Our LGBTIQA+ Equity and Inclusion Framework, shapes our commitment to health equity and increased access for people with diverse bodies, identities and experiences.
Safe and inclusive primary health care
We will continue to advocate for safe, inclusive and culturally appropriate services to improve equity and access for LGBTIQA+ people.
We are committed to working internally, with services we commission and with primary care services to support their journeys to developing cultural competency and safety for people with diverse bodies, identities and experiences.
The LGBTIQA+ Equity and Inclusion Framework sets out the key elements of inclusion and principles to guide the design, development and delivery of services by our staff, commissioned service providers and primary care services, to facilitate a consistent, safe service experience for LGBTIQA+ people and communities.
Framework
This Framework is the result of consultation with LGBTIQA+ people and communities, peak bodies and service providers on how our staff and commissioned primary health care services can become more equitable and inclusive in providing for the diversity of LGBTIQA+ health needs.
Toolkit
Welcome to the LGBTIQA+ Toolkit.
This Toolkit has been compiled based on advice from our LGBTIQA+ stakeholders and is to be used as guidance only.
It is at the discretion of users of the Toolkit to determine the suitability and currency of this Toolkit to meeting their needs.
Toolkit Resources
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Please note, this toolkit is reviewed and updated regularly.
If you wish to have resources added to this Toolkit, please contact us on feedback@wapha.org.au.
Reflective assessment
- Test Your Own Unconscious Bias – Diversity Australia
- Implicit Association Test – Harvard
Training Modules
- LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Palliative Care eLearning – LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
- Building Service Capacity To Work With LGBTIQ+ Forcibly Displaced People – LGBTIQ Health
- Silver Rainbow: LGBTIQ+ Aged Care Awareness Training – LGBTIQ Health
- Equal Not The Same: Introduction To LGBTIQ+ Mental Health & Suicide Prevention – LGBTIQ Health
- Self-Paced Learning Modules in LGBTQIA+ Health Education – Fenway Institute
- LGBTIQ Cultural Competency and Inclusive Practice Training – Connection and Wellbeing Australia
- Various Webinars – Fenway Institute
- Introduction to inclusive language and allyship – Prism Training and Consulting
- Practicing Allyship – Prism Training and Consulting
- Let’s Queer the Air
- Opening Closets Workshop – Living Proud
- Advanced LGBTIQ+ Training – Living Proud
- Trans 101 – Transfolk
- LGBTIQA+ Diversity and Inclusion – WAAC
- Gender and Sexual Diversity Inclusion in the Public Sector – IPAA
- LGBTI+ youth – Freedom Centre
- Pride Inclusion Programs – Pride
- E-learning Module: Trans (incl. Gender Diverse and Non-Binary) Mental Health Care – AusPATH
- E-learning Module: Trans (incl. Gender Diverse and Non-Binary) Primary Care – AusPATH
- Intersectionality Training – Ananda Consulting
- LGBTIQ+ 101 for Multicultural Communities – Ananda Consulting
- LGBTIQA+ Diversity Workplace Training – Sexual Health Quarters
- Introduction to LGBTIQ – Inclusive Practice (online modules) – Rainbow Health
- Rainbow Network Training – Rainbow Health
- LGBT Ageing and Aged Care Training – Rainbow Health
- Awareness Raising Presentations – Connection and Wellbeing Australia
- AGMC Training (Multicultural perspectives of sexual and gender diversity) – AGMC
- Webinar: The social and emotional wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ young people – Australian Government Australian Institute of Family Services
- Webinar: Working with gender diverse people and their families – Australian Government Australian Institute of Family Services
Videos and Podcasts
- The urgency of intersectionality – TED
- Why am I “so gay?” – TED
- LGBTQ Play List – TED
- The Myths of Gay Adoption – TED
- The Importance of Inclusive Language – TED
- Pride in my Faith – Advance Diversity Services
- Video Interview: Practical Inclusion – Queer Muslim Representation – Bree Gorman
- Podcast: Budi Sudarto – My Identity is not your Political Weapon – A reflection on the Religious Discrimination Bill – Multicultural Minds
Information Sheets
- Transforming Families – Telethon Kids Institute
- 2022 Palliative Care Scoping Review – LGBTIQ+ Health Australia
- Knowledge Hub – LGBTIQ Health Australia
- How to be a LGBTIQA+ Ally – Lifeline
- External Language Guide – ACON
- Misgendering + Pronouns – Wear it Purple
A guide to using inclusive language when speaking languages other than English - Mental Wellbeing – Pinnacle Foundation
- Resources – PFLAG Perth – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- Embrace U – website for sexual health
- Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines and Tips For Collecting Patient Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) – 2022 – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Health Care Considerations for Two Spirit and LGBTQIA+ Indigenous Communities – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Coordinating HCV and HIV Treatment in Primary Care – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Housing, Health, and LGBTQIA+ Older Adults – 2021 – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender Diverse Children – 2021 – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- LGBTQIA+ Youth and Experiences of Human Trafficking: A Healing-Centered Approach – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- HIV and Diabetes Mellitus – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Medical Care of Trans and Gender Diverse Adults – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- TelePrEP: Telemedicine for HIV Prevention – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- AusPATH: Australian Informed Consent Standards of Care for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy – AusPATH
- Equinox: Protocols for the Initiation of Hormone Therapy for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients – AusPATH
- Hormone therapy for trans and gender diverse patients in the general practice setting – AusPATH
- Position Statement on the Hormonal Management of Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals – AusPATH
- Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents – AusPATH
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care – Version 7 – AusPATH
- Information for Clinicians – TransHub
- Am I Trans – TransHub
- Starting Hormones – TransHub
- Rights and Justice – TransHub
- Words Matter – TransHub
- 10 Ways to Reach Out Brochure – TransHub
- A guide to supporting young trans people at school – TransHub
- 10 tips for clinicians working with trans & gender diverse people – TransHub
- Affirming Clinical Language Guide – TransHub
- Downloads for clinicians – TransHub
- Clinicians TransHub Resource Pack – TransHub
- Charter of Health Rights: Me & My Doctor – Youth Pride Network
- Flying Gender Unicorn: LGBTQIA+ – Her Vaga Bound Roots
- A Quick Guide to Australian LGBTI Anti-Discrimination Laws – alastairlawrie
Posters and Brochures
- Pronouns: Here THEY are now
- We respect your pronouns here
- Peer Navigation for Trans People
- How to Build Family Acceptance for Healthy Futures for LGBTQ and Gender Diverse Children and Youth (10 languages) – Family Acceptance Project
- Faith Communities and the Well-Being of LGBT Youth
- Helping Diverse Families Learn to Support LGBTQ Children
- LGBTIQA+ Terminology Fact sheets in nine languages
Intersex Resources
- Healthcare pathways – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Intersex for allies – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Bioethicists and paediatric surgeons debate intersex medical interventions – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Bodily integrity – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Clinical opposition to early intersex medical interventions – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Demographics – Intersex Human Rights Australia
- Glossary of Terms: LGBTIQA+ glossary of common terms – The Australian Institute of Family Studies
- Inclusive communication with LGBTIQ+ clients – The Australian Institute of Family Studies
Research Links
- LGBTQIA+ Health and Inclusive Healthcare in General Practice An Introduction to Teaching and Learning – General Practice Supervisors Australia
McNair, Ruth, Asiel Adan Sanchez, Clara Tuck Meng Soo, Morgan Carpenter, and Mark Hughes. 2021 - What Do Intersex People Need from Doctors? – O&G Magazine
Carpenter, Morgan. 2018 - Intersex Lived Experience: Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth in Narratives – Psychology & Sexuality
Hart, Bonnie, and Jane Shakespeare-Finch. 2021. - Home is where our story begins: CALD LGBTIQ+ people’s relationships to family – Current Issues in Criminal Justice
Asquith, N.L., Collison, A., Lewis, L. 2019. - AMA Position Statement Sexual and Reproductive Health 2014 – Australian Medical Association. (2014)
- AMA Position Statement: Marriage Equality – Australian Medical Association. (2017)
- Supporting Autonomy for Patients with Differences of Sex Development (DSD) (Resolution 3-A-16 – American Medical Association. (2017)
- Should Surgery for Hypospadias Be Performed Before an Age of Consent? – Journal of Sex Research
Carmack, A., Notini, L., & Earp, B. (2015) - Shadow Report submission to the Human Rights Committee on the situation of intersex people in Australia
Carpenter, M., & Organisation Intersex International Australia. (2017). - Managing intersex, Most vaginal surgery in childhood should be deferred – British Medical Journal, 323, 1264–1265.
