LGBTIQA+ Family Violence: Providing Affirming, Inclusive and Informed Practice

This professional development workshop has been developed by Engender Equality in collaboration with Working It Out, Tasmania’s sexuality, gender and intersex support, education and advocacy service to accompany our resource LGBTIQA+ Family Violence Guidelines for Family Violence Workers.

The workshop works to create practice skills and insight when working with members of the LGBTIQA+ community experiencing family violence in their intimate partner relationships, through facilitated learning and discussions, case study exploration and practice skill development activities, to ensure participants are equipped and confident in providing affirming, inclusive and trauma-informed care to this community.

The workshop covers LGBTIQA+ fundamentals, how family violence can differ in LGBTIQA+ relationships, and the importance of a gendered perspective, while introducing the LGBTIQA+ Primary Aggressor Indicators Tool, which gives workers a structured framework to reflect on indicators of unequal power and control which can aid in accurately identifying the victim and the predominant aggressor in non-heterosexual relationships.

Learning Objectives of the workshop include the development of knowledge and practice skills in:

The use of affirming and appropriate language in relation to LGBTIQA+ clients

The effective, confident and meaningful support of LGBTIQA+ clients within existing family violence frameworks

How to identify power and control in LGBTIQA+ relationships

How to identify victims/primary aggressors in LGBTIQA+ relationships

It is essential in providing genuine and meaningful support to the LGBTIQA+ community that we develop our practice skills and understanding of the unique presentations of family violence in these relationships. We look forward to delivering this 6-hour workshop online to encourage inclusive and meaningful support for our LGBTIQA+ clients experiencing abuse.

This training has been capped at 15 participants, per best practice for online adult education and training. We do have a waitlist arranged and will consider an additional workshop if required.   

Engender Equality Professional Development & Training 

For almost 40 years, Engender Equality has worked with and on behalf of individuals, families and communities affected by family and domestic violence in Tasmania. We provide free and ongoing therapeutic support to victim-survivors across our state, while enacting a high degree of systemic advocacy, primary prevention and community education to fight to create a community free of violence against women and children.   

Engender Equality's training and leadership team possess a high level of expertise and experience in the fields of gender equality and family violence, guided by research evidence and knowledge enriched through our work across the family violence sector. 

Our profound understanding of all forms and presentations of family violence, coupled with insights into the unique experiences of victim-survivors, has driven the development of our evidence-based training and professional development workshops, which we deliver to organisations, government departments and community groups across Australia. 

Delivering training as part of our social enterprise, all profits gained from these workshops go directly back to supporting the victim-survivors of family violence who attend our service across Tasmania. 