Description The dominant approach to family violence focuses on violence committed by men against their female partners and children. This approach understands family violence as an expression of the gendered and unequal relationships between men and women. However, an exclusively gendered model contributes to the invisibility of same-sex intimate partner violence and violence within families… Continue reading Outing family violence: Developing LGBTI-inclusive family violence services »
HiD 2021
Building psychosocial support networks for LGBTIQA+ youth
Description Open Doors Youth Service has been working with QLD LGBTIQA+ youth over the past 16 years. We have seen many changes occur within the community and in relation to the needs and supports of LGBTIQA+ youth and their families. The Presentation would like to reflect on the learnings that have been had and the… Continue reading Building psychosocial support networks for LGBTIQA+ youth »
National LGBTI Aged Care Action Plan – the Final Step
Description On the 6 December 2017 Minister Wyatt launched the Aged Care Diversity Framework. Sitting under this Framework will be three Action Plans – one of these will be for LGBTI inclusive aged care. In August 2017 the Alliance began consultations with LGBTI older people living across Australia including metropolitan, regional and remote areas. This… Continue reading National LGBTI Aged Care Action Plan – the Final Step »
Remaining Human: An exploration of spacial modifications that enable us to work alongside vicarious trauma
Description What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be a ’professional’? In an attempt to be more efficient, meet quotas, manage large case loads and sustain work/life pressures, perhaps we unknowingly leave some of our human-ness behind. This workshop explores how to remain human, in spite of vicarious trauma and… Continue reading Remaining Human: An exploration of spacial modifications that enable us to work alongside vicarious trauma »
Transgender Health and Gender Diversity- educating, supporting and connecting clinicians
Description In 2016 the Hunter New England (HNE) HealthPathways team collaborated with the HNE Local Health District (LHD) and the Hunter Centre for Sex and Gender Diversity (HCSGD) to develop an evidence based transgender healthcare pathway that described local assessment, management and referral options for clinicians. The Transgender Health and Gender Diversity HealthPathway was developed… Continue reading Transgender Health and Gender Diversity- educating, supporting and connecting clinicians »
Tumblr learning: LGBTIQ+ young people’s negotiations of identity and wellbeing
Description As a social media platform, Tumblr is an important source of information and support for LGBTIQ+ young people regarding sexuality and gender diversities, as found in our Scrolling Beyond Binaries study (https://scrollingbeyondbinaries.com). Tumblr is used in diverse ways – for connection to communities (e.g. queer; fan-based), self-discovery, activism, entertainment, and a mix of these… Continue reading Tumblr learning: LGBTIQ+ young people’s negotiations of identity and wellbeing »