LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

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LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (formerly the National LGBTI Health Alliance)
Formation2007
Type NGO
PurposePeak health body
Region served
Australia
Chief Executive Officer
Nicky Bath
Website www.lgbtiqhealth.org.au

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (formerly the National LGBTI Health Alliance) is a peak health organisation for LGBT and intersex organisations in Australia. A not-for-profit company, it was established in August 2007. [1]

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Key areas of activity

Key focus areas include ageing, [2] mental health, suicide prevention, intersex health, transgender health, and data collection. [3] [4] [5]

Ageing

The organisation led consultations on an inclusive aged care strategy for the Department of Health that helped lead to the development of a national strategy. [2] [6]

Intersex health

In 2013, the Alliance called for the implementation of the recommendations of a Senate Committee report on the 'Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people'. The Alliance had earlier made submissions and participated in a hearing on the issue. [7] [8]

Mental health and suicide prevention

A major report on mental health and suicide prevention, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, was published in August 2011. The report found that "there are higher levels of depression, anxiety and other mental health problems in the LGBTI populations, with evidence suggesting attempted suicide is 3.5 to 14 times" higher. [9]

In September 2013, the Alliance joined a national campaign calling for a "National LGBTI Suicide Prevention Strategy", with the aim of halving suicide rates by 2023. [10]

Trans and intersex health issues

The Alliance launched a report on trans and intersex health issues at the federal Parliament House in November 2012. [11] With Organisation Intersex International Australia, the Alliance was also consulted by the Department of Health and Ageing leading to improvements in access to Medicare services, reported in July 2013. [12] [13]

Health in Difference national conference

The Alliance organises a biannual conference, Health in Difference. The 2013 conference was held in Melbourne in April. Plenary sessions were recorded by JOY 94.9. [14] [15] [16]

Executive director

In late 2013, Warren Talbot announced his resignation as executive director, for health reasons, and Andrew Little was appointed as acting executive director. Rebecca Reynolds, formerly the manager of Twenty10 took up the position in February 2014. [17]

Member organisations

Member organisations [18] include:

Affiliations

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia is a member of the Young and Well Co-operative Research Centre [19] and the National Coalition for Suicide Prevention. [20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". National LGBTI Health Alliance. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 Harrison, Dan (20 December 2012). "Call to action as gays go grey". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Ozturk, Serkan (5 November 2013). "LGBTI Health Alliance Farewells Talbot". Star Observer . Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Shaw, Andrew (26 October 2012). "International Intersex Awareness Day". Gay News Network. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Domingo, Reg (9 September 2013). "LGBTI groups hopeful of progress under Coalition". Gay News Network. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Ageing and Aged Care Strategy". Department of Health (Australia) . Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Purcell, Monica (20 November 2013). "New Report highlights gaps in Australia's intersex health care". Gay News Network. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  8. ↑ Cornish, Emma (2014). "Health Alliance calls for implementation of Intersex Report". LOTL. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Media Release: LGBTI Alliance releases mental health report: shocked by mainstream services' attitudes" (PDF). National LGBTI Health Alliance. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Ozturk, Serkan (10 September 2013). "Leading groups join push for LGBTI suicide prevention strategy". Star Observer . Archived from the original on 1 May 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Report identifies way forward for LGBTI health". Warren Entsch. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Medicare is now sex and gender neutral". Organisation Intersex International Australia . 24 July 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Tanya Plibersek; Jan McLucas (September 2013). "All Gender Discrimination to be Removed from Medicare". TROVE. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Dorrington, Benn (11 April 2013). "LGBTI health under the spotlight". Star Observer. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Conference Summation". Joy 94.9 . Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Intersex health – Morgan Carpenter's presentation to Health in Difference conference". Organisation Intersex International Australia . 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Ozturk, Serkan (10 December 2013). "Reynolds to lead National LGBTI Health Alliance". Star Observer . Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "Member Directory 2023-2024". LGBTIQ+ Health Australia. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  19. ↑ "National LGBTI Health Alliance". Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  20. ↑ "National Coalition for Suicide Prevention". Suicide Prevention Australia. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
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