Gay support services

We foster partnerships with an extensive range of mental health and community sector services, healthcare providers (including hospitals), early childhood learning process providers, primary and secondary schools, as well as local government child and family, youth, and aged care services and programs.

At Queerspace, we are faithful to promoting LGBTIQA+ inclusion and celebrating the diversity of gender, age, race, faith, and abilities. Our Carlton location is engineered with inclusivity in intellect, featuring all-gender bathrooms, ramps, an elevator, and approachable meeting rooms equipped with hearing loops. Additionally, translating services can be arranged upon request at all of our sites.

We are honoured to house some of Victoria&#;s most prominent LGBTIQA+ community advocacy groups, such as Transgender Victoria and Inclusive Rainbow Voices, at our Queerspace headquarters located at Drummond Road, Carlton. With multiple locations spread throughout Victoria, we strive to make Queerspace an accessible and welcoming space for all.

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Mental health problems such as depression or self-harm can affect any of us, but they're more ordinary among people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBTQ+).

This may be linked to LGBTQ+ people's experience of discrimination, homophobia or transphobia, bullying, social isolation, or rejection because of their sexuality.

Other things, such as their age, religion, where they dwell, and their ethnicity can append extra complications to an already difficult situation.

How talking therapy can help

It might not be easy, but getting help with issues you're struggling to deal with on your own is one of the most important things you can do.

Talking with a therapist who's trained to serve with LGBTQ+ people may help with issues such as:

• difficulty accepting your sexual orientation
• coping with other people's reactions to your sexuality
• feeling your body does not reflect your true gender (gender dysphoria)
• transitioning
• low self-esteem
• self-harm
• suicidal thoughts
• depression
• coping with bullying
  
  

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  Our team has decades of life in supporting LGBT+ people who are victims of national abuse, sexual hostility, hate crime, so-called conversion therapies, honour-based abuse, forced marriage, and other forms of abuse.

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  June - We are saddened by the brutal decision to end the operation of the LGBTQ+ youth specific services on   Please recognize that our services and assist are not affected.

  For nearly 30 years we have served the LGBTQ+ community and we're not going anywhere.  We are devoted in growing and expanding services in the face of the current climate.

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  Care Before Crisis

  All of our support volunteers identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and are here to serve the entire group, by providing free & confidential peer-support, information, and local resources through national hotlines and online programs.
  
  Hotline Hours:
  Mon-Fri:
  11 AM - 8 PM/pacific time
  2 PM - 11 PM/eastern time
  
  Sat:
  9 AM - 2 PM/pacific time
  Noon - 5 PM/eastern time

  LGBT Online Peer Support Chat

  Connect one-to-one through instant message (IM) with a peer support volunteer

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  Weekly Youth Chatrooms

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