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Resources from the MGA

Events

The MGA Queer department organises and runs a multitude of events for graduate students who identify as LGBTIQA+ or as our allies. These events include queer film nights, exhibitions of design projects for LGBTQIA+ people, workshops about queer topics, informal debates with LGBTIQA+ researchers, attendance in rainbow events in Melbourne and in Australia. To know more and keep updated with our events, follow or like our Instagram page.

Advocacy

The MGA Queer officer represents all Monash graduate students who identify as LGBTIQA+ in the MGA Executive Committee and in the Diverse Genders, Sexes and Sexualities Advisory Group. If you have an issue or opportunity relevant to LGBTIQA+ Monash graduate students, contact the MGA Queer officer.

Resources from Monash

Training

Monash LGBTIQ provides knowledge about LGBTIQA+ matters and a Queer 101 training for students, offers resources for researchers and lecturers to be more inclusive, and coordinates the Ally Network (limited to staff for now).

Events

Every year in September or October, a multitude of Monash groups run LGBTIQA+ events as part of the Diversity and Inclusion Week.

Spaces

In numerous buildings around Monash campuses, you can find all-gender toilets, where people with diverse gender identities and expressions can feel more comfortable.

 

Monash also has queer lounges, i.e. safe spaces for all LGBTIQA+ people at Monash to relax, make friends, study and meet. There is one at Clayton campus (Campus Centre, Level 1) and one at Caulfield campus (Building S, Level 3).

Clubs

GLEAM is a student group for LGBTIQA+ students of science, technology, engineering and maths at Monash. An annual membership is required. Check their Facebook page.

diversIT is an initiative by the Faculty of Information Technology, aiming to support underrepresented students in IT. Check their Facebook page.

Health

Monash University offers a range of services, programmes and resources for students’ health and wellbeing. These include medical services, free counselling, and mental health programs and resources (including mindfulness programs).

In case of medical emergencies, contact these numbers. For mental health emergencies, contact these numbers.

Safety and security

If you experience or see dangerous, intimidating or unacceptable behaviour towards LGBTIQA+ students, you should report it to the Safer Community Unit.

If you are a victim or witness of gender-based violence towards LGBTIQA+ students, contact the Respectful Communities unit.

We also recommend installing and using Monash bSafe app.

For emergencies, please contact the Monash security services.

Other resources

Monash offers scholarships for LGBTIQA+ students, and provides resources for gender-diverse students to affirm their identity.

External Resources

For all LGBTIQA+ people

Community Directories

Victorian Pride Centre Directory & Radio Station, Joy 94.9, Thorne Harbour Health, Rainbow Network

Mental health

  • Switchboard: phone and web counselling (QLife)
  • Queerspace: counselling, case management, advocacy, research, training, professional development for LGBTIQA+ people.
  • Mind Equality Centre: psychological and health counselling for LGBTIQA+ people.
  • Way Out: services for young people and their caregivers; rights, mental health and wellbeing for LGBTIQA+ people living in rural Victoria.
  • Headspace: LGBTIQA+-friendly mental, physical and sexual health help for people under 25.
  • Beyond Blue: LGBTIQA+-friendly support services, programs, research, advocacy and communication activities for mental health.
  • ReachOut: LGBTIQA+ online mental health for young people.
  • Psychology Melbourne: LGBTIQA+-friendly counselling.
  • Lifeline: LGBTIQA+-friendly 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.
  • DocDir: Australia’s national directory of LGBTIQ+ friendly clinicians.

Physical, sexual and reproductive health

Social connection

Training

  • Queerspace: counselling, social support and professional development for LGBTIQA+ people.
  • Rainbow Health Victoria: LGBTIQA+ health research, training, resources, and policy advice.
  • National LGBTI Health Alliance: health-related training, services and research.
  • Victorian Pride Centre: LGBTIQA+ social connection, health and wellbeing, educational and professional services.
  • Rainbow Network: LGBTIQA+ resources, advocacy, events, training.
  • Queer in Science: advocacy, networking, education for LGBTIQA+ people involved in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine) in Australia.

Mentoring, Networking and Scholarships

Events

For bisexual+ people

For transgender and gender diverse people

For intersex people

For asexual people

For LGBTIQA+ people of faith

For LGBTIQA+ people of diverse ethnicity and culture

  • Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC): advocacy, research, education, community events for people of multicultural and multifaith backgrounds.
  • Black Rainbow: advocacy and community projects for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+ people.
  • Intersect: project to promote the development of culturally safe and inclusive practice among multicultural, faith-based and LGBTIQA+ communities.
  • Greek and Gay Support Network: organisation bringing Hellenic LGBTIQA+ people in Melbourne together.
  • Fobgays+: community network for South Asian LGBTIQA+ people (not recently updated)
  • YellowKitties: social support group for Asian LGBTIQA+ women, based in Melbourne (not recently updated)
  • Helem Melbourne: support group for LGBTIQA+people from Arab communities in Melbourne.
  • LatinAmerican and Hispanic Rainbow Community (LAHRC): community group in Victoria to support LGBTIQA+ people from Latin American and Hispanic backgrounds.

Legal Resources

  • Rainbow Families: support network for LGBTIQA+ parents and carers
  • Q+Law: a free legal service for and by LGBTIQA+SB Victorians
  • LGBTIQ Legal Service: free community legal service to help LGBTIQA+ Victorians

Strategic Visions & Directions

  • Rainbow Health Victoria: A program that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) health and wellbeing through research and knowledge translation, training, resources, policy advice and service accreditation through the Rainbow Tick
  • National LGBTIQA+ Health Australia: Supporting healthy lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender, intersex, queer and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse people and communities throughout Australia and the world

The MGA team

Got a question or request about anything at all? Get in contact with one of our staff members – we’d love to hear from you. Alternatively, drop by the MGA office at Clayton or Caulfield so we can help!

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The MGA employs Monash graduate students to fill the receptionist roles at the Clayton and Caulfield offices. When a vacancy arises we advertise the position through our email newsletter and on our website.

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