Cultural Rainbow Service Directory
This service directory was made in 2017 in conjunction with the Red Cross. Use this directory to find multicultural LGBTIQ services and supports that are available in Melbourne.
We are indebted to all the professionals to joined us in the mapping session to make this directory happen!
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AGMC hopes to expand this directory nationwide – if you have a service or project that supports multicultural and multifaith LGBTIQ, please email us at contact@agmc.org.au
| NEW SOUTH WALES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Rainbow Cultures | Website | This is a website for multicultural and multifaith LGBTIQ+ organisations in NSW. | https://www.rainbowcultures.org.au/ |
| Education+Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Established General Services | Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health | https://www.ceh.org.au/training/ | |
| Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) | http://www.glhv.org.au/training | ||
| (in)visible – planning respectful relationships workshops and service provider training | |||
| Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health | http://www.mcwh.com.au/mwha.php | ||
| Victoria Police GLLO – LGBTI Liaison | http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=30300 | ||
| Victorian Transcultural Mental Health | http://www.vtmh.org.au/education-and-training/ | ||
| Zoe Belle Gender Collective | http://www.zbgc.com.au/ | ||
| Work+Employment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Established General Services | Working Out LGBTI specialist employment agency | http://www.senswide.com.au/content.asp?id=26&t=workingout&cid=3 | |
| Multicultural Services | ASRC Employment Program (Innovation Hub) Footscray | http://www.asset.asrc.org.au | |
| ASRC Dandenong | dandenong@asrc.org.au | https://www.asrc.org.au/contact/ | |
| Age Specific | • Whitelion (12 – 25) Wyndham-Frankston-East Melbourne | http://www.whitelion.asn.au | |
| Legal+Finance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Established General Services | David Williams Fund – Positive Living Centre | http://www.senswide.com.au/content.asp?id=26&t=workingout&cid=3 | |
| HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HACC) | http://vac.org.au/hiv-aids/hivaids-legal-centre-halc | ||
| Victoria Legal Aid | https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au | ||
| Darebin Legal Service | http://www.communitylaw.org.au/clc_darebin/cb_pages/about_us.php | ||
| Multicultural/Refugee+Asylum Seeker Services | Anti Slavery Australia | legal representation for victims of forced trafficking + marriage | http://www.antislavery.org.au/ |
| Human Rights Law program ASRC | women and LGBTI clinic | https://www.asrc.org.au/home/our-services/human-rights-law-program | |
| Refugee Legal | https://refugeelegal.org.au/ | ||
| Women’s Health West | For women in family violence situations, can provide financial assistance | http://whwest.org.au/ | |
| Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Established General Services | Equinox Gender Diverse Health Centre | clinic for trans + gender diverse clients, GP clinic, HIV testing, sexual health | https://equinox.org.au/ |
| • North Richmond Community Health Centre | http://nrch.com.au | ||
| • Northside Clinic | http://northsideclinic.net.au | ||
| • VAC – LGBTI Health | alcohol and drug counselling, family violence support | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/alcohol-and-other-drug-services-aod | |
| Mental Health | Neami Western | North and Innes North are established | http://www.neaminational.org.au/ |
| Headspace | counselling in the West, eligible from 12 to 25 aged | https://www.headspace.org.au | |
| Mind Equality Centre | Based North Fitzroy | https://www.mindaustralia.org.au/services/mind-victoria/mind-equality-centre-fitzroy-north | |
| Queer Space | in Drummond street, Carlton | https://ds.org.au/our-services/queerspace | |
| Switchboard | phone counselling | http://www.switchboard.org.au | |
| Cohealth | counselling, refugee and asylum seeker health team, located in West and North West, eligible from 16 and above aged | https://www.cohealth.org.au/ | |
