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Explore QC's health promotion initiatives designed to support the LGBTI community in Queensland. Learn about our educational programs, resources, and campaigns aimed at improving health outcomes and promoting wellbeing. Health Promotion Breast Screening: Have you had yours yet? Cervical Screening: Have you had yours yet? Prepd Syphilis Mpox Support for Trans, Gender Diverse & Non-Binary Communities U=U suicide prevention campaign for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) is dedicated to promoting the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+SB communities across Queensland. Their health promotion initiatives include initiatives led by our First Nations communities and 2Spirits, Our Health Matters, for our Trans, Gender-Diverse and Non-Binary communities, and our ComePrepd Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV, prevention campaign, helping to improve physical and mental health and wellbeing for our LGBTIQ+SB people and communities. QC’s efforts ensure that all community members have access to the resources and care they need to lead healthy lives. As stated in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. Therefore, health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but goes beyond healthy life-styles to well-being.” Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion Please select below to learn more about important health promotion campaigns. Breast Screening: Have you had yours yet? Cervical Screening: Have you had yours yet? ComePrepd Let’s Treat Syphilis Mpox Our Health Matters U=U Yarns Heal Historical Health Promotion Breast Screening: Have you had yours yet? 2Spirits and QC have launched new health resources focusing on breast and chest screening for Queensland’s Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and South Sea Islander LGBTI+ communities. These resources aim to increase health literacy, encourage regular self-examinations, and raise awareness about cancer screening to reduce mortality rates. Developed over two years, the initiative highlights the importance of checking for changes and lumps in susu, breast, and chest health. More Information 2Spirits and QC have launched new health resources on cervical screening for Queensland’s Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and South Sea Islander LGBTI+ communities. These resources aim to address the lack of information on cervix health and encourage regular screening, empowering individuals to increase their health literacy and awareness. The initiative is designed to reduce higher mortality rates from cervical cancer through education and community engagement. More Information Cervical Screening: Have you had yours yet? ComePrepd PrEP is a prevention strategy where HIV-negative people take medication to prevent HIV infection. Taking PrEP is as simple as taking one pill a day. ComePrepd is a community-driven HIV prevention campaign by QC to raise awareness of PrEP. For more information, please visit the ComePrepd website . ComePrepd Website Let’s Treat Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Treponema Pallidum and is spread through oral, anal, and genital contact. QC and Queensland Positive People (QPP) have worked together to create campaigns and a website. For more information, please visit the Let's Treat Syphilis website . Let's Treat Syphilis Website Mpox Mpox (also known as Monkeypox) is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people. More Information Our Health Matters, launched in 2023, is created by and owned by our Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary communities and people in Queensland to champion health priorities and support, inform and support TGDNB folks right across Queensland. It's important to take control of your own sexual health. Our Health Matters aims to support people within the Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary communities and those making their own way through the world. We acknowledge that it may not be relatable for all folk, and we apologise if it isn’t for you. Our Health Matters Website Our Health Matters Yarns Heal is a suicide prevention campaign for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community; it's about sharing our stories and reaching out to our loved ones and Community Cultural Connectors when times are tough. Yarns Heal will help us learn how to support one another better and aims to strengthen our peer support systems so we can access help in culturally safe ways that nurture cultural healing, love and hope. info@yarnsheal.com.au Yarns Heal Website U=U (Treatment as Prevention) People who take HIV medication & have an undetectable viral load* for at least six months, can’t pass on HIV to their sexual partners. More Information Yarns Heal Historical Health Promotion From our inception with our LGBTIQ+ communities, QC has a long history of working with and promoting positive change to health and wellbeing for our communities. Please enjoy some historical resources below to look back on from part of our organisation’s journey. If you or anyone you know has more information or would like to discuss our history, please feel free to get in contact with us. (07) 3017 1777 info@qc.org.au Visit Facebook Page

