WayOut Wodonga

Safe Schools is delivered by the Victorian Department of Education and Training, and provides professional development and training for secondary school teachers.

Minus18 offers school workshops and LGBTIQA+ inclusion training for students and teachers.

Hume Phoenix is a group for LGBTIQ+ people and their family and friends in the Border region and North East Victoria. They host local events.

LINE Wangaratta is a volunteer-led community group that coordinates social inclusion programs and events and supports services to be LGBTIQA+ inclusive. Follow Line Wangaratta on Facebook.

Gateway Health’s Gender Service provides support and education for parents, carers and family members.

Transcend provides parent/carer support, community connection, information, advocacy and fundraising.

Parents of Gender Diverse Children provides peer support to parents those parenting trans and gender diverse children.

You’re Welcome Here posters – Download and display these posters, created by young people from the Border, to challenge discrimination and help make people of all sexualities, genders and bodies feel safe, welcome and included in your school, service, and community.

WayOut Wodonga is a Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) partner, a Victorian Government project dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ young Victorians. The first of its kind in Australia, HEY brings together a network of partner organisations specialising in support and services for LGBTIQA+ young people. HEY partners provide peer support, referral, community visibility, celebration and education. The vision of the HEY partners is that LGBTIQA+ young people in Victoria have their rights upheld, and are safe, empowered and celebrated.

For more information visit HEY Grants and Partners.

Our partners include:

Safe Schools Victoria supports students, families and schools to work together to tackle homophobia and transphobia in schools, and to create safer educational environments for same-sex attracted and gender diverse students, teachers and families.

Minus18 is Australia’s largest youth-led organisation for LGBTIQA+ youth. They create social events where LGBTIQA+ young people belong and are celebrated, offer training and resources and lead digital campaigns that enable others to champion inclusivity.

Rainbow Network empowers services to provide safer, more inclusive services for young LGBTIQA+ Victorians. One way they do this is by offering inclusive practice training for youth settings. The website features a ranges of resources, links and research.

Zoe Belle Gender Collective (ZBGC) is a trans and gender diverse led advocacy organisation based in Victoria. ZBGC works with and empowers trans and gender diverse communities, provides education, addresses discrimination and tackles systemic barriers within health and human services.

Rainbow Health Victoria supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) health and wellbeing through research, training and policy advice, as well as service accreditation through the Rainbow Tick.

QLife provides Australia-wide anonymous LGBTIQA+ peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues, including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings, and relationships – Visit QLife or call 1800 184 527.

Lifeline is a national charity providing all Australians experiencing emotional distress with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services – Visit Lifeline or call 13 11 14.

Rainbow Door is a free specialist LGBTIQA+ helpline providing information, support, and referral for LGBTIQA+ Victorians. This includes secondary consultations and co-case management of LGBTIQA+ consumers and young people. Visit Rainbow Door or call 1800 729 367.

CHARLEE is an LGBTIQA+ Suicide Prevention Hub made by LGBTIQA+ people who have thought about suicide, lived through suicide attempts, supported others in distress and live with the pain of loss through suicide. Visit CHARLIE.

Intersex – Stories and Statistics from Australia – Drawing on stories and statistics from the first national study of intersex this book argues for a distinct ‘Intersex Studies’ framework to address intersex issues and identity – foregrounding people with intersex variations’ own goals, perspectives and experiences.

Private Lives 3 – Private Lives 3 (PL3) is Australia’s largest national survey of the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people to date. It was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University.

Trans Pathways – Trans Pathways is the largest study that has ever been conducted on the mental health of trans young people in Australia. The study was formed with community consultation with both trans young people and parents of trans young people.

Writing Themselves In 4 – The fourth national study on the health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia.