Supports businesses to obtain Rainbow Ready status to show your service is welcoming, safe and inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people.
Victorian State Department of Health resources for health and community services
GPs can call to get specialist clinical advice directly from a sexual health physician. The team is available Mon-Fri 8.30am to 12.30pm, 1.30pm to 5pm
1800 009 903
Clinical Tips from headspace, including
Working with Young People who are LGBTIQA+ and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background (headspace)
Have resources and treatment guidelines available including:
A resource from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Fund to assist trans and gender diverse people experiencing financial hardship to cover costs of updating their name and sex on their Victorian Birth Certificate
Grants are available to self-identifying LGBQTI people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. These micro-grants are to the value of $300 and include $200 to assist with hosting Indigenous LGBQTI community events. Each grant comes with a swag of selected Black Rainbow merchandise.
Main office
11 Seymour Street, Traralgon, Gunaikurnai Country
13 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi, Bunurong Country
119 Main Street, Bairnsdale, Gunaikurnai Country
Gippsland PHN is committed to providing inclusive services and work environments where people of all backgrounds, sexualities, genders, cultures, spiritual beliefs, age, bodies and abilities are valued, supported and celebrated.
Gippsland PHN acknowledges the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people/s as the traditional Custodians of Country across the Gippsland region.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people/s continuing connection to Land, Water and Community.
We pay our respects to the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People/s, Cultures, and their Elders past and present.
We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
Gippsland PHN acknowledges Alfie Hudson for the healing circles artwork. Alfie is a Gunai Kurnai man and created this artwork which represents health professionals being committed to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members for the best health outcomes.
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