Are you interested in improving the lives of LGBTI Australians? Would you like to be involved in the improvement of health and wellbeing across the lifespan of LGBTI Australians? Do you have a mix of skills and experience that may benefit Australia’s National LGBTI Health organisation by contributing to their governance processes? The National LGBTI […]
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Rainbow Territory update
Rainbow Territory kicked off the year with, a meeting! Yes meetings are big part of our work, here is some of the output: Developed priorities for this year: law and policy reform focusing on changes to the Anti-discrimination Act to remove all discrimination against LGBTQI peoples in the NT, changing the Adoption Act to remove existing discriminations […]
Queer & feminist book club Darwin
A queer and feminist book club has kicked off in Darwin. Next book is Desert of the Heart (which the awesome film Desert Hearts is based on). The book club will meet 6pm Sunday 21 May, Ski Club, Darwin. Guaranteed fun, chats, feminism, queer, and some discussion of the book. Get in touch to confirm attendance: outnt@outnt.info
Two surveys for older LGBTI people
The National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Strategy Review Survey, and LGBTI Older person care & housing survey This first survey is by the Department of Health (Commonwealth) seeking feedback on the National LGBTI Ageing and Aged Care Strategy https://consultations.health.gov.au/ageing-and-aged-care/lgbti-strategy-review-survey/ This second survey was passed on by the National LGBTI Health Alliance. It is an opportunity to […]
Rainbow Territory at Seabreeze festival 6 May
Rainbow Territory will be having a community stall at Seabreeze. It will be selling famous iced tea, a big batch of donated CDs, and books and other items to raise funds for campaigning this year. Drop by for chat or to pick up a cool drink and cool tunes. We would love to have some […]
National LGBTI Health Alliance NT roundtable
The team from the National LGBTI Health Alliance came to Darwin to talk about the National LGBTI Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Strategy. This strategy has been developed to systematically address the dramatic over-representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex people in measures of suicidality and mental ill-health. This strategy offers a broad and practical framework […]
Save the date for Fair Day: 2 Sept 2017!
SAVE THE DATE!! Alice Springs Pride Carnviale is proud to announce the 2017 Pride Carnivale Fair Day will be held on SATURDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER! There will be other things happening around that time, so keep an ear out. Better year, get in touch with the committee and volunteer to help put on a wonderful pride festival […]
Darwin Pride Festival 2017
Darwin Pride Festival has kicked off its meetings for the year, and will hold the fabulous festival 21 – 30 September. It’s a great time to be involved in the festival which has been going strong for 30 years. What the Darwin Pride Festival is looking for: organising committee members, performers, support crew, volunteers, event coordinators, stage hands, and […]
Got something to say about mental health & suicide prevention?
Rainbow territory is running a community survey so that LGBTQI people in the NT can have a say about: what services and support you need what services and support you access what helps you get access to support and services what stops you from accessing support and services how homophobia and discrimination impacts you rating […]
Submissions from NT government and Anti-Discrimination Commission
There was a Senate Committee set up to look into IF marriage equality would be brought in, should exemptions for ministers of religion, marriage celebrants and religious bodies and organisations so that they wouldn’t have to have anything to do with same sex marriage? Both the NT government and the NT Anti-Discimination Commission put in […]