LGBTQIAplus Phillip Island Bass Coast

29/08/2025

04/06/2025

Transgender athlete Verónica Garcia has spoken out again after being booed for winning another 400-meter race at a girls' state track championship in Washington.

04/06/2025

With just 20 tickets left, we are ALMOST SOLD OUT AGAIN!

Join us for our very special Gippsland Pride Initiative Inc. celebration - our 5TH ANNUAL PRIDE GALA on 28 June 2025 at Lardner Park!

JUST ONE MONTH TO GO!

DON'T MISS OUT!

Tickets are not transferrable, cannot be resold but may be refunded for 1 more week. Please only purchase tickets through the Humanitix link!

https://events.humanitix.com/pride-gala-2025

Proudly supported by Uniting Vic.Tas, Aussie Broadband, Latrobe Health Latrobe Health Assembly, Thorne Harbour Health and Full Circle HR & Business Services

04/06/2025

19/03/2025

A trans woman visiting from the Philippines says she had intimate photos searched through on her phone by authorities at Sydney International Airport, before being detained at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.

06/02/2025

17/05/2024

17/05/2024

🌈 Happy IDAHOBIT! 🎉 Today, we wear rainbow with pride - celebrating and standing together for love, equality, and respect! 🌈

Celebrated on May 17 every year, IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia) is dedicated to recognising the progress we've made in LGBTQIA+ equality, while acknowledging the work that still lies ahead.

This year's theme is "No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all".

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Today Council will raise the rainbow flag at our Civic Centre in Wonthaggi and Berninneit, Cowes.

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30/03/2024

85% TICKETS NOW SOLD! HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKET TO PRIDE GALA 2024?

We are excitingly counting down to Saturday June 1st, for our PRIDE GALA, returning to Lardner Park Events Centre!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

💜 Thanks to support from 'Pay it Forward' donations made by community, as well as our continued partnership with Aussie Broadband and Uniting Vic Tas, we will be opening a Ballot later this weekend.

This preserved number of spots are specifically for some low or no cost tickets for folks who may otherwise not be able to access this event.

We will randomly draw from the Ballot and contact those who have secured one of these funded tickets.

Priority will be given to First Nations folks, those with disability, trans and gender diverse folks, folks over 60, and those on concession/student or unemployed. Watch this space, we'll update soon.

💙 Invoiced Tables (community orgs and groups) will need to pay for their bookings this week, as tickets will otherwise be released for sale to the public. We are unable to 'hold' tickets.

🚍 The EOI for the Pride Gala BUSES across Gippsland and from Melbourne - is NOW OPEN. Based on registrations, we'll confirm buses to and from the event. This is possible thanks to the amazing partnership with Uniting Vic.Tas

Register your interest in the Bus here: https://thorneharbour.typeform.com/to/yUpO0YHK

🎉 You can follow our page, facebook event and website (www.gippslandpride.com) for all the updates.

🟣 This event has sold out the last 2 years - don't miss out! 👈

‼️ *Please be mindful of scammers. Tickets are NOT transferrable and are fully refundable up to 14 days prior. Please only purchase tickets through our Humanitix Platform. ‼️

🎫Get your TICKETS to PRIDE GALA here:🎫 https://events.humanitix.com/pride-gala-2024

15/05/2023

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️IDAHOBIT UPDATE - BASS COAST🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Idahobit: International Day Against LGBT+ Discrimination / International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Biphobia and Intersex Discrimination, is without doubt, one of the biggest days on ours and the q***r community calendar - and it's THIS WEDNESDAY!

This is a huge day for us, with Gippsland Pride Initiative Inc.'s launch of the Rainbow Brick Road Report.

As you know, we put the call out to each of Gippsland's councils in April, to be able to share with you any celebrations and events happening. We haven't heard from them all, but we are pleased to share the ones we have!

We asked; "Gippsland Pride Initiative Inc ask Council to provide a summary of LGBTQIA+ commitments, policies or relevant plans already in place informing Council services and activity, and also to please provide an indication of any planned IDAHOBIT events or efforts to take place on or around this day in your shire"

Here is the 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Response From Bass Coast Shire Council 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Bass Coast Shire Council will be showing their support by raising the progress rainbow flag at our Civic Centre in Wonthaggi on Wednesday 17 May, as well as lighting up Wonthaggi Union Community Art Centre rainbow for the evening and promoting our local community groups in creating a Bass Coast free from LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.

The following links to plans and policies have also been provided to support a better understanding of Council’s commitment to creating a Bass Coast free from LGBTQIA+ Discrimination:

🏳️‍🌈 Bass Coast Living Young Plan 2023-2025
🏳️‍🌈 Bass Coast Community Vision 2041
🏳️‍🌈 Council Plan
🏳️‍🌈 Community Health and Wellbeing Plan

If you're in the Bass Coast and have IDAHOBIT activities to share, please post in the comments.

Our Bass Coast Shire Representative is Greg Tingate