Links
Following are links to GLBTI service providers and GLBTI-friendly businesses in Tasmania. We provide these links, without endorsement, for your information and assistance. Where the organisation has a website, clicking on the name - underlined at the top of the entry - will open it in a new window in your browser.
For links to GLBTI social groups, click here to go to the Links page of The League of Gentlefellows.
Tasmanian Links
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Anti-Discrimination Commission Administers the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998, provides education to the community and training to the corporate and public sectors. |
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Hobart Community Legal Service HCLS is a community organisation whose aims are: to foster community awareness of the law; to make the law more equitable and accessible to the public; and to provide free legal advice and referral to the general public in southern Tasmania. |
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Hobart Women's Health
Centre The Centre is run by women and for women and provides a range of health services. |
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Hobart Women's Legal Service Free and confidential legal telephone advice & referral service. Toll Free: 1800 682 468 |
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linkzone Links to information and services for young Tasmanians. |
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Ogilvie Jennings A GLBTI-friendly legal practice - ask for Malcolm Schyvens. |
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Police GLBTI Liaison Officers This page of the Tasmania Police website lists their GLBTI Liaison Officers. |
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The Public Trustee Government Business Enterprise providing deceased estate and trust administration, will writing, power of attorney services and financial administration. |
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Relationships Tasmania Provides comprehensive information on the Tasmanian Relationships Act 2003. |
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Rodney Croome Weblog Gay advocate Rodney Croome. |
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Safe at Home Safe at Home provides a response to incidents of family violence, and can include intervention by Police and Victim Safety Response Teams and ongoing counselling and support. The service is concerned with people of all ages - children, young people and adults - and services are offered to people in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships. Toll Free Response and Referral Line (24 hours/7days): 1800 633 937 |
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TasCAHRD Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis & Related Diseases. To download the latest copy of their Man2Man publication (PDF 1.3MB), click here. |
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TGLRG Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group - a community-based organisation campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights in Tasmania. |
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Working It Out A funded service specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex and transgender Tasmanians. |
Mainland Links
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Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
(ARCSHS) The ARCSHS has a particular research interest in sexual diversity. |
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Gay
and Lesbian Switchboard A free service, operated by trained volunteer counsellors. It offers counselling to Tasmanians via a free-call number: 1800 184 527 |
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GALTA Gay and Lesbian Tourism Australia - a directory of GLBTI-friendly tourism and hospitality businesses. |
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Australian
Human Rights Commission This link is to the Same Sex Entitlements Inquiry. |
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Likeitis Information on sex and sexuality for teenagers. |
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MensLine Mensline Australia is a nationally respected, visible and accessible service that: * provides counselling, information and referral services for men with family and relationship concerns over the telephone and through electronic and other media * works with and supports men in building and sustaining personal relationships * challenges, promotes and leads policy and service developments that are supportive of men’s relationship aspirations * promotes and encourages men’s active engagement in the task of understanding and succeeding in their roles within their families, workplaces and community relationships. Telephone Counselling Service: 1300 78 99 78 |
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Mogenic Gay Youth Chat and Personals community - some good material on coming out on the Gay Life tab. Note!! March 2009: While checking the link to this site, Google issued a warning that the site has been reported as an attack site and may damage the computers of those who visit it. |
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Qnet Canberra queer youth cyberspace. |
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Reach Out A web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times - it has good material on Sexuality and Coming Out under The Issues and Facts. |
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SSAFE A project of Family Planning Victoria which aims to support school communities in challenging homophobia and creating safe learning environments for same-sex attracted and gender non-conforming students. |
World-wide Links
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glbtq An encyclopaedia covering arts, literature and social sciences. |
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The Quote Garden Quotes about homosexuality. |
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The World History of
Male Love A brief overview of gay male love. |