Victorian LGBTQIA+ organisations Thorne Harbour Health and Inclusion Melbourne have released a set of resources for people with disability in our community to assist in navigating Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The resources were developed in response to feedback from LGBTIQA+ people with disability consistently indicating that they have had poor experiences navigating both […]
The poor mental health outcomes of LGBTIQ+ Victorians comes at an economic and financial cost estimated to be as high as $3 billion claims research released today. Commissioned by Thorne Harbour Health, the report findings from Deloitte show the rate of lifetime mental health for LGBTIQ+ Victorians is 73%, significantly higher than the 46% among […]
Thorne Harbour Health’s longest-running sexual health campaign, The Drama Downunder, continues to spark complaints to Australia’s Ad Standards with the latest seasonal testing campaign. First launched in 2008, the Drama Downunder has been highlighting the importance of maintaining sexual health and wellbeing for over a decade. During that time, the campaign has regularly received complaints […]
Thorne Harbour Health and Switchboard Victoria applaud the Victorian peak organisations that have pledged to end the discrimination and inequities experienced by LGBTIQ+ communities in Victoria with the Embracing Equality Charter. Launched this week, signatories on the Embracing Equality Charter include: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Victorian Aboriginal Children and Young People’s […]
Victorian HIV organisation Thorne Harbour Health says its organisation has lost a tireless leader, community activist, and gay community advocate with the passing of Professor Jim Hyde. Professor Hyde’s death was announced on Monday and the organisation, which was previously known as the Victorian AIDS Council, highlighted his almost 30-year with the organisation. Remembered as an […]
