Latrobe City Council is working towards increasing understanding and improving inclusion of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual or Agender (LGBTQIA+) community. Our Community Access & Inclusion Policy formalises Council’s commitment to support all people irrespective of age, gender, ability, cultural background, religion or sexual identity.
Read our Community Access and Inclusion Policy
Local initiative - Gippsland Pride Cup
The Pride Cup initiative celebrates diversity and inclusion in sport and has been running locally since 2017 with North Gippsland Football Netball League, Traralgon Tennis Association and Gippsland Roller Derby all hosting events to educate and raise awareness and acceptance. Local sporting clubs, associations and leagues are encouraged to join the movement pridecup.org.au
Local support and networks
Gippsland Pride Initiative exists to connect, celebrate and represent LGBTQIA+ Gippslanders to tackle barriers to inclusion and create spaces of welcome and positive change gippslandprideinitiative.com
- Headspace headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/morwell
- Rural Rainbows ruralrainbows.org.au
- The Queers Are Here – social and community support group for LGBTQIA+ adults in Gippsland. (Search The Queers Are Here on Facebook.)
- Youth Space latrobeyouthspace.org.au
- QSpace – specialist family counselling services for LGBTQIA+ people of all ages, their families and communities. Local support available based in Morwell through network organisation Anglicare https://www.queerspace.org.au/qspacenetwork/
LGBTIQA+ support organisations
- Bisexual Alliance Victoria Inc bi-alliance.org
- Intersex Peer Support Australia isupport.org.au
- Living Positive Victoria livingpositivevictoria.org.au
- MindOut lgbtihealth.org.au/mindout
- Minus 18 minus18.org.au
- Monash Health Gender Clinic monashhealth.org/services/gender-clinic
- Parents of Gender Diverse Children pgdc.org.au
- QLife qlife.org.au
- Rainbow Door rainbowdoor.org.au
- Rainbow Families rainbowfamilies.com.au
- Rainbow Health rainbowhealthvic.org.au
- Rainbow Network rainbownetwork.com.au
- Royal Children’s Hospital Gender Service rch.org.au/adolescent-medicine/gender-service
- Switchboard switchboard.org.au
- Thorne Harbour Health (formerly Victorian Aids Council thorneharbour.org
- Transgender Vic tgv.org.au
- Val’s LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/health-and-wellbeing/lgbti-ageing-and-aged-care
- YGender ygender.org.au
- Zoe Belle Gender Collective zbgc.org.au
Resources
- Diversity Australia diversityaustralia.com.au
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia lgbtiqhealth.org.au
- LGBTIQ+ State Government Taskforce vic.gov.au/lgbtiq-taskforce
- Pride in Prevention rainbowhealthvic.org.au/news/launch-pride-in-prevention-evidence-guide
- Rainbow eQuality https://www.health.vic.gov.au/populations/rainbow-equality
- Rainbow Tick rainbowhealthvic.org.au/rainbow-tick
- Safe Schools https://www.vic.gov.au/safe-schools
- Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission humanrights.vic.gov.au/hub/lgbtiq-rights
- Victorian Government vic.gov.au/lgbtiq-equality
- Victorian Pride Centre pridecentre.org.au