Links- Other Pride festivals & Pride orgs around Victoria
Koorie Pride Victoria
Bendigo Pride Festival
https://bendigopridefestival.com.au/
Castlemaine Pride
https://castlemainepride.org.au/
ChillOut Festival, Daylesford
Geelong Rainbow Inc
https://www.geelongrainbow.org.au/
The Gippsland Rainbow Collective Inc
https://www.facebook.com/GippslandRainbowCollective/
Goulburn Valley Pride
LGBTQIA+ In the North East (LINE) Wangaratta
http://www.facebook.com/linewangaratta
Pride Festival Maryborough
https://www.pridefestivalmaryborough.org.au/
The Queers are Here · Lgbtqia+ Gippsland Adult Social Group
www.facebook.com/thequeersarehere
Sunraynbow Connection (Mildura)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1433297710477094
Swan Hill Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/547994329021421/
The Wimmera Pride Project
Links- LGBTIQA+ history
LGBTIQA+ history
78ers
78ers are the participants in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras held on 24 June 1978 and subsequent events. Our strategic objectives are to: celebrate our history, inspire our community and fight for our future.
Australian Queer Archives (AQuA)
Collecting, preserving and celebrating Australia’s very queer histories since 1978.
A history of LGBTIQ+ Victoria by Heritage Victoria
(report)
https://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/our-programs-and-initiatives/a-history-of-lgbtiq-victoria
Captain Moonlite (also Moonlight)
Australia's most well know queer bushranger who was held in (and escaped!) Ballarat Gaol
https://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/captain-moonlite
Edward De Lacy Evans
One of the first recorded transgender men in Australia who lived in Bendigo (content warning, misgendering throughout article)
https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-69/t1-g-t9.html
History of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Sydney
Explore more than four decades of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras history
https://www.mardigras.org.au/history-of-sydney-mardi-gras/
Pride History Group, Sydney
Pride History is a volunteer community group dedicated to researching, writing about and recording memories of Sydney's LGBTIQ history.
Links- Local LGBTQIA+ Groups & Resources
Local LGBTQIA+ Groups & Resources
QHub
QHub aims to create safe spaces for LGBTIQA+ young people in Victoria.
https://www.queerspace.org.au/our-programs/safe-spaces/
Switchboard Victoria
Switchboard provides peer-driven support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people
https://www.switchboard.org.au/
Transgender Victoria
Transgender Victoria is Victoria’s leading body for transgender and gender diverse people.
We are trans-led, working for, by and with trans communities to achieve better social, economic and health outcomes. We represent trans communities by fostering connection, advocating for change and supporting trans people to lead full and meaningful lives.
Val's LGBTI Ageing & Aged Care
Improving ageing pathways, care and visibility of older LGBTI people.
https://www.facebook.com/valslgbti/
The Y
Community-focused nonprofit established in 1844 with recreational programs & services for all ages.
Links- City of Ballarat
City of Ballarat website:
https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/
City of Ballarat LGBTIQA+ page:
https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/city/my-community/lgbtiqa-ballarat
City of Ballarat Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/BallaratCityCouncil/
LGBTIQA+ Advisory Committee Facebook page:
Any links we've missed or are broken?