Discover QC's impactful campaigns aimed at promoting health, wellbeing, and social inclusion for the LGBTI community in Queensland. Learn about our advocacy efforts and how you can get involved. Campaigns Breast Screening: Have you had yours yet? 2Spirits and QC are excited and proud to launch the new health resources on cervical and susu, breast and chest screening for our Queensland communities, which has been two years in development, ‘Have You Had Yours Yet?’ Our Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities told us there was need to address lack of information and knowledge around screening and diverse bodies and genders in cervix, susu, chest and breast health. We wanted to make sure we got this right and deliver resources for community members who have a cervix, susu, breast and chest to increase their health literacy knowledges. Messages like ‘check them out’, ‘look and feel every month’, ‘LOOK for changes in your susu, breast, chest’ and feel for lumps in your susu, breast, chest’ are messages to help our communities feel empowered and knowledgeable in achieving awareness and health for chest, breast and susu screening. Throughout this process we consulted with community led by Project Officer Rocky Byrne. These resources have been created with and led by community to raise awareness and education to lower the higher rates of deaths from Cervical and susu, breast and chest cancer. We acknowledge and thank Equality Australia for funding this vital project. We extend a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to community members who gave their value time and input in the development of the resources.. Download Breast Screening Poster Download Cervical Screening Brochure Champions Our Champions of Change Project Recognising the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 in our communities in Queensland and owning that this has created implications for QC to champion change in the way we had originally planned to do; the local Champions of Change project is all about supporting individuals and locally led groups who are community connected, show leadership in their own unique way, and are happy to collaborate and partner with QC as change-makers in their local communities, working with us to amplify and support their actions and voices. Think local. Act local. Repeat. This project enables individuals and/or groups to undertake an activity that will influence the change that they want to see within their "community" - be that geographic, population based or another attribute that connects a group together with a shared understanding or lived experience. All of our Champions of Change Project team members are currently working with a mixture of people and groups across the state to support this program. Errol Choikee is our first Champions of Change recipient, who is a proud First Nations person from Yarrabah in North Queensland who identifies as a Sistergirl and is attending his first Mardi Gras along with his Koori sister Michelle Tobin. To learn more about how Errol is championing change in his community , click the button below to read the full story our CEO Rebecca Reynolds has written for QNews. Champions of Change QNews Article Watch this space for more information as we progress! ComePrepd PrEP is a prevention strategy where HIV-negative people take medication to prevent HIV infection. Taking PrEP is as simple as taking one pill a day. ComePrepd is a community-driven HIV prevention campaign by QC to raise awareness of PrEP. For more information, please visit the ComePrepd website . ComePrepd Website Happiness QC has been asking folk across this vast country of Queensland, the very simple questions of "What Makes You Happy? " In a collaborative partnership that is centred in Reciprocity (otherwise known as - the 2Way Street), The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) and Queensland Health (QH) have the shared goal of understanding... What makes you happy? We know that happiness looks, feels, tastes and sounds different to each and every one of us. It comes from our memories and life learnings, it comes from unexpected moments and planned events, it is held onto and used to sustain us when times are harder and we need something to get us through. More Information Let's Treat Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection (STI) caused by the bacteria Treponema Pallidum and is spread through oral, anal, and genital contact. QC and Queensland Positive People (QPP) have worked together to create campaigns and a website. For more information, please visit the Let's Treat Syphilis website . Let's Treat Syphilis Website Let's Treat Syphilis Resources Mpox Mpox (also known as Monkeypox) is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people. . Mpox isn’t an STI, but it can be transmitted when you are hooking up, so it is important to be aware of the signs and symptoms if you are attending dance parties, sex parties, saunas or find yourself in other fun places. There continue to be local mpox cases notified in Queensland. We are alerted by Queensland Health when a case is notified so that we can provide updates to our communities. More Information Mpox Resources Our Health Matters Our Health Matters, launched in 2023, is created by and owned by our Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary communities and people in Queensland to champion health priorities and support, inform and support TGDNB folks right across Queensland. It's important to take control of your own sexual health. Our Health Matters aims to support people within the Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary communities and those making their own way through the world. We acknowledge that it may not be relatable for all folk, and we apologise if it isn’t for you. Our Health Matters Website Talking Heals As part of the National Suicide Prevention Trial, the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health developed the Talking Heals campaign in response to the increased rates of suicide and self-harm amongst LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people. Through community consultation and