LGBTIQ+ community

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Knox City Council supports and celebrates all our community members. We are all equal, regardless of culture, faith, gender identity, biological sex characteristics, sexual orientation and linguistic diversity.

Council commitment to the LGBTIQ+ community

We are committed to addressing and preventing discrimination affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and or Questioning (LGBTIQ+) community members. Our aim is to ensure a safe and inclusive community for all.

We take part in several events that celebrate our LGBTIQ+ community, including:

Midsumma Festival
Pride March
IDAHOBIT Day.

Council's Rainbow Path

Knox is home to a permanent rainbow path. The path symbolizes our commitment to inclusion, diversity and support for the LGBTIQ+ community.

You can find the path outside the Eastgate South building, next to the Knox Civic Centre.

The path is 30m long and was painted by members of Council's LGBTIQ+ Working Group in November 2018.

All community members and visitors are welcome to visit the path. You can post photos and reference the path using the hashtag #KnoxRainbowPath

Rainbow ‘Path to Equality’

To celebrate IDAHOBIT 2019, Knox City Council unveiled a temporary installation on the Rainbow Path called ‘Path to Equality’.

It was a timeline of the progress of the LGBTIQ+ community towards social and legislative change in Victoria and Australia.

LGBTIQ+ young people

Find out about our programs that are designed to support LGBTIQ+ Young People.

LGBTI older people

We are constantly seeking to understand and address the needs of the older LGBTI community.

Find out about our latest projects and have your say

Inclusive services and information

There are a variety of services and information available to both support and celebrate our LGBTIQ+ community.

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Health services

Name and website	Details	Phone
Switchboard	Community-based organisation providing peer-based, volunteer-run support service for LGBTIQ people, their friends, families and allies	1800 184 527
Family Planning Victoria	Reproductive and sexual health clinical services	9257 0100 or 1800 013 952
Drummond Street Services: Queerspace QHealth	Information and services aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the queer and LGBTIQA+ communities QHealth is a counselling service for people who would like to talk about the concerns or impacts of their alcohol or other drug use in a confidential, nonjudgmental and queer-affirmative space	9865 6700
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne – Gender Service	A service to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents who are trans or gender diverse	9345 5890
Monash Health Gender Clinic	A state-wide service to improve the health and wellbeing of trans, gender diverse and non-binary people aged 17 years and above	9556 5216
Q Life	Counselling and referral service for LGBTI people	1800 184 527
Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian AIDS Council)	A range of services from prevention to education, treatment and care of People Living with HIV/AIDS and counselling services
Positive Women	Support and advocacy for women living with HIV	9863 8747
Living Positive Victoria	Community-based organisation representing all people living with HIV in Victoria since 1988 and is committed to the advancement of human rights and wellbeing of all people living with HIV	9863 8733
Equinox – located in Fitzroy	A peer-led Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) General Practice clinic operated by Thorne Harbour Health	9416 2889
Pronto – located in Fitzroy	A peer-led Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) General Practice clinic operated by Thorne Harbour Health	9416 2889
Prahran Market Clinic – located in Prahran	Rapid HIV testing for men	9514 0888
Northside Clinic – located in Fitzroy North	General practice specialising in LGBTI health, trans and gender diverse healthcare	9485 7700
Melbourne Sexual Health – located in Carlton	Walk-in clinic offering sexual health screening services	9341 6200

Information and resources

Name and website	Details
Pride Centre	The Victorian Pride Centre will be the iconic new home of Victoria’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex communities
GLHV Rainbow Health (Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria)	LGBTI Health and Wellbeing policy and resource unit
Transgender Victoria	Works with and for the trans and gender diverse (TGD) community and allies to create positive change
Rainbow Families	A volunteer community organisation based in Victoria that supports and promotes equality for ‘rainbow’ families
National LGBTI Health Alliance	National peak health organisation for organisations and individuals that provide health-related programs, services and research focused on LGBTIQ+
Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC)	A peak body for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer individuals and community groups of multicultural and multifaith backgrounds
Hares and Hyenas	LGBTIQ+ Bookshop
Victorian State Government Equality website	State Government LGBTI initiatives and programs
Victoria Police GLLOs	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Liaison Officers

For young people

Name and website	Details
Rainbow Network	Network, training and resources for people working with same sex attracted, intersex, trans and gender diverse young people
Minus 18	Champions for LGBTIQ Youth Australia Wide – Events, support, workshops and campaigns
Headspace Knox	Free mental health service who specialise in youth wellbeing for young people aged 12-25
Youth Alcohol & Other Drug Service	Provide support to LGBTIQ+ young people 16-25 and their families around Alcohol and other Drug use

Social and sporting activities

Name and website	Details
Midsumma Festival	Victoria’s premier LGBTQIA+ cultural festival, made for and by communities who live with shared experience around diverse gender and sexuality
Melbourne Queer Film Festival	A film festival that showcases the finest, contemporary queer cinema from Australia and beyond in the largest queer film festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
GLOBE (Gay and Lesbian Organisation of Business and Enterprise)	Community group that welcomes LGBTI individuals, businesses, community groups and their supporters so they can engage and develop their interests in an environment that encourages diversity and inclusiveness.
Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus (MGLC)	LGBTIQ+ community choir
Melbourne Rainbow Band (MRB)	Gay and Lesbian community concert band
Dance Cats	Same-sex dancing specialists who provide a safe and fun environment for the LGBTIQ community & their friends to learn and express themselves in dance

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