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 Accreditation...

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 Convention...

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 member of the Catholic...