Creating LGBT Inclusive Spaces

It is important that all organisations are actively accessible to LGBT young people, especially as they are relatively invisible to most service providers.  Creating an accessible service requires undertaking a review of existing processes and implemeting new policy and procedures.  Below are some guides that may assist in this process.

General

• Well Proud
• Out In The Community
•  Guide to Setting up a SSAT Group
• Not Round Here (PDF 2.1MB) – Created by Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – A guide to affirming diversity and challenging homophobia for rural service providers
• Access All Areas (PDF 465kB) – created by Spyns Inc. and Twenty10 – A best practice resource kit for the provision of youth, health and community services to young LGBT people.
•  Opening the Doors (PDF 2.3MB) created by Youth Action and Policy Association – An access and equity model for working with young people
• Sexual Diversity Health Services Audit (PDF 48kB) – created by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria

Schools

• Celebrating Diversity in Schools
•  Safe Schools are Effective Schools
• http://www.prideandprejudice.com.au/
• Beyond the Binary
• Safety in Our Schools (PDF 97kB) – created by La Trobe University – Strategies for responding to Homophobia
• We Don’t Have Any of Them At Our School (PDF 53kB) – Lynn Burnett, Queensland University of Technology

Transgender

• 9 Keys To Making LGBT Organizations Fully Transgender Inclusive
• Gender Indentity Discrimination Information (PDF 56kB) – created by Anti Discrimination Commission Queensland 

Creating Policies

• Access and Equity Guide (PDF 211kB) – created by Youth Action and Policy Association – How to develop and implement your own Access and Equity Policy
• Sample Equal Opportunity Policy (Word 40kB)
• Sample LGBT Rights Charter (Word 29kB) – created by LGBT Youth Scotland
• Sexuality Discrimination Information (PDF 60kB) – created by Anti Discrimination Commission Queensland
• Creating GLBTQIA-Inclusive Forms (PDF 264KB) – created by Miller and Weingarten

Posters

• This is a Safe Place – Freedom Centre – created by Freedom Centre
• Way Out – created by Way Out
• Real Mates – created by ACON
• Our School Says No – Rainbow Network – created by Rainbow Network
• Our School Says Yes – Rainbow Network – created by Rainbow Network
• Our Service Says Yes – Rainbow Network – created by Rainbow Network