Want to learn more about community led projects and world-leading research supporting LGBTQIA+ people with disability?

Access

Pride Foundation Australia and Deakin University are committed to making this event accessible and welcoming for all. In conjunction with this event, Auslan interpreters will be provided. We would love to hear if you have other access needs at [email protected].

Event details

Please join Pride Foundation Australia and Deakin University for the highlights of Pride Foundation’s granting program, including launch of the “More Than Ticking a Box” 2021 Report, a world-first qualitative study on the lived experiences of LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities, led by Deakin’s Dr Amie O’Shea.

Hear from researchers and community advocates about their projects supported by Pride Foundation’s disability grants program. With presentations from the peer-led community, we will showcase projects and research which will provide information and practical support for you, your organisation and LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities in Australia.

Please join:

• Harriet Shing MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Equality, Parliamentary Secretary for Creative Industries and Parliamentary Secretary for Water

• Ro Allen, Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities

• Professor Iain Martin, Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University

• Dr Ben Gauntlett, Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Commissioner

• Mr Graeme Head, NDIS Quality and Safeguard Commissioner

• Peer leaders from the Pride Foundation LGBTIQA+ Disability Advisory Committee

This event is for our broader community, particularly LGBTIQA+ people with disability, their allies and, disability, health and social justice policy specialists and social researchers – those working in Australia with people with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning, or who have intersex variations.

We look forward to seeing you at this important event.