Creighton, S., & Minto, C. (2001). - Childhood surgery for ambiguous genitalia: glimpses of practice changes or more of the same? – Psychology and Sexuality
Creighton, S. M., Michala, L., Mushtaq, I., & Yaron, M. (2014). - Third gender fights for recognition – SWI Swissinfo.ch
Eichenberger, I. (2013, January 23). - Re-Thinking Genital Surgeries on Intersex Infants – Palm Center
Elders, M. J., Satcher, D., & Carmona, R. (2017) - Ethical Principles for the Management of Infants with Disorders of Sex Development – Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Gillam, L. H., Hewitt, J. K., & Warne, G. L. (2010) - Consensus statement on management of intersex disorders – Archives of Disease in Childhood
Hughes, I. A., Houk, C., Ahmed, S. F., Lee, P. A., & LWPES/ESPE Consensus Group. (2006) - I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me. – New York: Human Rights Watch. (2017)
- A Changing Paradigm. – New York: Human Rights Watch. (2017)
- Intersexion: The Birth of Ambiguity – Presented at the Melbourne Medical Student Conference 2020, University of Melbourne
Hutson, John, Sonia Grover, Clare Delany, and Morgan Carpenter. 2020. - Parental choice on normalising cosmetic genital surgery.
Liao, L.-M., Wood, D., & Creighton, S. M. (2015). - Female genital appearance: “normality” unfolds – BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Lloyd, J., Crouch, N. S., Minto, C. L., Liao, L.-M., & Creighton, S. M. (2005). - Unnecessary Surgery on Intersex Children Must Stop
Physicians for Human Rights. (2017, October 20). - Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Young People Position Statement.
Royal Australasian College of Physicians. (2015, November). - Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia.
Senate, Community Affairs References Committee. (2013). - Sexual health, human rights and the law – World Health Organization. (2015).
- The Rights of Children in Biomedicine: Challenges posed by scientific advances and uncertainties – Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe.
Zillén, K., Garland, J., & Slokenberga, S. (2017). - You Can’t Be Gay and Do Religion: Understanding Muslim LGBTIQ+ Experiences of Accessing Support Services: Journal of Intercultural Studies
Pallotta-Chiarolli, M., Sweid, R., Sudarto, B. - Breaking the Silence: Insights from WA Services Working with Aboriginal/ LGBTIQ+ People – Kurongkurl Katitjin, Edith Cowan University. Perth. WA
Hill, B., Uink, B., Dodd, J., Bonson, D., Eades, A. & S. Bennett (2021) - I can hide the fact that I’m queer but can’t hide the colour of my skin – new study reveals the impact of being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+
- Same-sex parented families in Australia – Child Family Community Australia
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Sample Policies for Commissioned Services
- Affirming Organizational and Human Resource Policies for an LGBTQIA+ Workforce – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines and Tips For Collecting Patient Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) – 2022 Update – LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
- AusPATH: Australian Informed Consent Standards of Care for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy – AusPATH
- Equinox: Protocols for the Initiation of Hormone Therapy for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients – AusPATH
- Hormone therapy for trans and gender diverse patients in the general practice setting – AusPATH
- Position Statement on the Hormonal Management of Adult Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals – AusPATH
- Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines for Trans and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents – AusPATH
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards of Care – Version 7 – AusPATH
- AusPATH Statement on Legal Gender Recognition – AusPATH
- Affirming Intake Form – ACON
Health Pathways
- Transgender Health and Gender Diversity HealthPathway – HealthPathways WA
- Recommended Services – TransFolk of WA
Evaluation and Monitoring Tools