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From: Pulse Tasmania https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/tasmanias-lgbtqia-tourism-program-expanded-into-national-accreditation/ A Tasmanian tourism program designed to make LGBTQIA+ travellers feel welcome has been updated and expanded into a national accreditation scheme. L-R: Equality Tasmania spokesperson Rodney Croome, Tourism Industry Council Tasmania CEO Amy Hills, Rainbow Communities Tasmania (RCT Inc.) President Julian Punch and Secretary/Treasurer Brian Doran Develope

Dr Ruby Grant has requested that we contact members of the community in relation to a research project she is conducting in Southern Tasmania. Please see the poster below. It would be appreciated if you could share with your networks. Are you a member of the LGBTQ community living in Hobart's outer suburbs? La Trobe University would love to learn more about your experience of identity, community and belonging. The Out in Suburbia study will help inform how local governments a

Depression by John Hain - Pixabay - Many thanks Rainbow Communities Tasmania Inc. (RCT Inc.) congratulates cross-party and independent members of the Tasmanian Parliament in their launch of the Tasmanian Parliamentary Friends of the LGBTIQA+ Communities. However, RCT Inc. stresses the importance of wide consultation on the concerned issues with the breadth of disadvantaged and diverse sections of these disparate communities. We were concerned that, prior to the launch, ther

(22 June,1937 - 20 April, 2026) "Although my election to this place was not anticipated, I did arrive here with some fairly definite aims and objectives in mind. Then, as now, I was absolutely committed to the implementation of social justice and a more equitable society." (Kay Denman, Valedictory Speech, June 2005) It is with great sadness that we report the peaceful passing of Tasmanian Senator, Kay Janet Denman. Kay was a Tasmanian Senator from 1993 to 2005, representing

If you are travelling around Tasmania and happen to come across the Rainbow Tasmania Accreditation logo (shown above), you can rest assured that the operators of that touring business are aware of and catering to the needs of LGBTIQA+ people. The Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania (TICT), in consultation with Rainbow Communities Tasmania Inc. (RCT Inc.) and its Coming Out Proud Program (COPP) Community Liaison Committee, have developed for industry the Australian Tourism Ac

Rainbow Communities Tasmania Inc. supports an international group of silent, forced, asylum seekers from an increasing number of the 76 countries that persecute, execute, imprison, torture and persecute LGBTIQA+ people. This asylum road is difficult and often takes years to navigate. The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol Guidelines on International Protection No. 9: based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951

LGBTIQA+ Realities and Catholicism A NEW GUIDE BOOK BY TRISH HINDMARSH Trish Hindmarsh Trish is the former Director of Catholic Education in Tasmania and has been a teacher and leader in Catholic schools in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. Her doctorate centred on approaches to ecological education in Catholic schools. Since retirement in 2014, she has continued to take an active interest in education, ecology, Church renewal and social justice. She is a membe

Photo credit: Akphotos1021 - Pixabay By: Names supplied but omitted for safety reasons. My story is no different from many others who belong to conservative Muslim families in Pakistan. Being gay here carries heavy consequences - not just socially, but legally and even physically. My Pakistani boyfriend understands this reality just as deeply as I do. In Pakistan, people like us are not protected. We have to hide who we are, stay silent about our identity, and suppress eve

Sue Hickey – Mayor, Hobart City Council, Julian Punch – President, Rainbow Communities Tas Inc. and Stuart Slade – Alderman, Hobart City...

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Working It Out's Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme is a program that arranges social visits between peer volunteers and LGBT+ elders who...

The Australian Forcibly Displaced Conference 2025 is providing scholarships for people to attend the conference. The Queer Displacements...

"Before I thought that being homosexual was really something normal in the eyes of everyone, following this tragedy which really marked...

Kingborough Council is asking community members to take part in a survey, the results of which will help to develop a Multicultural...

Gay WWII concentration camp prisoners wearing the nazi-designated "pink triangle" PART 1: From: Michaelson, Laura [email address...

By Susie O’Brien - The Mercury, Tasmania Fourteen per cent of young Australians now identify as gay, up from as little as 3 per cent...

Working It Out (WIO) is a Tasmanian sexuality, gender and intersex status service that provides support and services for lesbian, gay,...

https://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/2022/12/lgbtiqa-inclusion-report/ In mid-2022, Kingborough Council, "in the interest of creating a...