We welcome you.
If you are a member of the LGBTIQ+ community, you are welcome at Uniting.
We are working for an inclusive community .
LGBTIQ+ inclusion.
We welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender diverse and non-binary, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people at all of our services.
- We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.
- We are members of the Pride in Diversity and Pride in Health + Wellbeing.
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We measure our inclusive practice through the Health + Wellbeing Equality Index each year.
LGBTIQ+ advocacy
We advocate on issues impacting LGBTIQ+ people including:
- Submission to development of the Victorian Government LGBTIQ+ Strategy
- Statement on the Victorian Change & Suppression (Conversion) Practices Bill 2020.
Community consultation
- Uniting’s Rainbow Working Group, made up of LGBTIQ+ community members and allies from our workforce
- LGBTIQ+ Consumer Consultants, made up of service users who identify as members of LGBTIQ+ communities
- Industry networks including Rainbow Health Victoria, Rainbow Network, Rainbow Tick Community of Practice, HEY Partners, Transgender Victoria, Pride in Diversity and Pride in Health+Wellbeing.
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Midsumma 2020.
LGBTIQ+ Inclusion
For the first time in our short history as a state-wide organisation, Uniting Vic.Tas was an official participant in the 2020 Midsumma Pride March in Melbourne in February.
As a Uniting employee and member of the LGBTIQ+ community, I was made to feel welcome.
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