working alongside our community partners, we created pathways to support LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people at risk of suicide. For more info about suicide prevention work at QC, please click the button below. Suicide Prevention Work at QC Talking Regions This work is prepared for and owned by our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities by the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health. Statistics reflect the general population and the latest data available, highlighting our LGBTIQ+ communities and people. Experiences gathered reflect consultations conducted by QC and our communities in 2023, with graphic recordings & illustrations by Rachel Apelt, Artbalm, 2023. We thank all involved for telling your stories. We recognise that the data publicly available for our communities is imperfect and could be better, and there are gaps. We recognise the tireless efforts and work being done to change and improve this. The feedback from our communities is recorded directly from our communities, reflecting the experiences and needs of our communities. To find out more about our consultations, Visibly Queensland, please click here . Information is based on statistics and public community feedback knowledge gathered from available data in 2023 and early 2024. Graphic recordings by Rachel Apelt, 2023. Copyright Queensland Council for LGBTI Health 2024. More Information Download "Talking Regions" PDF Acknowledgements & References Talk Test Treat Talk Test Treat was created to engage with the key populations to support sexual well-being, specifically related to the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections, early access to culturally and socially appropriate services and systems that respect the needs of community. Talk Test Treat Website U=U Undetectable = Untransmissible More Information U=U Resources Visibly Queensland Be seen. Be heard. Be a part of shaping a future for our LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Communities here in Queensland. Our communities are amazing. We are visible, we are proud, we are here. Over the past few months we have travelled around the sate asking what matters to people. What do our LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people want and need in order to live their most authentic and safe lives? You told us, and we are sharing it back with you. More Information Strength in Care To our beautiful LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities, taking care of you is so important, and self-care can look different for everyone. Click the button below to find out some ways you can nurture yourself and refill your cup. More Information

Learn about QC's dedicated support and health services for people living with HIV within the LGBTI community in Queensland. Discover our resources and programs tailored to meet your needs. People Living with HIV Recognising HIV Long-Term Survivors, we honour and celebrate the lives, courage, and advocacy of those who have been living with HIV for decades. Their resilience and determination have paved the way for significant advancements in research, medical treatments, and policy changes, shaping a brighter future for all.   Our roots run deep, the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health, formerly the Queensland AIDS Council, was formed in 1984 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The organisation was established to address the urgent need for education, care and support, and advocacy for those affected by HIV/AIDS in Queensland. Along with 2Spirits, QCGP+, the Queensland Council for LGBTI Heath and our allies have worked tirelessly to support and uplift our incredible communities living with HIV over the decades. We pay tribute to the countless stories and immense work that have contributed to the progress we see today.   The profound impact of living with HIV on long-term survivors' lives is immense, and we remain committed to supporting them and advocating for their needs, especially as they age. The importance of supporting our ageing communities cannot be overstated, you can find more information about our ageing programs here . We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the trailblazers who have made a lasting impact on our journey toward equality and health for all. Your legacy continues to inspire and guide us in our mission. People living with HIV (PLHIV) no longer need to live in fear of having an active sex life. Over time research has evolved and there is now a number of ways PLHIV can protect their sexual partners from contracting HIV. These strategies include: Undetectable viral load Treatment as prevention (TasP) Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U) Starting Antiretroviral therapy early and maintaining control of viral load helps prevent the risk of passing on HIV. In other words if someone is HIV+ and has an undetectable viral load it is virtually impossible to pass on the virus. QC is a partner of the Prevention Access Campaign which is a multi-agency health equity initiative to end the dual epidemics of HIV and HIV-related stigma by expanding access to HIV prevention and empowering people with and vulnerable to HIV with accurate and meaningful information about their social, sexual, and reproductive health. Prevention Access Campaign’s Undetectable = Untransmittable ( U=U ) is a community of HIV advocates, activists, researchers, and community partners around the world uniting to clarify and disseminate the revolutionary but largely unknown fact that people living with HIV on effective treatment do not sexually transmit HIV. U=U was launched in early 2016 by a group of people living with HIV who created a groundbreaking consensus statement with global experts to clear up confusion about risk and to clarify the science of U=U. That Statement was the genesis of the U=U movement that is sharing the U=U message to dismantle HIV stigma, improve the lives of people living with HIV, and bring us closer to ending the epidemic. At our core, we believe in promoting wellness, embracing diversity, and enhancing the quality of life for everyone in our communities. Being diagnosed with HIV today is very different from the past thanks to incredible advancements in medical science, care and support.    