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Ruth McNair AM has been a driving force behind the improvement of lesbian and bisexual women's health and wellbeing in Australia.
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Ruth McNair AM has been a driving force behind the improvement of lesbian and bisexual women's health and wellbeing in Australia.
Ruth McNair obtained diplomas of obstetrics and gynaecology, and anaesthetics in the UK, and has a Fellowship from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She completed a PhD in lesbian and bisexual women's health in 2009.
In 2009 Ruth helped to establish Northside Clinic [1] in Melbourne's inner north, which specialises in providing medical care for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and HIV-positive communities. [2]
Ruth is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne, teaching and conducting LGBTI communities research.
McNair is active in LGBTI policy and community development, including roles as member and chairperson on each of the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Committees on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Health and Wellbeing since 2000. She was also a member of the Health & Human Services Working Group, a working group of the Victorian Government's LGBTI Taskforce. [3]
To commemorate International Women's Day each year, the Victorian Government inducts 25 inspirational Victorian women into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. McNair was inducted in 2017. [4]
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her "significant service to medicine, and as an advocate for the LGBTIQ community". [5]
JOY 94.9, stylised as JOY or JOY 94.9, is a community radio station broadcasting at 94.9 FM in Melbourne. It is Australia's first and only LGBTQI+ community radio station.
Lyn Mary Swinburne is an Australian women's advocate, inspirational speaker and founder of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA).
The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex LGBTI Australians. It is located in Melbourne. The Archives was established as an initiative of the 4th National Homosexual Conference, Sydney, August 1978, drawing on the previous work of founding President Graham Carbery. Since its establishment the collection has grown to over 200,000 items, constituting the largest and most significant collection of material relating to LGBT Australians and the largest collection of LGBT material in Australia, and the most prominent research centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex history in Australia.
Sexual orientation and gender identity in the Australian military are not considered disqualifying matters in the 21st century, with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) allowing LGBT people to serve openly and access the same entitlements as other personnel. The ban on gay and lesbian personnel was lifted by the Keating government in 1992, with a 2000 study finding no discernible negative impacts on troop morale. In 2009, the First Rudd government introduced equal entitlements to military retirement pensions and superannuation for the domestic partners of LGBTI personnel. Since 2010, transgender personnel may serve openly and may undergo gender transition with ADF support while continuing their military service. LGBTI personnel are also supported by the charity DEFGLIS, the Defence Force Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Intersex Information Service.
The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria. The Honour Roll was established as part of the celebrations of Victoria's Centenary of Federation.
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Janet Lindsay Greig was a Scottish-Australian anaesthetist. In 2007, she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.
Jane Stocks "Jean" Greig was a Scottish-Australian medical doctor and public health specialist.
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LGBT Foundation is a national charity based in Manchester with a wide portfolio of services. With a history dating back nearly 40 years, it campaigns for a fair and equal society where all lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people are able to reach their full potential. They support over 40,000 people directly every year, and a further 600,000 online. They provide direct services and resources to more LGBT people than any other charity of its kind in the UK.
Janina "Nina" Bassat is a leader in the Victorian Jewish community. She served as president of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV) between 1996 and 1998. Then she was again president for three years before retiring again in 2014. She has also served as president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) between 1999 and 2001.
Val Eastwood was a dancer, swimwear model and author best known for operating a series of cafes through the 1950s to 1970s that became a gathering point for Melbourne's gay and lesbian community. She described herself as "outrageous", was openly lesbian, and regularly wore men's suits with lipstick in public.
Mollie Campbell-Smith was a Tasmanian educator, who developed and taught curriculum in Interpersonal Relationships which was adopted by Government schools across Tasmania in 1963. She also worked to support the interests of women in the community and in the areas of health and aged care.
Jean Edna Blackburn was an Australian educationalist.
Anna Shelley Brown is a lawyer and advocate, particularly in the area of LGBTIQ rights. After working for the Human Rights Law Centre for around seven years, in December 2018 she was appointed chief executive of new LGBTI advocacy organisation Equality Australia.
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli is an Australian academic, author and activist specializing in the study of gender, sexuality and intersectionality. Pallotta-Chiarolli is an Honorary Fellow at Deakin University, and a member of its Gender and Sexuality Studies Network and LGBTIQ+ Network, researching in gender diversity, cultural diversity, family diversity and sexual diversity. She is also the author of Australia's first AIDS biography.
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