Man launches GoFundMe to raise money for Indigenous LGBTIQ+ people, in response to Folau
Israel Folau set up a page earlier this week, encouraging the public to help him raise money for his legal costs.
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‘Queer people in the Indigenous community need allyship’: Courtney Act
“We have so many different cultures and colours in our country but when you turn on the TV it doesn’t look the world we walk around in.”
‘Stronger Together’: Steven Satour on R U OK’s message of ‘light’ for Indigenous LGBTI people
Steven Satour, a Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara gay man who features in R U OK?’s new Indigenous suicide prevention campaign, says rates of suicide in the community have reached a “crisis point”.
Courtney Act to compete for Indigenous LGBTI suicide prevention on Dancing with the Stars
“In 2019, it’s really important to be thinking outside your box. Minority identities intersect and I think the way we can get ahead is by reaching across the threshold and using our own privileges to support each other.”
Members of the queer community to march in Melbourne’s Invasion Day rally
“Aboriginal rights are human rights, but they are also queer business.”
Miss First Nation 2018 kicks off search for next Indigenous drag superstar
Running across the next five nights, seven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers will compete for the crown, culminating in the Grand Final on Saturday October 20.
Major $716,000 grant to fund research into mental health needs of Indigenous LGBTI youth
“We know that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, being young, and being LGBTI are all risk factors for poor mental health and suicide – but what happens when you are a member of all three of these groups?”
‘Indigenous queers have been ignored, excluded, and erased’: Black Rainbow founder
Bonson detailed the difficulties he has had getting politicians to pay attention to the needs of Indigenous queer people.
Indigenous advocate hands back human rights award after Mundine’s homophobic rant
“We have to stop supporting individuals who are outwardly homophobic”
Support organisation for Indigenous LGBTI people launches suicide prevention initiative
Black Rainbow will offer micro-grants to LGBTI members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to host community-focused social events.