Swanning with Pride! Making your organisation LGBTQIA+ inclusive
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Swanning with Pride!
Making your organisation LGBTIQA+ inclusive
Join Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health (CERSH), Rainbow Health Australia and Zoe Belle Gender Collective (ZGBC) in Swan Hill for a day of networking, training and practical skill development that will help you support our LGBTIQA+ young people with confidence!
We welcome LGBTIQA+ community members and allies, parents & guardians of LGBTIQA+ children and young people, and anyone who wants to support our LGBTIQA+ locals.
Note: If you cannot attend the whole day, we suggest you invite a colleague to attend the sessions you can't and then you can both share learnings back to your organisation.
Getting to Art Gallery of Swan Hill
https://maps.app.goo.gl/va9kFGAZogvxiSrX8
nearest bus stop (Stop ID: 36961) Gillespie & Marraboor Streets - 5mins walk
nearest train station (Station: Swan Hill) - 15mins walk
nearest car park is adjacent to the gallery and situated along the riverside near the Pioneer Settlement,
All our events are discrimination-free zones.
We are committed to providing a safe, welcoming, and inclusive environment for all participants. Discrimination, harassment, bullying, vilification, or any behaviour that demeans, excludes, or intimidates others based on race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or any other protected attribute will not be tolerated. Individuals who engage in such behaviour may be asked to leave the event.
We want everyone attending this event to feel respected, valued, and included. We ask all participants to contribute to a positive and welcoming atmosphere.
Covid Safety:
To support a safer and more inclusive event, air filters will be operating in event spaces, and N95 masks, hand sanitisers and sanitising wipes will be available at our events.
Sensory maps will show the location of air filtration units within event spaces. This information is intended to support attendees in choosing seating that best meets their comfort, sensory and health requirements. We encourage attendees to respect individual choices regarding mask use.
And if you're feeling unwell, we’d love to see you another time instead.
Accessibility Requirements:
We are committed to creating an accessible and inclusive event experience. Our registration forms include prompts for additional requirements and an opportunity to accommodate what would support your participation. (at minimum live captions, hearing assistance options, and attendees will most likely have the option to participate online.
We encourage attendees to share their requirements as soon as possible, so that arrangements can be made wherever possible.
While every effort will be made to accommodate requests, we may be unable to guarantee all accessibility provisions if on short notice.
Catering:
We aim to provide inclusive catering that accommodates dietary, cultural, religious, and allergy-related requirements. (at minimum dairy, nut & gluten free options, low FODMAP, vegetarian and vegan options)
Please provide dietary requirements when registering for our events. The registration forms include an option to provide additional information about your dietary needs.
While we will make every effort to accommodate requests, requirements submitted after the catering deadline may not be able to be guaranteed. Catering requests will stop (1) week before the event date.
Photography and Filming Notice:
Photography and filming may take place during this event for promotional, educational, and reporting purposes.
By attending, you acknowledge that you may be photographed, filmed, or recorded.
If you do not wish to appear in event photography or recordings, please advise the event organisers on arrival and we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request
By registering for and attending our events, attendees agree to contribute to a safe, respectful, inclusive, and accessible environment for all participants.
All attendees are expected to treat one another with dignity, respect, and courtesy.
Attendance at any event constitutes acceptance of these expectations and guidelines as set out above. Event organisers reserve the right to address behaviour that is inconsistent with these principles to ensure a safe and welcoming experience for all participants.
Discrimination, harassment, bullying, or abusive behaviour towards any attendee, speaker, staff member, or volunteer will not be tolerated and will result in removal from the event without notice.
Agenda
- 10:00 am - 10:10 am
🙂 Welcome, Acknowledgement of Country & Introductions
- 10:10 am - 11:00 am
💙 CERSH Community of Practice, hosted by Ash Colquhoun (She/Her)
The Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health (CERSH) hosts six Communities of Practice across rural and regional Victoria. The Swan Hill CoP welcomes the attendance of local workers in the clinical, health promotion, education, youth and related fields. Meeting topics are based on identified needs and directed by CoP attendees. To find out more about the CoPs, visit our website. https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/cersh/engage/rural-networks Ash Colquhoun (She/Her) Ash is a Sexual Health and Wellbeing Project Lead at the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health. She has a background in public health promotion and facilitates CERSH’s local rural and regional Victorian Communities of Practice and Sexual Wellness Action Plans.
- 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
🌈 Launch of Research Matters: Why do we need LGBTIQA+ inclusive youth services, hosted by Olivia Brozecki (She/They)
For LGBTIQA+ young people, youth workers may often be the first adults that they turn to when they need support. We know that LGBTIQA+ young people are more likely to access and benefit from services they know to be consistently affirming of their identities and experiences. That's why the team at Rainbow Network and Rainbow Health Australia have produced a new factsheet called *Research Matters: Why do we need LGBTIQA+ inclusive youth services?* This resource draws together the latest research on LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing and contextualises it into practical guidance to help inform and guide youth sector workers and youth service planning. Come along to the launch and learn how to reduce the impact of stigma, family rejection and family-of-origin violence, discrimination, and structural exclusion (or minority stress) on LGBTQA+ young people, and understand what we know about the experiences of young people with innate variations of sex characteristics, also known as intersex. Download or pick up a printed copy on the day: https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/educational_resource/Research_Matters_Why_do_we_need_LGBTIQA_inclusive_youth_services_/33102680 ) Olivia Brozecki (She/They) Liv is the coordinator of Rainbow Network, a Vic-wide program that supports the LGBTIQA+ youth sector with advice, training and resources. They have a background in teaching, policy development, research and sexuality education.
- 12:30 pm - 1:10 pm
🍎 Yummy networking lunch (on us!)
*If you can only attend half of this event - be sure to stay/arrive for lunch and mingle with colleagues across sectors.* Allergens and dietaries included: dairy, nut & gluten free options, low FODMAP, vegetarian and vegan options
- 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
🏳️⚧️ Supporting trans and gender diverse young people, feat. Joe Ball, Vic LGBTIQA+ Communities Commissioner & hosted by Mill O'Sullivan (They/Them)
ZGBC will host a workshop about how to support trans and gender diverse young people. Open to parents, community members and anyone wanting to better meet the needs of the trans and gender young people in our lives. This session is not to be missed! Mill O’Sullivan (They/Them) Mill is an experienced educator, facilitator, and Queer advocate with over a decade of work across education, community development, and the arts. Mill began their career at Minus18, leading the organisation’s workshops and programs, they later moved into the youth wellbeing space, working across Community Schools in Melbourne to deliver behaviour change and mental health support programs for young people navigating complex challenges. Currently, Mill serves as the Youth Project Lead at Zoe Belle Gender Collective (ZBGC), where they focus on the sociopolitical influences shaping young people's lives and the stories and relationships that underpin them. Their work centres on co-designing holistic, community-led responses to the structural and cultural barriers faced by TGD youth today.
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
✅ The Power of Real Change with Rainbow Tick, presented by Olivia Brozecki
Rainbow Health Australia's Rainbow Network will unpack exciting opportunities that will assist your organisation to get Rainbow Tick accredited, to embed LGBTIQA+ inclusion at your organisation. Leave with a broader understanding of the kinds of supports the RHA team provides, understand the training and masterclasses, and we will wrap up the day with an interactive activity that will outline your plan to become THE champion change maker in your organisation! Olivia Brozecki (She/They) Liv is the coordinator of Rainbow Network, a Vic-wide program that supports the LGBTIQA+ youth sector with advice, training and resources. They have a background in teaching, policy development, research and sexuality education.
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