LGBTQ+ Archives

QLife

QLife is a non-crisis national LGBTQ+ peer run service offering support and referral for people wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

1800 184 527

Free Call
Mon - Sun 3PM - 12AM

Online chat

Mon - Sun 3PM - 12AM

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What to expect

LGBTQ+ Online chat Peer led Phone Support Sexuality Supporting someone else Supporting yourself

QLife phone and chat can have a wait time of 30 minutes.

Phone calls are limited to 25 minutes and web chat is limited to 35 minutes.

You will speak to a LGBTQ+ peer who can offer you support and referral.

You can remain anonymous.

Click here for some ideas on how to care for yourself as you wait.

TransHub

TransHub provides information and resources for the trans and gender diverse community.

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ACON Community groups LGBTQ+ Trans and Gender Diverse

Twenty10

Providing a broad range of specialised services for LGBTQ+ young people 12-25 including housing, mental health, counselling and social support.

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02 8594 9555

Mon-Fri 9AM - 5PM

Community groups Housing LGBTQ+ Mental health Supporting yourself Trans and Gender Diverse

ACON support services

ACON offers a range of free and/or affordable community care and counselling services for LGBTQ+ adults in NSW. Services include suicide prevention and aftercare peer support, care coordination, HIV and LGBTQ+ counselling, substance support and home-based care.

02 9206 2000

Mon - Fri 9AM - 5PM

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Sydney, Hunter, Northern Rivers

Sydney Front of House Mon - Fri 9AM - 6PM
Hunter Mon, Wed, Fri 9AM - 5PM, Tues & Thurs 9AM - 6PM
Northern Rivers Mon - Fri 9AM - 5PM

ACON Alcohol and other drugs Bereavement LGBTQ+ Mental health Peer led Postvention Relationships Sexuality Supporting someone else Supporting yourself Trans and Gender Diverse

ACON regional services

Our ACON Regional Services map will help you find local sexual health clinics (orange pin), LGBTIQ+ community groups (rainbow pin), Aboriginal community health services (Aboriginal flag pin) and the services offered at each of our ACON offices.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ACON Community groups LGBTQ+

ACON Pride Training

ACON LGBTQ Inclusion Training provides learning and development programs to assist health and community organisations in increasing their knowledge of people with diverse genders and sexualities, their communities and health priorities.

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ACON LGBTQ+ Training

Charlee

Charlee is a digital suicide prevention hub created by the LGBTQ+ community. It takes a no wrong door approach and seeks to create a safer space designed by LGBTIQA+ peers, to connect other peers and supporters to resources that better reflect and address the experiences often faced by our communities.

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LGBTQ+ Peer led Supporting someone else Supporting yourself

DISCHARGED

Alt2Su peer support group for trans and gender diverse people.

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LGBTQ+ Peer led Trans and Gender Diverse

Forcibly Displaced People Network

Forcibly Displaced People Network (FDPN) is the first registered LGBTIQ+ refugee-led organisation in Australia. FDPN works to support LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants from non-Western countries to be safe in Australia.

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Culturally diverse backgrounds LGBTQ+

Gender Centre

Services and support for the trans and gender diverse community including accommodation support, groups, case management, education and training, counselling and mental health support.

Website

02 9519 7599

Mon - Fri
9AM - 4:30PM

Housing LGBTQ+ Mental health Trans and Gender Diverse

Inner City Legal Centre LGBTIQ Legal Aid NSW

Legal aid for LGBTQ+ people in NSW.

Website

1800 244 481

Mon - Fri 9AM - 5PM

Alcohol and other drugs Legal LGBTQ+ Supporting yourself

LGBTQIA+ Project – STARTTS

STARTTS LGBTIQA+ project provides peer-led support groups for anyone who identifies as having a diverse gender, sexuality or body and is an asylum seeker, refugee or has a refugee-like background. Groups are anonymous and confidential spaces where people can be themselves amongst their peers, share information, knowledge, and be referred to services.

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Community groups Culturally diverse backgrounds LGBTQ+ Mental health Peer led Sexuality Trans and Gender Diverse Trauma

LGBTIQA+ suicide bereavement groups — Charlee

Free, 8 session, small bereavement groups open to people in NSW and VIC bereaved by suicide in the last 3 to 24 months. Groups are free to attend. Participants do not need to have a Medicare card or mental health care plan.

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Bereavement LGBTQ+ Postvention

LGBTQ Sports Club Directory

Pride in Sport's directory to LGBTQ sport clubs in NSW and around Australia.

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Community groups LGBTQ+

LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Carers

Resources and information for LGBTQIA+ mental health carers.

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LGBTQ+ Mental health

Pride Inclusion Programs

ACON’s Pride Inclusion Programs offer a range of services to assist employers, sporting organisations and service providers with all aspects of LGBTQ inclusion. Programs include Pride in Diversity, Pride in Sport, and Pride in Health & Wellbeing.

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ACON LGBTQ+ Training

Rainbow Cultures Directory

Directory of LGBTQ+ multicultural community groups and services.

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Community groups Culturally diverse backgrounds LGBTQ+

Rainbow Families

Rainbow Families works to reduce discrimination and disadvantage faced by children of LGBTQ+ parents and is a support network for parents and carers, as well as future parents and carers.

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LGBTQ+ Relationships Sexuality

24/7 service

Rainbow Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Helpline

24/7 phone support for the LGBTIQ+ people impacted by sexual domestic and/or family violence.

1800 497 212

24/7

LGBTQ+ Relationships Trauma

Regional NSW community info guides

These community information guides are designed to be shared online and printed.

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ACON Community groups LGBTQ+

Roses in the Ocean

Resources and training from Australia's peak lived experience suicide prevention organisation. LGBTQ+ inclusive programs available.

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LGBTQ+ Supporting someone else Supporting yourself

Safe Relationships Project

The Safe Relationships Project can assist clients in accessing legal representation and to apply for Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders (ADVO) or Apprehended Personal Violence Orders (APVO) to help put an end to the violence they are experiencing.

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Legal LGBTQ+ Relationships

SASH – Support After Suicide Hub

Support After Suicide Hub (SASH) is the place to find support and connection for LGBTQIA+ people who have lost someone to suicide. SASH has information, resources, and an online community forum for LGBTQIA+ people bereaved by suicide aged 18+ to connect with each other.

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Bereavement LGBTQ+

Say it Out Loud

Website for LGBTQ+ people encouraging communities to have healthy relationships, get help for unhealthy relationships and support their friends.

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What to expect

ACON LGBTQ+ Relationships Supporting someone else Supporting yourself Trans and Gender Diverse

This website features a ‘Quick Exit’ button

SQuAD (Sydney Queer and Disability community group)

Social support group for trans and gender diverse people living with disability.

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Facebook Page

Disability LGBTQ+ Peer led Trans and Gender Diverse

The Suicide Response Project

The Suicide Response Project was co-designed with autistic and LGBTIQA+ people with lived experience of suicide ideation.

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Disability LGBTQ+ Mental health

Transcend

Parent led, national peer support network and community for parents and carers supporting their Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary (TGDNB) child in Australia.

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LGBTQ+ Peer led Supporting someone else Supporting yourself Trans and Gender Diverse

VincentCare — LGBTIQ+ Support

VincentCare is a specialist accommodation and homelessness support service for people who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless.

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Housing LGBTQ+

Western Sydney Inclusive Community Networks

Helping LGBTQ people and people with HIV in Western Sydney take control of their health by providing a range of local services and supporting a variety of local community groups.

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ACON Community groups LGBTQ+