On Dec 3, International Day of People with Disability,
2015, I was part of putting on a landmark event at the Wheeler Centre in
Melbourne an LGBTI Disability Forum. Led by myself and Jarrod Marrinon
and and in partnership with Rowena Allen, Victoria's first Gender and
Sexuality Commissioner, and with limited funding from the Office for Disability
and Department of Premier and Cabinet, we were keen for this event to be
more then just a talk fest and to have LGBTI people with disabilities at the
event contributing to discussion. The morning session was us educating service
providers from both the disability and LGBTI health sectors and the afternoon
session was a closed session with the commissioner for LGBTI people
with disability, in which we discussed our issues with her and reached some
concrete fundable outcomes. There are some great things underway so watch this
space!
You can read more about my experience of the forum here :)
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