Our approach is centred on helping people living with HIV (PLHIV) live fulfilling and vibrant lives. Immediate treatment upon diagnosis, typically with just one pill a day, plays a vital role in this journey. Adhering to this daily regimen is crucial, as it not only supports individual health but also helps achieve an undetectable viral load.   An undetectable viral load means the amount of virus in the body is extremely low, with an undetectable viral load there is zero risk of transmitting HIV to a sexual partner, providing you've been adherent to HIV treatment for at least six months. This milestone is a testament to the advancements in modern medicine and the importance of HIV treatment to support quality of life for people with HIV. Whilst treatment is important to support good quality of life for people with HIV so too is social connection and peer support.  Along with our community partners, such as Queensland Positive People (QPP), we are committed to raising awareness, supporting our positive communities and helping you lead a healthy, happy, and connected life. Explore different resources and supports below. TasP - Treatment as Prevention Life long-term with HIV Additional Support Queensland Positive People (QPP) is a peer-based advocacy organisation which is committed to actively promoting self-determination and empowerment for all people living with HIV (PLHIV) throughout Queensland. QPP Website Helpful Numbers If you or anyone you know needs support, please reach out to any of the following services: 13 YARN (13 92 76) 24/7 national crisis line support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Call 13 YARN Visit Website QLife 3pm to 9pm, 7 days a week Call 1800 184 527 Web Chat Lifeline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 13 11 14 Text 0477 131 114 Web Chat Kids Helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 1800 551 800 Visit Website Beyond Blue 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 1300 224 636 Visit Website

Join QC as a member and support our mission to promote the health and wellbeing of the LGBTI community in Queensland. Learn about membership benefits, how to join, and the impact your support can make. Become a Member For more than 40 years, the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) has been a home for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities across Queensland. Our story is one of resilience, connection, and collective strength. As a community-led and community-owned organisation, we exist to ensure our communities are visible, valued, and safer, creating places to belong, with health and wellbeing at the centre of everything we do. We invite you, or someone you know who may be interested, to become a valued member of QC. Your membership helps strengthen a movement built by us, for us: Led by you. Owned by you. With you. So, why become a member of QC? Here are some of the ways folks feel the benefits of becoming members of our organisation: • Amplify the access and opportunities for LGBTIQ+ Queenslanders through adding your voice and networks to our campaigns and be the first to hear about innovative ways of working together. • Connect to others within your region through QC hosted events and workshops. • Participate in groups and connect with others with the same interests across the state. • Inform policy and legislation that impacts your daily life through an LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy health lens. • Ensure the accountability of the work being done for LGBTIQ+ Queenslanders through participation in General Meetings, Member Forums and Consultations. • Promote QC through our merchandise that you will receive after you commence or renew your membership. • We look forward to working with you into the future and hope to have you and your valued input as part of our our growing, changing organisation. Download Our Constitution Create Membership Application Process Applying for membership with QC is straightforward: 1. Complete the online application form Provide your details and choose the membership category that best suits you. Please email info@qc.org.au to get started. 2. Pay the membership fee Payment is required at the time of application for all paid memberships. Our team will be in touch to guide you through it. 3. Your application is submitted for Board approval As required by the QC Constitution, all new members must be formally approved by the QC Board. 4. Receive confirmation of membership Once your application is ratified at the Board meeting, your membership becomes active and you will be notified by email. 5. Renew each year (if applicable) Ordinary, Concession, and Corporate memberships renew annually on 30 June. Applications received between 1 April and 30 June renew the following year. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our team on email info@qc.org.au Become a Member today! We have different membership types at QC, so please apply for the level that suits you. Financial Life Member - $100 Corporate Member - $25 Ordinary Member - $20 Concession Member - $10 Honorary Life Membership - Honorary To apply to become a Member of QC, please email us at info@qc.org.au . Create Our Values Belonging Justice Solidarity Transparency

