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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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'2012 to build on achievements of 2011 for the National LGBTI Health Alliance'

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

Alliance commends changes to Better Access scheme

The National LGBTI Health Alliance has commended Mental Health Minister, Mark Butler, for reinstating six additional therapy sessions for people referred by their GP.

“A number of Alliance members had stated their concern that the reduction of sessions to 10 could disadvantage LGBTI and other people”, reported Alliance General Manager, Warren Talbot.

“It is likely that LGBTI people, being referred by their GP to a psychologist, will have more complex and longer term mental health issues to deal with.The cost of counselling has been identified as a major barrier to people accessing mental health care and that affordable counselling options is essential for improving the mental health status of LGBTI people”

“The challenge”, Mr Talbot said, “is what will happen in 2013 when the Better Access sessions will again be reduced to only 10.”

Mr Talbot said that the Alliance supported the Commonwealth’s goals in terms of capacity building for mental health services, but 2013 may not be a realistic timetable.

 

 

Position Vacant: Project Officer (Policy)

We have a vacancy for a Project Officer (Policy). The focus for this work is mental health and suicide prevention under contract from the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. Other policy priorities include ageing, and sex and gender diversity. The position is based in Sydney.

You are an experienced individual highly motivated and with a demonstrated commitment to improve health outcomes, including community development and human rights, for LGBTI people.

[Click here for a full position description]

Resources to consider:

Having read the position description, interested applicants can contact Barry Taylor on email at barry.taylor@lgbtihealth.org.au or phone at (02) 8568 1124 for further information.  Applications close Monday, 27 February 2011.