| Neami Youth Residential Services | locations are Hawthorn, Noble Park, Seaford and Moorabin | http://www.neaminational.org.au/our-services/youth-support-services | |
| Tony Paynter | Facilitator, advocate, activist, ageing, LGBTIQ+, Mental Health, in Melbourne | Email: tpaynter2@gmail.com TEL: 0427 985 189 | |
| ASRC – Health Program | ( no medicare –GPs) (Medicare – Allied health, spec) (immunisation – all members), and counselling services | https://www.asrc.org.au/home/our-services/how-we-help/justice/health/ | |
| Q Life | AOD program Merri Health in Drummond Street | https://qlife.org.au | |
| Reachout.com | online and eligible from 15-25 aged | https://au.reachout.com | |
| VAC | Fearless group for any ages, therapeutic group to look at internalised homophobia | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/therapeutic-groups | |
| VAC | Calming and anxiety therapeutic group | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/therapeutic-groups | |
| General counselling VAC | Victorian AIDS council- pricing is sliding scale | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/counselling | |
| Equinox VAC Clinic | for trans, gender diverse clients – providing GP clinic, HIV testing and sexual health | https://equinox.org.au | |
| (In)visible Drummond street services | Counsellor, included in programs, health and wellbeing focused protective factor | https://ds.org.au | |
| Prahran Mission | outminds and Rainbow connection mental health social, eligible for all ages and 18+ in 211 Chaple st, Prahran (all Melbourne Metro) | https://www.prahranmission.org.au | |
| North Richmond Community Health Centre | http://nrch.com.au | ||
| Headspace (Youth) | https://headspace.org.au/young-people | ||
| LGBTI – starting fine conversation in partnership with Greek and Gay Support Network (target group Greek LGBTI team and families) based in Pronia Brunswick | |||
| Multicultural/Refugee+Asylum Seekers Services | Clinical questions – Refugee Health Fellows | Royal Children’s Hospital (children’s clinic also in Craigieburn), Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash Medical | http://refugeehealthnetwork.org.au/engage/refugee-health-fellows/ |
| Eastern Health cue cards | https://www.easternhealth.org.au/site/item/152-cue-cards-in-community-languages | ||
| Victoria Legal Aid | https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au | ||
| Health Translations | translation tools in community languages | http://www.healthtranslations.vic.gov.au | |
| Housing & basic needs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| positive living centre and provide feedback for HIV people | http://vac.org.au/hiv-aids/positive-living-centre | ||
| Front yard | Youth Services, eligibly aged from 12 to 25, located in King St, Melbourne | http://www.melbournecitymission.org.au/services/homelessness-justice/young-people-25-years/frontyard-youth-services | |
| Housing/homelessness | TGV & Launch Housing Project | https://www.launchhousing.org.au/ | |
| Helping hands mission | Food bank with easy access in Airport West. | http://www.helpinghandsmission.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=133 | |
| Footscray Community Bike Shop | free bikes for refugees and asylum seekers | https://www.facebook.com/footscraycommunitybikeshed | |
| ASRC Dandenong | emergency packs, food catering, food bank referral to ASRC Footscray. | https://www.asrc.org.au/get-involved/foodandmaterialsupport | |
| LGBTI Homeless. Com | http://www.lgbtihomeless.com | ||
| Unison Housing | Housing Support | http://www.unison.org.au | |
| Social Inclusion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Community Participation | Rainbow international students network | https://www.facebook.com/rainbowstudents/ | |
| Centre for Culture Ethnicity & Health (CEH) | https://www.ceh.org.au | ||
| IPC Health | Community Participation important part of an organisation | https://www.ipchealth.com.au/get-involved/community-participation-register | |
| Victoria Police GLLO LGBTI Liaison | http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=30300 | ||
| Living Positive Victoria | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au | ||
