COTA SA, June 2024 Rainbow rights are human rights, and this toolkit identifies how older LGBTI+ community members can understand and action their rights, as well as providing information to the people who are part of their choices, supports and care. COTA SA has partnered with the South Australian Government’s Office for Ageing Well to develop this resource and build awareness of state...
Media Release: 5.5 million Australians have disability
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Released 4/07/2024 More than one in five people (21.4 per cent) had disability in 2022, up 3.7 percentage points from 2018, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Linda Fardell, ABS head of health statistics, said: “The increase was seen across most age groups in the most recent Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers. As...
Rainbow Realities: In-depth analyses of large-scale LGBTQA+ health and wellbeing data in Australia
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, April 2024. Rainbow Realities provides a synthesis of pre-existing findings as well as more than 50 new analyses derived from the data of six surveys of LGBTQA+ populations in Australia. These are: Private Lives 3, Writing Themselves In 4, SWASH , Trans Pathways, Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) and Pride and...
New Alcohol and Other Drug Service for LGBTIQ and HIV + community members in Adelaide
Thorne Harbour Health, October 2021 “The Cottage” is a new Alcohol and Other Drug Service for LGBTIQ and HIV + community members in Adelaide, from Thorne Harbour Health. At Thorne Harbour Health we understand that LGBTIQ community members can have particular needs when it comes to making positive changes in relation to drinking and using drugs. We know that our communities often...
South Australian Launch of Writing Themselves in 4: Webinar Invite
SHINE SA, April 2021 This year one of the largest ever studies on the experiences of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia was released: Writing Themselves In 4. The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University asked 6,418 LGBTQA+ people aged 14 to 21 about their experiences with education, homelessness, harassment, assault, mental health, community...
Private Lives 3: Australia’s largest national survey of health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people released
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University, Friday 13th November 2020 Australia’s largest national survey of health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people reveals that most feel accepted at work and by family, but more work needs to be done to improve health outcomes. The Private Lives 3 National Report was conducted by researchers at the Australian Research...