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The National LGBTI Health Alliance was established by a number of organisations from across Australia that provide health-related programs, services and research targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people (LGBTI).
The Alliance acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, their diversity, histories and knowledge and their continuing connections to land and community. We pay our respect to all Australian Indigenous peoples and their cultures, and to elders of past, present and future generations.
Alliance members have come together to work collaboratively to improve the health and wellbeing of sexuality, sex and gender diverse people by:
- advocating with a national voice on the health and wellbeing needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people and communities
- building the capacity of our members to work with and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people and communities.
We work across a broad range of health areas, striving to improve LGBTI health in many different ways.
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The National LGBTI Health Alliance celebrates our big achievements from 2011!
A detailed media release can be downloaded here: .PDF / .DOC
"Considerable progress was made in priority areas that had been worked on for some time. In the short space of a year, the Alliance has grown from three part-time positions to 5 full-time and one part-time position, and has become involved in many new areas of health promotion for LGBTI Australians", Paul Martin said.
Highlights of 2011 included:
- MindOUT! Mental Health and Suicide Prevention project secures significant funding ($1.1m)
- Funding helps to expand staffing resources
- Involvement in supporting the first 'Parlimentary Friends of LGBTI' event in Canberra.
- The LGBTI Ageing Roundtable
- Contribution to DoHA LGBTI Working Group
The National LGBTI Health Alliance is calling for comments on the draft submission to the AG's Department in response to the Discussion Paper on the Consolidation of Commonwealth Anti-discrimination laws. Comments are due with the Alliance Friday 20 January 2012 at sujay.kentlyn@lgbtihealth.org.au
The proposed Equality Act is of vital concern to the National LGBTI Health Alliance. Firstly we recognise the need for stronger, clearer, more effective laws against discrimination. Secondly the prejudice underlying and giving rise to discrimination is an important social determinant of health.
The draft submission can be downloaded here. The report was prepared by Jamie Gardiner (Alliance member) and Sujay Kentlyn (Alliance Health Policy Officer).
The National LGBTI Ageing Roundtable was held on 18-19 October 2011. A summary report of the roundtable can be downloaded here.
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