| Muslims for progressive Values Australia (MPV) | stands for equal human rights for all and be affirming and supportive of progressive Muslims and allies | https://www.muslimcollective.com | |
| BCV | Buddhist Council of Victoria | http://www.bcv.org.au | |
| ARCV Dandenong | https://www.asrc.org.au | ||
| LGBTI – starting fine conversation in partnership with Greek and Gay Support Network (1 year project) | |||
| Out and About Project with Switchboard, an LGBTIQ community based elderly visiting service | http://www.switchboard.org.au/out-about | ||
| Marhaba (LGBTIQ Muslims, founded by Imam Nur Warsame) | closed facebook group | ||
| GEIFN | Glen Eira Interfaith network – aka Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods. | https://gleneirainterfaith.blogspot.com.au/ | |
| Cohealth – Footscray | https://www.cohealth.org.au/locations/footscray-78-paisley-street/ | ||
| Outminds | Prahran Mission LGBTIQ – Social | http://www.prahranmission.org.au | |
| LGBTI member group ASRC | |||
| Muslims marriage equality (Facebook)- open for muslims and allies | |||
| (In)visible | Drummond St, community consultation around health and wellbeing. | https://ds.org.au | |
| Advocacy | Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health (CEH) | https://www.ceh.org.au/cultural-consultancy | |
| LGBTI Health Alliance | http://lgbtihealth.org.au | ||
| GLHV | http://www.glhv.org.au | ||
| Democracy in colour | https://democracyincolour.org | ||
| AAG | https://www.aag.asn.au | ||
| ASRC member network | https://www.asrc.org.au/advocacyandcampaigns | ||
| Living positive Victoria & positive women | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au/positive-speakers-bureau | ||
| NAPWHA | http://napwha.org.au/about-us | ||
| VMIAC | https://www.vmiac.org.au/services/advocacy | ||
| LGBTI- | starting the conversation (target group: Greek, open age) | ||
| (in)visible and training development | http://www.visible.gr/en/services/training-and-development.html | ||
| Kaleidoscope | http://kaleidoscopetrust.com/what-we-do/advocacy/ | ||
| Social Inclusion | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SUB CATEGORY | NAME/TITLE | ABOUT | LINK |
| Social support | Red Cross | community visiting scheme. Locations: Geelong, Surf Coast, Loddon Mallee, Grampians, Bellarine, Metropolitan Melbourne. |
https://www.redcross.org.au/companionship |
| Queer Department | at Melbourne Uni or Monash for students | https://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/communities/queer/ | |
| Out and About | Visitor by switchboard for over 60’s | http://www.switchboard.org.au/out-about/ | |
| TGD | TGV social media / website, phone support. | ||
| Greek ad Gay support network, online community/ facebook page and social events | https://www.facebook.com/greekkaigay/ | ||
| Marhaba | |||
| The Institute of Many (TIM) | http://theinstituteofmany.org/ | ||
| HIVsters | https://www.hivsters.info/ | ||
| Planet Positive Events (LPV) | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au/programs-and-services/groups-and-activities/planet-positive/ | ||
| Faith Community Council of Victoria | http://www.faithvictoria.org.au/ | ||
| GEIFN | Glen Eira interfaith network – aka Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods | https://gleneirainterfaith.blogspot.com.au/ | |
| Victoria Arabic Social Services | Community Visiting Scheme, Northern Metro and over 60 | http://vass.org.au/services/ | |
| YGender Support- TGD, from 18-25 | https://www.ygender.org.au/ | ||
| ASRC Dandenong | Music group and women dance class | https://www.asrc.org.au/2015/01/16/asrc-music-group-in-the-spotlight/ | |
| Drummond Street services | (In)visible project Youth Group Activities, from 12-25, practice and flexibility. | http://thedrum.ds.org.au/ | |
| Alphabet Soup | |||
| Jewish Care | Community Visiting Scheme, South Metro and over 60 | http://www.jewishcare.org.au/ | |
| ASRC LGBTI members group | https://www.asrc.org.au/ | ||
| VAC | young and gay peer group for guys 26 and under | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/peer-workshops | |
| VAC | peer group, women aged 27 and over for some sex attracted men. | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/peer-workshops | |
