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Warning: This article contains mentions of domestic violence and suicide. Australia’s peak body for LGBTIQ+ health has welcomed many measures in the just-released 2022-23 Budget, but warns LGBTIQ+ communities are being left behind. LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) is calling for specific funding measures that will directly address LGBTIQ+ needs and priorities. While the Budget provides […]
Tags: budget, Domestic violence, family violence, Health, lgbtiq+ health australia, Mental Health, sexual violence, Suicide Prevention
30 Mar 2022 /
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Labor have promised additional funding to support LGBTIQ+ people affected by domestic violence if elected to government. The opposition say their commitment to fund an additional 15 workers across community organisations will have a positive effect on 1,200 people. The joint announcement from Linda Burney the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services, and Senator […]
Tags: Domestic violence, family, Jenny McAllister, Labor, linda burney
17 Mar 2022 |
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Warning: This article contains mentions of domestic and family violence. With Mardi Gras days away, Domestic Violence prevention campaign We’re Better Than That has launched a second video series with two videos featuring Drag Race Down Under contestant Maxi Shield. In the emotional video, Maxi Shield shares that they are actually a survivor of domestic […]
Tags: ACON, Domestic violence, family violence, Maxi Shield, we're better than that
3 Mar 2022 |
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Showcasing positive representations of the diverse range of relationships that exist in LGBTQ communities, and promoting what healthy relationships can look like, are the focus of a new Australian-first campaign from NSW’s leading LGBTQ health organisation, ACON. Launched to coincide with this year’s Human Rights Day, At the Front Door is a campaign that seeks […]
Tags: ACON, at the front door, Domestic violence, family violence, Relationships
10 Dec 2021 |
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Warning: This article contains mentions of domestic and intimate partner violence. LGBTQ+ Domestic Violence Awareness Day is coming up this Friday 28th May, following the theme #SeenAndBelieved. First marked in Australia just last year, the day aims to shine a light on domestic violence in LGBTQ+ relationships, and the need for tailored support services for […]
Tags: Bella Broadway, connection and wellbeing australia, Domestic violence, family violence, intimate partner violence
25 May 2021 |
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LGBTQ+ people impacted by sexual, domestic and family violence (SDFV) from across Australia will now have access to relevant, culturally appropriate and state-specific information and resources with the national rollout of the digital support hub, Say It Out Loud. Produced by ACON, Australia’s largest sexuality and gender diverse health organisation, Say It Out Loud is […]
Tags: ACON, Domestic violence, family violence, say it out loud, sexual violence
10 Dec 2020 |
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This story contains information about domestic violence This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March. The march is held each year to commemorate and honour the lives of those who have died in the last year through family and domestic violence related incidents. In the last 12 months, 15 people […]
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26 Nov 2020 |
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Content Warning: domestic violence, choking, sexual activity Liberal Democrat MLC Aaron Stonehouse says the WA government needs to get out of people’s bedrooms and stop trying to make choking sex play illegal. “Today I went through the business paper of legislation before the Parliament and I discovered that the Attorney-General wants to make erotic asphyxiation […]
Tags: Aaron Stonehouse, choking, Domestic violence, family violence, sex, simone mcgurk
25 Jun 2020 |
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Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate, so on Thursday 28 May, Australia’s first LGBTI Domestic Violence Awareness Day will shine a light on the staggeringly high levels of domestic violence being experienced within LGBTI relationships, and seriously low levels of reporting. Statistics show that up to 62 per cent of LGBTI people have experienced domestic violence within […]
Tags: Domestic violence
26 May 2020 |
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Children’s charity Variety Australia are teaming up with Linney’s Jewellers for an afternoon of fashion and food to aid victims of domestic violence in Australia. Guests are instructed to bring a new toy or game that will be donated to Variety’s Toy Bank. Variety, who work intimately with the Women’s Council for Domestic & Family […]
Tags: Domestic violence, Fashion, One Fell Swoop, toy bank, variety
16 Sep 2015 |
Filed under Culture,Fashion |
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