, prison outreach.
gendercentre.org.au
HERO HIV/AIDS Legal Centre NSW he Hastings Equal Inner City Legal Centre MAG (Mature Age Gays) Respect and Opportunity A specialist community Sydney Organisation promotes legal centre funded to Provides free legal respect towards one provide free legal services to Sydney’s A social club for gay and another and community services and advice to LGBTI community. bi sexual men and acceptance regardless of people with HIV-related their supporters. iclc.org.au preference or identity. legal matters. magsydney.org ourhero.org.au halc.org.au
Parramatta Queer Pink Mountains The Polly’s Club Positive Life NSW Forum An online community The longest running The voice of people with information guide, and LGBTI community HIV since 1988. business directory for organisation in Australia.
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A coalition of LGBTI people, their thepollysclub.com.au positivelife.org.au organisations formed in friends and supporters, 2009 in response to a living in or visiting the survey of western Sydney Blue Mountains. LGBTI people who felt there was a need for a pinkmountains.com.au group that could put on events, advocate for rights, provide safe spaces and make Sydney’s suburban LGBTI community visible.
Parramatta Queer Forum
Queer Screen – Rainbow Recovery Club Rainbow Visions SGLBA Featured projects Provides a safe meeting A coalition of individuals The Sydney Gay and Online listing to promote place, primarily for LGBT and groups who initiate Lesbian Business LGBTI lmmakers’ people, in a 12 step and support actions that Association puts on projects and programs for recovery contribute to making the regular networking and crowdfunding initiatives. from alcoholism, drug Hunter region a social events. and other addictions. healthier, more queerscreen.org.au/featured- enjoyable, rewarding and sglba.org.au projects rainbowrecoveryclub.org.au culturally rich place for LGBTI people in the
Newcastle and Hunter regions.
rainbowvisions.org.au
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Traxside Youth Centre Twenty10
The centre, a free and A non-pro t, state-wide con dential service for organisation working young people aged 12-24 with and supporting in the Macarthur area, young LGBTI people also runs a fortnightly through case work, event for LGBTI youth. accommodation, drop-in services, counselling and wollondilly.nsw.gov.au group activities.
twenty10.org.au
QUEENSLAND
GLBN HIV Foundation Queensland Brisbane’s Gay and Lesbian Business Aims to elevate HIV and Network puts on regular AIDS as a priority health networking and social issue through prevention events. programs, increasing HIV testing, increasing glbn.org.au treatment uptake and reigniting awareness about HIV transmission, stigma and discrimination.
hivfoundation.org.au
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Open Doors QuAC QPP Stand Up With Pride
An LGBTI youth service The Queensland AIDS Queensland Positive A north Queensland that provides drop-in Council delivers HIV People is an advocacy organisation that services, counselling, prevention programs, and support organisation pursues social change outreach workers and client services for people for people living with HIV through community group activities. with HIV, peer support in Queensland. action, education, and advocacy. promotion of LGBTI opendoors.net.au qpp.net.au diversity, and social qahc.org.au opportunities and peer
support.
standupwithpride.com
VICTORIA Sunshine Coast Rainbow Network
Peer outreach, social networking, information sharing, and more.
sunshine-coast- rainbownetwork.com
Anti Violence Project of Coming Out Australia Victoria Inc. Helping people in the VicAVP: Report, Discuss, GLBTIQ Community with Respond – Encouraging coming out. outcomes for violence & its impacts within & www.comingout.com.au against the Victoria GLBT community since 1997.