| VAC | peer group, Gay Asian Proud | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/peer-workshops | |
| Minus 18- Support 14-25 LGBTIQ | https://www.minus18.org.au/ | ||
| Rainbow Network | find a group link- all of the youth 12-25 social support groups in Victoria. | http://www.rainbownetwork.com.au/ | |
| Q Program | LGBTI Youth | ||
| Switchboard | Grampians, Barwon-South Western, Metro, Hume, aged over 60 | http://www.switchboard.org.au/ | |
| Gay Asian Proud | http://vac.org.au/lgbti-health/peer-workshops | ||
| Out and About | project with Switchboard, LGBTIQ elderly visiting service. | http://www.switchboard.org.au/out-about | |
| Bridgemeals | once a month support group/ meal for LGBTI refugees or newly arrived migrants. | https://www.genderqueer.org.au/bridge-meals | |
| Latin X | |||
| AGMC | Australian GLBTI Multicultural council | http://www.agmc.org.au | |
| Wyndham Rainbow neighbours | https://www.facebook.com/wyndhamrainbowneighbours | ||
| Helem | https://www.facebook.com/helem.melbourne | ||
| Yellow kitties | http://yellowkitties.org | ||
| Inclusion Melbourne (METRO) | Community visiting scheme, aged over 60 | http://yellowkitties.org | |
| Yellow kitties | http://inclusion.melbourne | ||
| Greek and Gay | http://greekandgay.com.au | ||
| Established Projects | End of life planning : TGV/COTA | http://www.cota.org.au/australia/news/newslist/2017/palliative-care-in-aged-care-principles.aspx | |
| Homelessness/ Housing Project: TGV & Launch Housing | https://www.launchhousing.org.au | ||
| LGBTI suicide prevention trial – PHN | North Western Melbourne | http://lgbtihealth.org.au/resources/national-lgbti-mental-health-suicide-prevention-strategy | |
| Intersect | Victorian Transcultural Mental Health. Project on improving cultural competency within community leaders & services providers on the experiences of CALD, interfaith LGBTI individuals. | http://www.vtmh.org.au | |
| AAG | https://www.aag.asn.au | ||
| LGBTI | starting fine conversation project in partnership with Greek and Gay Network (1 year project based at Pronia Victoria) | ||
| Living positive Victoria & positive women | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au/positive-speakers-bureau | ||
| Drummond Street services | (in)visible + Queerspace & Queer Space Youth. | https://ds.org.au/our-services/queerspace | |
| Project [EMBRACE] | a report mapping service needs of LGBTI Muslims for Progressive Values Australia | https://www.projectembrace.org | |
| Sex positivity resilience and rainbow Youth (IPC Health)- | consultation with existing LGBTI Youth groups in the West to explore sexual Health and mental Health issues and ID strengths and then co-design of the workshop. | https://www.ipchealth.com.au | |
| QTIPoC Project with Switchboard: Building equity for Queer and trans Indigenous people or people of colour. | http://www.switchboard.org.au/qtipoc-project/ | ||
| Online Magazine for Multicultural LGBTIQ issues | up to 30 years of age. | http://archermagazine.com.au | |
| Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health (CEH) | https://www.ceh.org.au | ||
| GEIFN | Glen Eira interfaith network – aka Global Engagement in Friendlier Neighbourhoods | https://gleneirainterfaith.blogspot.com.au | |
| Positive speakers bureau (PSB) | speaker present lived perspectives of HIV to different audiences (Living positive Victoria) | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au/positive-speakers-bureau | |
| Optimise | run by Monash Uni, NSW uni, Latrobe Uni and Ottawa Uni and facilitated by 2 nurses and 1 GP from Co-health and Monash Health) and provide training on refugees and asylum seekers to 36 GP clinics across NSW and VIC | http://www.med.monash.edu.au/general-practice/research/optimise/index.html | |
| TGV | Justice Victoria Trans Prisoners | http://www.transgendervictoria.com | |
| TGV | Multifaith ceremony to mark Transgender day of Remembrance HIV and Ageing – VIC Perri (LPV) + Gerry O’Brien (PLC) | http://livingpositivevictoria.org.au/private-page-template-4 | |
| (In)visible DSS | all regions | http://archermagazine.com.au | |
| GLHV | “nothing for them” and “ Something for them” reports | http://www.glhv.org.au/report/something-them | |