The ACT LGB TIQ A+ Ministerial Advisory Council

Today is LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Day - it is all about helping to end violence and abuse within LGBTIQA+ communities by increasing visibility and understanding, and giving hope and courage to victims and survivors.

The right to live a life free from violence and abuse is a person’s most basic human right, but for many LGBTIQA+ people, this is not a reality.

Our friends at LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation have lots of resources and information on supporting LGBTIQA+ victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse through awareness, education and breaking down barriers to accessing help. Please visit their page or visit their website.

Our friends at ACT Office of LGBTIQA+ Affairs will be raising 4 flags today to mark this year's IDAHOBIT Day - hope we will see you there!

Happy IDAHOBIT 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Join us tomorrow as we raise 4 LGBTIQA+ communities’ flags to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

This is a moment to stand together for inclusion, dignity, and safety for LGBTIQA+ people in our community.

❓Can you guess what flags will be flying high over Canberra tomorrow?
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❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Today is IDAHOBIT — the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination!

86% of LGBTQIA+ young people say just seeing someone wearing rainbow makes them feel safer.

We "go rainbow" every day, but today our rainbows are extra vibrant as our way to show support for the people in our communities, especially our young people, who are being denied safety, recognition and equality. We see you, we hear you, we love you! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Our friends at the ACT Office of LGBTIQA+ Affairs are hosting this year's community roundtable in a few weeks! Click on the link below to find out how to participate! We'd love to hear from you

🤝 We’re bringing people together for our first LGBTIQA+ communities roundtable of 2026.

📋Come along to hear from the ABS on how to answer the sexual orientation and gender questions in the 2026 Census.

🗣️You will also have the opportunity to help design the 2026 ACT LGBTIQA Health Survey. Your voice matters! Be part of the conversation.

🗓️Wednesday 27 May 2026
⏰arrive from 5:30pm for a 6pm start
📍220 London Circuit
🔗 RSVP essential https://forms.office.com/r/TfiqRJD6ij

❤️🧡🩷🤍 Celebrating Le***an Visibility Day! Today is the culmination of Le***an Visibility Week - this year's theme is Health and Wellbeing. A week of amplifying the need to protect health and wellbeing in our community, especially important at this challenging time. This week we also honor the crucial role le****ns have played in activism and the LGBTQIA+ community 🤍🩷🧡❤️

🖤🩶🤍💜 Today is International Asexuality Day (IAD)! 🖤🩶🤍💜

IAD is about the ties that bind acespec (asexual spectrum) people across the world, and to us that means building on our relationships with other advocacy groups, especially the smallest and newest groups in our region, and using our membership base to highlight what they do and draw attention to the issues they face.

The four themes of IAD are:

🖤 Advocacy
🩶 Celebration
🤍 Education
💜 Solidarity

These themes highlight the aims of recognising and enabling the work that the international ace community and organisations do, particularly in non-Western and/or non-English speaking countries.

To find out more, check out our friends at Australian Asexuals or click the link below

https://www.australianasexuals.com/

Applications are open for positions join us on the LGBTIQA+ Ministerial Advisory Council, including the role of Chair, Deputy Chair and general members. One position is identified for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person.

Up to four positions are available in this recruitment round. All roles are ministerial appointments for a three-year term, with successful applicants commencing mid July 2026. A merit pool will be established to fill any future vacancies on the Council.

Find out more about the Council and roles available on the LGBTIQA+ Ministerial Advisory Council.

Apply via SmartyGrants to join the ACT LGBTIQA+ Ministerial Advisory Council - click the link here: https://dhcs.smartygrants.com.au/LGBTIQACouncil2026

To apply you will need to:
💻 complete the online application form
📎 attach your CV
📱 provide contact details of one referee

Applications close: 9am Tuesday 7 April 2026

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Day of Visibility is an annual international celebration of trans pride and awareness, recognising transgender, gender diverse and non-binary experiences and achievements.

Today we celebrate with gender diverse people all around Australia by sharing stories, starting conversations, and attending events.

To find out more about the day, or to sign the pledge of support, click the link below:

https://www.tdov.org.au/

To find out more about this amazing initiative, click on the link before the library closes... officially

🌈Canberra’s next iconic LGBTIQA+ leader… is it literally you? 👀

If you’re ready to level up your leadership skills, and keen to make real change - the Capital of Equality LGBTIQA+ Leadership Grants are now open!

👉 Find out more + apply now: http://bit.ly/41wUWbu

Leaders are WHAT? Fundamental!! Canberra needs you. 💖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Hear from artists and community voices as they reflect on the spaces, stories and connections
that have shaped q***r life in Canberra, and how these continue to evolve today in a discussion
at Canberra Museum + Gallery (CMAG).

Featuring Ketura Budd, Sia Ahmed, Nigel Featherstone and Jill Scanlon.

Stay on to explore A Loving City: Q***rberra Revisited, now on at CMAG.

📍 Canberra Museum + Gallery
📅 Friday 27 March 2026
⏰ 12–1.30pm
🎫 Free or pay what you want

Book now |

PANEL TALK: Love and Place - Q***r Canberra Then and Now Get tickets on Humanitix - PANEL TALK: Love and Place - Q***r Canberra Then and Now hosted by Canberra Museum and Gallery. Canberra Museum & Gallery - Theatrette, 176 London Cct, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. Friday 27th March 2026. Find event information.