There are many innovative policies and models of care in Australia
The Trans Justice Project
Sydney community and government partnerships
ACON’s TransHub
STARTTS
InterLink
The Zoe Belle Gender Collective
2Spirits
Black Rainbow
Eldercare
the National Cervical Screening Program
SignPost
LGBTIQA+ Safety and Responsiveness at St. Vincents
The Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme
PFLAG+
The Trans Justice Project is helping to drive change in community attitudes towards trans people.
Community and government partnerships have made inner Sydney the first place in the world to achieve virtual elimination of HIV transmission.
ACON’s TransHub hosts a Gender Affirming Doctor list, a list of doctors who provide gender affirming hormonal care in and around NSW.
The NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) offers peer-led support for LGBTIQA+ people who have refugee and asylum-seeking experiences through their Walk on Walk Strong project, as well as offering clinical masterclasses for social workers.
InterLink brings people together to talk about living with innate variations in sex characteristics with the support of trained counsellors and intersex peer workers.
The Zoe Belle Gender Collective works with LGBTIQA+ and mainstream health providers to improve support for young trans and gender diverse Victorians.
2Spirits runs regular yarn sessions and cultural activities that help to connect and promote healing for LGBTIQA+SB First Nations people.
Black Rainbow offers social, cultural and mental health support and agency to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who identify as LGBTIQA+.
South Australian aged care provider Eldercare promotes inclusion with its ElderPRIDE Program that modifies current services for LGBTIQA+ residents.
Self-collection in the National Cervical Screening Program provides LGBTIQA+ people with safe and inclusive preventative health services.
The Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme run by GLBTI Rights in Ageing (GRAI) connects LGBTIQA+ younger people to LGBTIQA+ older people for regular visits in residential aged care or in their homes.
PFLAG+ groups are run across Australia to empower the parents, guardians, carers and friends of LGBTIQA+ people to support their loved ones.
SignPost, created by Working It Out in Tasmania, provides information on pathways for LGBTIQA+ individuals to access organisations who provide inclusive services and safe environments.
LGBTIQA+ Safety and Responsiveness at St Vincent’s Health Melbourne has helped to make the service a place where staff, patients and visitors of gender and sexual diversity are welcomed, included and celebrated.