Back to Festival Events Pride Fair Day Sunday 29 June 2025 10am - 2pm FAIR DAY – TOWNSVILLE PRIDE 2025 Sunday 29 June Brigadier North Lower Park | 10am – 2pm FREE ENTRY for everyone! Join us for a jam-packed day of colour, connection, community and celebration at Gurambilbarra Townsville Pride’s Fair Day! Fair Day Schedule: • 9:00am – Pride Stride (meet at Jezzine Barracks, Brigadier North Lower Park) • 10:30am – Welcome to Country (Main Stage) • 11:00am – Pet Parade – bring your fabulous furry friends! • 11:30am onwards – Drag Performances, DJs, Music & Dancing • 2:00pm – Close & Announcement of Art winner Plus: • Market stalls • Live entertainment • Prizes • Family-friendly vibes • Community joy Let’s wrap up Pride weekend with Visible Colour & Love and celebrate everything that makes our communities beautiful and bold. Reserve a spot

Discover QC's Talking Regions initiative, designed to engage and support LGBTI communities across regional Queensland. Learn about our programs, community engagement, and how we promote health and wellbeing in diverse regions. Talking Regions In 2023, QC conducted consultations right across this land now known as Queensland to hear directly from our communities what matters: being visible, being heard and talking about where they live talking about their regions. Along with publicly available statistics that talk about topics about our communities and the general population, we can place this information side by side. In 2024, we released the document ‘Talking Regions’ to help share this work back. We’ve helped prepare this, and this work is owned by our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities by the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health. Statistics reflect the general population and the latest data available, highlighting our LGBTIQ+ communities and people. Experiences gathered reflect consultations conducted by QC and our communities in 2023, with graphic recordings by Rachel Apelt. We thank all involved for telling your stories. We recognise that the data publicly available for our communities is imperfect and could be better, and there are gaps. We recognise the tireless efforts and work being done to change and improve this. The feedback from our communities is recorded directly from our communities, reflecting the experiences and needs of our communities. To find out more about our consultations, Visibly Queensland, please click here . Download "Talking Regions" PDF Acknowledgements & References

Reflect on QC’s achievements in our Year in Review, highlighting key initiatives, events and the positive impact we’ve made in supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBTI communities. Year In Review Year In Review Downloads

Discover QC GP+ General Practice, offering inclusive and comprehensive healthcare services for the LGBTI community in Queensland. Learn about our range of medical services designed to meet the unique needs of LGBTI individuals. I E x i s t in Our Communities A project by 2Spirits and The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health Celebrating visibility, belonging, and leadership of LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people with disability across Queensland. Acknowledgment Our acknowledgement We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of Country across these lands, oceans and waterways now known as Queensland. We honour the wisdom, stories, cultures, and ongoing connections to Country held by Elders past and present, and by Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities who continue to lead with strength. A heartfelt thank you To every participant, storyteller, community member and contributor — thank you for your trust, your honesty, and the strength you bring to this project. Your voices are at the heart of I Exist in Our Communities , and we are deeply grateful. With appreciation to our supporters We also recognise the support of the MAC Cosmetics Grant and the partners who helped make this work possible. Your commitment ensures this project can uplift and celebrate the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people with disability across Queensland. About the Project Over the past several years, the QC Disabilities team has led many community programs deeply focused on the intersectionality between disabled and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities in Queensland. The latest work of the disabilities team is summed up by a simple message, I Exist In Our Communities . The work, led alongside 2Spirits and funded by Mac Cosmetics, aims to give vulnerable members of our community a greater sense of belonging through connection, highlighting ways in which they can exist more healthily and confidently. We will shine the spotlight on members of key community health organisations to assist folk to be as visible as they can within the community. We will showcase these organisations by means of several short recorded conversations in which community members will outline how they best exist and give tips for people to find their happy place within our community. This program showcases LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community members with lived experience of disability and health access challenges as a means of giving community visibility and representation, which often lacks in this space.A second aim of I Exist is to connect our communities and increase knowledge of their health access and knowledge and link folks softly to health, support and advocacy organisations. Community conversations are a great tool