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You’re invited to come along to an informal  LGBTIQA+ pop up office and free community BBQ  with  Senator Nick McKim  at  Cornelian Bay Park, Hobart, Tasmania ! This is a chance to come together, share food and stories, and celebrate our vibrant community. You’ll have the opportunity to chat with Nick in his new role as the Australian Greens spokesperson for LGBTIQA+ issues about what matters most to you.  Nick and the team will be cooking up a  free BBQ,  with  halal, vegan,

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...

Sent:  Friday, 25 October 2024 To:  Julian Punch, Rainbow Communities Tasmania Subject:  Re: Hi from John* (*name supplied/withheld for...

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...

After enduring seven years of hatred, violence and abuse by former neighbour, Benedict King, and after several restraint orders against...

Kingborough Council, Tasmania, Australia - Friday, 31 March 2023 - Raising of the rainbow flag and launch of the LGBTIQ+ Action Plan

Dear All, Hope you are doing well. I am writing it with super disappointment and heart broken 💔 experience from UNHCR Pakistan and...

From: Julian Punch [email supplied] Sent: Monday, November 15, 2021 3:11 PM To: Victor Madrigal; Victor Madrigal-Borloz personal (email...

Image by tumisu->Pixabay hi Dear concerned my name is Dajam and I am from (town named), Pakistan. i would like to thank the Rainbow...

Photo: https://pixabay.com.users/javad_esmaeili-16826276/ The project of Rainbow Communities Tasmania Inc. (RCT Inc.) is to support the...