Culture
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LGBT Multicultural Action Group
Submission to Review of Multicultural Policy (Qld)
LGBT Multicultural Action Group
In 2010 Healthy Communities developed the LGBT Multicultural Action Group to:
- improve the health and wellbeing of LGBT people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- build on past and current initiatives and the exisiting strenghts and resourecs of LGBT people from ethnic communities
- develop new and innovative responses
- ensure Healthy Communities is culturally inclusive and accessible
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A copy of the Terms of Reference is available here.
A copy of our 2012 Action Plan will be available soon.
A copy of our 2010 Action Plan is available here.
Anyone with an interest in meeting the goals of the group is welcome to attend.
Meeting Dates: 2nd Tuesday of every second month, 3pm - 4:30pm at Healthy Communities Brisbane
- 10 January 2012
- 14 March
- 10 May
- 12 July
- 11 Sept
- 14 November
Minutes of previous meetings are below:
To contact the group email multicultural@qahc.org.au or ring 07 3017 1777.
Submission to Queensland Review of Multicultural Policy
QAHC, through the LGBT Multicultural Action Group made a submission to the Queensland Government's review of its strategy 'A multicultural future... for all of us'. Open a copy of our submission here.
A brief overview of issues for CALD LGBT people was developed previously by QAHC staff and is available here.
Factsheets
LGBT Websites Around the World
Links to assist LGBT people born outside of Australia to contact people from their same culture and country of origin or to find information in their native language. Open LGBT Websites Around the World factsheet>
Contact Sheet for LGBT people with CALD Backgrounds
Information and links for LGBT people with a culturally and linguistically diverse background, living in Queensland. Open Contact Sheet for LGBT people with CALD Backgrounds factsheet >
Links
The Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council Incorporated (AHMC Inc.) aims to encourage the participation and contribution of GLBTIQ multicultural communities. www.amgc.org.au
Multilingual HIV website
http://www.multiculturalhivhepc.net.au/
The Gay and Lesbian Immigration Task Force provides information for Gay and Lesbian people or their partners wanting to immigrate to Australia
www.glitf.org.au/ or the QLD Branch www.glitf.powerup.com.au
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (ECCQ)represents the interests of the many people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) who are part of the broad social community of Queensland, and promote multiculturalism. www.eccq.com.au