in organically aiding this process. With our Disabilities Team at QC, partners 2Spirits and the QC Disabilities Steering Committee, we aim to increase accessibility, understanding and knowledge of community health access and improve outcomes for our communities, allies, and support people. We commit to working and walking alongside our First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their connection to country as this country’s first people and their ways of knowing, being and doing. In the unique privilege of working alongside 2Spirits, we grow and contribute directly to these ways of working and conversations that take us to new ways of working. We thank Mac Cosmetics for their grant and generous support, as it will go a long way to seeing that community members can access the services they require and feel part of and represented by their communities. Project Social Tiles Access the full set of the "I Exist in Our Communities" social tiles: • LGBTIQA+ Rainbow Communities • Sistergirls, Brotherboys & Mob • Women & Girls Download the "I Exisit" Social Tiles Our Stories: I Exist Voices Voices, Donna Donna & Levi “I am Donna (she/her) — your Aged Care Navigator (Care Finder) at the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC), based at 290 Draper Street, Cairns. Think of me as your aged care GPS — helping older LGBTI+ folk (65+, or 50+ if Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, or experiencing homelessness) find their way through My Aged Care — because “one size fits all” has never really worked for our community. I also stay up to date with the latest in LGBTI+, Sistergirl, and Brotherboy service provision — from resources and referrals to community events and social activities that reduce barriers and build connection, I am happy to share this information and keep us all busy and connected.” Reach out anytime:   dfrancis@qc.org.au Learn More Video Transcript Voices, Evie Evie “Hi, I’m Evie Ryder, She/Her, the Gayawur Rainbow Team Leader for 2Spirits and QC, a transgender woman with ADHD, filmmaker, and longtime skateboarding community advocate. I like to combine inclusive leadership with creative storytelling and a passion for building safer, more connected LGBTIQ+ spaces. Cheers, Evie.” Learn More Video Transcript Voices, Genevieve Genevieve “I am a Registered Nurse with 15 years of clinical experience, currently working at QCGP+, which is an LGBTI+ focused healthcare clinic in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. I support patients through preventative care, chronic disease management, health education, and gender affirming services. I am dedicated to fostering a safe and affirming environment that empowers patients to access the care they need and deserve.” Learn More Video Transcript Voices, Tony Tony “I was born in Geelong and arrived in Brisbane in 1992 after a placement as a volunteer cross-cultural worker in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. I worked in the education and community sectors supporting programs for diversity, equality and inclusion. As a senior member of the community and a member of QC’s Disabilities Steering Committee. I am passionate about encounters that challenge prejudice, fear and social isolation. I am a content creator across social media with a keen interest in documenting the lives of those who live on the margins of society.” Video Transcript Resource Hub: Support in Our Communities LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy 2Spirits Visit Website Gayawur Rainbow Learn More InterAction Visit Website InterLink Visit Website LGBTI Seniors Visiting Service Learn More Open Doors Youth Service Visit Website QC Care Finder Learn More QCGP+ Learn More Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) Visit Website Disaility QDN Visit Website Rainbow Inclusions Visit Website Sexual Health ComePrepd Visit Website Our Health Matters Visit Website Wrapped N' Ready Learn More Advocacy Queensland LGBTQIA+ Alliance Visit Website Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion (QAI) Visit Website Creating Safer, More Accessible Spaces Practical tools and reflections for inclusive practice Access at Events Tips for making community events inclusive: • Venue accessibility (mobility, sensory, parking, toilets) • Visual communication and signage • Budgeting for Auslan interpreters, captions, quiet zones Communication Access We also recognise the support of the MAC Cosmetics Grant and the partners who helped make this work possible. Your commitment ensures this project can uplift and celebrate the experiences of LGBTIQ+ people with disability across Queensland. Communication Access • Plain language and Easy-Read formats • Captioning and audio description • Respectful interaction: pronouns, names, and disclosure Safer Spaces in Practice • How to create welcoming environments for LGBTIQA+SB people with disability • Responding to harm or exclusion • Consent, confidentiality, and cultural respect Downloadable Guides Safer Space Guidelines QC Language Guide Get Involved Ways to connect and contribute • Join the Disability Steering Committee • Submit your story or feedback • Volunteer or collaborate with QC and 2Spirits To find out more please email us at disabilities@qc.org.au or complete the form below First name* Last name* Email* Message* Submit Contact & Support QC Disability Inclusion Team QC’s Disability provides a safe and inclusive space for people with disabilities, especially those who identify as LGBTIQA+SB Call (07) 3017 1777 Learn More 2Spirits 2Spirits promotes community awareness initiatives for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+SB people Call (07) 3017 1777 Visit Website 13 YARN (13 92 76) 24/7 national crisis line support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Call 13 YARN Visit Website QLife 3pm to 9pm, 7 days a week Call 1800 184 527 Web Chat Lifeline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 13 11 14 Text 0477 131 114 Web Chat Kids Helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 1800 551 800 Visit Website Beyond Blue 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Call 1300 224 636 Visit Website