www.antiviolence.info
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David Williams Fund FTM Shed GASP GLHV
Provide emergency A support group for Geelong’s very own safe Gay and Lesbian Health nancial assistance to FTMs and their allies and inclusive space for Victoria is a health and PLHIV experiencing located in Melbourne, LGBTI young people aged wellbeing policy and nancial hardship. Australia. between 10-25. Weekly resource unit for LGBTI meetings, social events, Victorians. vac.org.au/DWF transshedboys.com information and advice. glhv.org.au gaspgeelong.net.au
GLOBE GoWest Living Positive Victoria Peer Education
Melbourne’s Gay and Collectively brings The state’s peak body Workshops for men who Lesbian Organisation of together local representing people are attracted to other Business and Enterprise organisations and artists living with HIV men. puts on regular supporting and networking and social representing the LGBTI livingpositivevictoria.org.au vac.org.au/peer- events as well as communities in the education
community forums. western region of Melbourne. globemelbourne.com.au facebook.com/gowestpride
Positive Living Centre The Centre Clinic Transgender Victoria The Diversity Project
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Community centre for Safe, LGBTI-friendly Founded in the late Aims to create a safer, people living with HIV general practice and 1990s to address more inclusive and providing social, specialist medical care discrimination faced by healthier community in emotional, recreational, for people living with trans people in Victoria. the City of Greater and skills-based services HIV. Shepparton and beyond and activities. transgendervictoria.com for young people who vac.org.au/centre-clinic are same-sex attracted, vac.org.au/support- sex and gender diverse. services/community- centre diversityproject.org.au
VAC Victorian Gay and WayOut WorkingOUT Lesbian Rights Lobby The Victorian AIDS Victorian Rural Youth and A specialist employment Council is Australia’s The VGLRL ghts for Sexual Diversity Project. service for LGBTI- oldest HIV and AIDS equality, social justice, identi ed people. organisation, o ering human rights for the WayOutVictoria services for the LGBTI state’s LGBTI community. Search for “WorkingOUT” community, such as at senswide.com.au counselling, community vglrl.org.au support, alcohol and drug service, rapid HIV tests, and more.
vac.org.au
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Zoe Belle Gender Centre
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A centre to support and improve the health and wellbeing of Victoria’s sex and gender diverse population.
gendercentre.com Freedom Centre GLWA
A hangout and resource Phone and web-based location for LGBTI youth counselling service for based in Northbridge, the LGBTI community. Perth. glwa.org.au freedom.org.au
Living Proud True Colours
Providing support, A service o ering WA AIDS Council information and regional support for resources to the Western young people with Leads the Western Australian LGBTI diverse sexuality and Australian community in community. gender, as well as their the provision of a wide families. Also provides range of services in the livingproud.org.au training workshops for prevention of HIV, and allied service providers. the treatment and care
Operates in Bunbury. of people living with HIV and AIDS. true colours waaids.com
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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Adelaide LGBT events Bfriend
List events and activities O ering mentoring, of interest to the LGBTIQ support, information and communities in Adelaide referral for people and country South coming out as LGBTIQ, Australia. and their families. adelaidelgbtevents.webs.com/ yourbestlife.org.au/services/
Cheltenham Place Clinic 275 MOSAIC Blood Borne PEACE Multicultural Viruses Support Services Individuals living with HIV Clinic 275 o ers a walk- Services will receive individualised in, free and con dential PEACE (Personal support in their own testing, diagnosis and Free and con dential Education And homes or at Cheltenham treatment of sexually counselling for people Community Place. transmitted infections. a ected by HIV/AIDS or Empowerment) supports No appointments hepatitis. and assists individuals, centacare.org.au necessary. families and www.rasa.org.au communities from sahealth.sa.gov.au culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds to lead balanced and healthy lives.
www.rasa.org.au
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Sex Industry Network SHine SA South Australian UNIDOS Mobilisation + Promoting the health Not-for-pro t Empowerment for UNIDOS is a free, rights and well-being of organisation providing Sexual Health con dential program for South Australian sex sexual health education, (SAMESH) people who are same sex workers. early intervention, health attracted (SSA) and/or promotion, clinical South Australia’s questioning their sin.org.au services and therapeutic targeted HIV and STI sexuality. counselling. prevention program with support for people living rasa.org.au shinesa.org.au with HIV.
samesh.org.au
TASMANIA
Rainbow Tasmania Working It Out
An information resource Tasmania’s gender, and an incorporated sexuality, and intersex body of organisations status support and dedicated to achieving education service and maintaining inclusion and equity for workingitout.org.au LGBTI people in
Tasmania.
rainbowtas.org
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