IDAHOBIT Day 2024

Maggie Toko and Elvis Martin commemorate IDAHOBIT Day 2024

IDAHOBIT DAY 2024

Watch Maggie Toko, Consumer Commissioner of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission (MHWC) and Elvis Martin, Mental Health, Youth and LGBTQIA+ Advocate speak about the significance of IDAHOBIT Day in this short video.

Maggie and Elvis talk about challenges faced by the LGBTQIA + community and the importance of support, inclusion, acceptance and equality.

List of supports and resources

  • LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

The national peak organisation providing health-related programs and services for the LGBTQIA+ Community.

Phone: (02) 7209 6301, email Email: info@lgbtiqhealth.org.au or visit the website 

  • Rainbow Door

A free specialist helpline providing support to all LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their friends and families.

Phone: 1800 729 367 , Email: support@rainbowdoor.org.au or visit the website

  • QLife

Provides Australia-wide LGBTIQ+ peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

Phone: 1800 184 527 or visit the website and click on the ‘Webchat’ button

  • Switchboard

    Provides peer-based, volunteer-run support service for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and asexual (LGBTIQA+) community and their allies, friends and families. Visit their website

  • Minus 18

Providing education and spreading awareness to improve the lives of LGBTQIA+ youth. Visit their website

  • Rainbow Network

Empowering people to provide inclusive services for young LGBTQIA + Victorians. Phone: 03 9479 1292, email rainbownetwork@latrobe.edu.au or visit their website

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