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LGBTIQ+

An understanding of the multiple forms of harm and discrimination experienced by LGBTIQ+ persons during displacement is vital in order for States and civil society to adequately respond to their needs once resettled. As LGBTIQ+ is an umbrella term, experiences of specific groups of people such as lesbian women or trans men will also be distinct. It is, thus, essential that integration support and processes consider intersectionality and take an age, gender and diversity (AGD) and refugee centred approach.

More information can be found here.

In addition to specialist refugee health and wellbeing services, LGBTIQ+ people of refugee background may also like to connect with some of the below services.

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Genderqueer Australia Bridge Meals

Category: LGBTIQ+

Bridge Meals welcomes new migrants who are same sex attracted and/or gender diverse to join us for a free social dinner in a supportive and safe environment. This fantastic HEY Project grant initiative is a social support opportunity for LGBTIQ+ refugees and asylum seekers run by a collective of young LGBT people of colour in Melbourne.

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Switchboard

Category: LGBTIQ+

Provides peer-driven support services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people, their families, allies and communities. Switchboard also offers the Rainbow Door service.

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Rainbow Door

Category: LGBTIQ+

A free specialist LGBTIQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Gender Diverse, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, BrotherBoys, SisterGirls) helpline providing information, support, and referral to all LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their friends and family during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. Rainbow Door is connected to free multi language interpreter support service including Auslan interpreters.

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Queerspace

Category: LGBTIQ+

An organisation dedicated to upholding the wellbeing and mental health of Melbourne’s LGBTIQ+ community, who consist of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or gender diverse, intersex, queer, questioning and asexual people.

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Queersisterhood Project

Category: LGBTIQ+

A peer-run support and advocacy group aimed to provide a space of community and belonging to queer refugee women.

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Cohealth

Category: LGBTIQ+

The cohealth Refugee Asylum Seeker Health Program (RASHP) supports the health and wellbeing of people of refugee and asylum seeker background with a particular focus on those accessing services in the cities of Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Hume, Moonee Valley and Yarra. Cohealth are currently working towards Rainbow Tick Accreditation.

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LGBTIQ Intersect

Category: LGBTIQ+

A great web-based resource to draw on as you look to promote the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people of different faiths and cultural affiliations. The website includes learning modules and an extensive resource and referral list.

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Nothing for them

Category: LGBTIQ+

A small study undertaken to explore services and referral pathways available for refugee and newly arrived young people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans or those who may be questioning their sexual feelings and/or gender identity.

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LGBTIQ+ MindOUT Webinars

Category: LGBTIQ+

MindOut webinars critically engage with topics related to mental health and suicide prevention for LGBTIQ+ people. Find the latest video entitled 'Culturally and Linguistically Diverse LGBTI People' and 'Black and Brown Queers: Pushing back on the Whiteness of Multiculturalism'.

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Rainbow Health Victoria

Category: LGBTIQ+

Located within the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University, Rainbow Health Victoria supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) health and wellbeing through research and knowledge translation, training, resources, policy advice and service accreditation through the Rainbow Tick.

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LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

Category: LGBTIQ+

Supporting healthy lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender, intersex, queer and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse people and communities throughout Australia and the world, free from stigma and discrimination.

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Forcibly Displaced People Network (FDPN)

Category: LGBTIQ+

The first organisation in Australia to dedicate its work to the issues of LGBTIQ+ forced displacement and be driven by the lived experience of it. FDPN is established to promote human rights and inclusion of LGBTIQ+ persons in forced displacement through peer support and strengthening services and policy responses.

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Queer Sisterhood Project- Being Queer and Refugee

Category: LGBTIQ+

Queer Sisterhood Project is a refugee-led peer-run support and advocacy group aimed to provide a space of community and belonging to queer refugee women* in Australia.

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Rainbow Safety Guide

Category: LGBTIQ+

The Rainbow Safety Guide is an informational wallet card that links LGBTIQ+ youth experiencing violence and abuse to online and phone resources. The Guide was made by and for LGBTIQ+ youth.

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