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The National LGBT Health Alliance has been established by a number of organisations from across Australia that provide health-related programs, services and research targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people (LGBT).

The Alliance acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia, their diversity, histories and knowledge and their continuing connections to land and community. We pay our respect to all Australian Indigenous peoples and their cultures, and to elders of past, present and future generations.

Alliance members have come together to work collaboratively to improve the health and wellbeing of sexuality, sex and gender diverse people by:

  • advocating with one voice on the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people and communities at a national level
  • building the capacity of our members to work with and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people and communities.

We work across a broad range of health areas, striving to improve LGBT health in many different ways.
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Major Parties Lack Action on LGBTI Health

Responses to the Alliance Federal Election Survey show that the Greens and the Democrats are the only parties to commit to a wide number of priority actions to move forward improvements in LGBTI health and wellbeing. Labor have made some important commitments to build on work to date and to consult LGBTI peak bodies, but lack an overall approach and fail to commit to effectively resourcing the LGBTI community sector. The Coalition lacks any practical actions or commitments. Find out more

Recommendations for Legal Recognition of Sex & Gender Identity

At the Health in Difference Conference on 1 May 2010 the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion, Senator Ursula Stephens, announced formation of a working group to address the recommendations of the Australian Human Rights Commission sex and gender diversity project, 'Sex Files: The legal recognition of sex in documents and government records'. The paper contains 15 recommendations for improving the current system for legally recognizing sex identity. The formation of the Working Group by the Federal Attorney General's Department is, however, on hold during the Federal Election Campaign Find out more