Discover QC's Advisory Groups, composed of diverse community leaders and experts who guide our programs and initiatives. Learn how these groups contribute to promoting the health and wellbeing of the LGBTI community in Queensland. Advisory Groups One of the important ways that QC delivers services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanders is with the support of our Advisory and Health Action Groups. The Health Action Groups initiate and facilitate peer education and health promotion to particular areas of our communities with the support of the organisation, and our Advisory Groups provide advice and guidance to the organisation and its work. The 2Spirits Executive Advisory As an organisation we have a responsibility to reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve. A safe, transparent and mutually agreed partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Communities of Queensland is an essential part of our work towards achieving this diversity. We acknowledge that as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, you hold the knowledge, strength and cultural practices that create positive, social and emotional wellbeing outcomes. The Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary Communities Advisory Group aims to provide quality advice to the Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) which reflects the needs of Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary (TGDNB) communities, to ensure that QC resources, programs and services enhance the health and wellbeing outcomes of TGDNB people in Queensland. The Advisory will do this by providing advice on the strategic directions of Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary (TGDNB) specific communities health programs, services and resources within QC, and ensure general LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy QC activities are inclusive of the needs of TGDNB people. The Advisory Group also leads consultation processes to ensure community voices are captured in a QC TGDNB Communities Health Strategy and also to build the capacity and connections of leaders within the TGDNB communities through Statewide consultation, connection and community development, by creating a Community of Practice within the Advisory Group. Transgender, Gender Diverse & Non-Binary Advisory Group

Back to Festival Events Pride Stride Sunday 29 June 2025 9am meet up Pride Stride Date: Sunday, 29 June Time: 9:00AM (for a 9:30AM start) Starting Point: Jezzine Barracks, Brigadier North Lower Park Route: To Brigadier North Park (ending at Fair Day) Lace up your shoes and join us for the Pride Stride! Walk with us and kick off the Fair Day celebrations. Let's stride with pride and celebrate our community together! Reserve a spot

Learn about QC's programs and services supporting women and gender-diverse folk within the LGBTI community. Discover our inclusive initiatives aimed at promoting health, wellbeing, and social inclusion in Queensland. Women & Folk Women's Health QC is committed to working and walking alongside all our LGBTIQ+ and women folk. We are looking forward to ways to come together to connect as we continue to consult with our communities for this important work. We're excited to invite you to join us in our initiatives aimed at supporting and empowering women and folk across our LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities. Our efforts recently include conducting surveys and forums, such as cancer screening resources, our women & folk survey, preparations and government health planning, to advocate for better health treatment and outcomes for our sistergirls, women, and folk. We actively engage in discussions around gendered violence, aiming to enact change through both education and legislation, ensuring equal representation for all. One of our key projects, the Yarns Heal suicide prevention project, is underway statewide for the next 12 months. This initiative aims to address difficult issues within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities while also improving education and understanding in both the Community and Health Sectors. To the Sistergirls, Women, and Folk in our lives, your health and well-being matter. We're committed to advocating for change within our health system and communities, emphasising the importance of Gender Identities, Sexual Identities, Culture, and Health. Breast Screening Resources 2Spirits & QC Have You Had Yours Yet? Breast Screening Resources 2Spirits and QC are excited and proud to launch the new health resources on cervical and susu, breast and chest screening for our Queensland communities, which has been two years in development, ‘Have You Had Yours Yet?’ Our Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities told us there was need to address lack of information and knowledge around screening and diverse bodies and genders in cervix, susu, chest and breast health. We wanted to make sure we got this right and deliver resources for community members who have a cervix, susu, breast and chest to increase their health literacy knowledges. Messages like ‘check them out’, ‘look and feel every month’, ‘LOOK for changes in your susu, breast, chest’ and feel for lumps in your susu, breast, chest’ are messages to help our communities feel empowered and knowledgeable in achieving awareness and health for chest, breast and susu screening. Throughout this process we consulted with community led by Project Officer Rocky Byrne. These resources have been created with and led by community to raise awareness and education to lower the higher rates of deaths from Cervical and susu, breast and chest cancer. We acknowledge and thank Equality Australia for funding this vital project. We extend a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to community members who gave their value time and input in the development of the resources. Download Breast Screening Poster Download Cervical Screening Brochure Women & Folk Workshops Join us for our upcoming Women and Folk workshops in Gimuy (Cairns), Gurambilbarra (Townsville), Naamba (The Sunshine Coast), Meanjin (Brisbane), and Gooneburra (Toowoomba). These workshops, facilitated by QC, provide opportunities to connect, learn, and support one another. Special thanks to MAC Cosmetics for helping make these events possible. Sign up now for these empowering opportunities to come together, nurture each other, and make a difference. Workshop Signup

Discover QC's commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of First Nations people within the LGBTI community. Learn about our dedicated programs and resources. A future where all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people are valued and feel included in broader Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy communities.   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have the capacity to respond effectively, strategically and sensitively to issues relating to health and wellbeing, HIV/AIDS, people living with HIV (PLHIV), alcohol and other drugs, youth and ageing relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people.   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals have the capacity and knowledge to make informed health, wellbeing and lifestyle choices. Organisations offer access to culturally appropriate and accessible services through environments free of discrimination and stigma. First Nations People We are committed to helping every member of our diverse communities feel safe, valued, represented and supported. 2Spirits is committed to developing pathways to walk and work together in partnership with agencies to grow health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people across Queensland. 2Spirits is now it’s own organisation, 2Spirits Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation. For more you can visit www.2spirits.org.au 2Spirits promotes community awareness initiatives through yarning circles, workshops, outreach, resources and campaigns/ 2Spirits delivers professional development to professionals and community members to develop their knowledge of Key Concepts and Terminologies and to develop their capacity to understand the complexities of Culture, Gender Identities and Sexuality. 2Spirits offers an Inclusive Services Training Package for professionals to improve their ability to appropriately support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people. 2Spirits also conducts Elders Forums in remote, rural and regional communities to inform Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of the impacts of homophobia and discrimination, sexually transmissible infections (STI’s) & blood-borne viruses (BBV’s) and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people and how they can support community-based awareness and education. 2Spirits conducts community forums across the state to develop rapport and partnerships with community stakeholders and services to work in collaboration to promote community awareness of health and wellbeing, sexuality, gender identities, inclusion and acceptance. Our peer education aims to provide a cultural and safe network for all ages to promote access to health and wellbeing education, resources and support. 2Spirits offers consultancy to NGOs, government and non-government agencies to adopt cultural identities, gender identities and sexuality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people as core elements of frameworks and policies. Vision Statement Mission Statement 2Spirits Yarns Heal Yarns Heal is a suicide prevention campaign for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community; it's about sharing our stories and reaching out to our loved ones and Community Cultural Connectors when times are tough. Yarns Heal will help us learn how to support one another better and aims to strengthen our peer support systems so we can access help in culturally safe ways that nurture cultural healing, love and hope. info@yarnsheal.com.au Yarns Heal Website Support IndigiLez Womens Leadership and Support Group (Meanjin, Brisbane) indigilezwomen@gmail.com View Instagram Profile For more information contact: (07) 3017 1777 Free Call 1800 177 434 2Spirits@qc.org.au Yarns Heal Yarns Heal is a suicide prevention campaign for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community; it's about sharing our stories and reaching out to our loved ones and Community Cultural Connectors when times are tough. Yarns Heal will help us learn how to support one another better and aims to strengthen our peer support systems so we can access help in culturally safe ways that nurture cultural healing, love and hope. info@yarnsheal.com.au Yarns Heal Website Support & Referrals One-on-one support. Referrals to appropriate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy services. Links and referrals to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy peer support groups. Provide advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people.