Working It Out Inc

05/09/2026

Researchers at ACAP (Australian College of Applied Professions) University College need your help with their research project:

Relationships Among Identity Importance and Salience, Informal Mental Health Support, and Distress in LGBTQIA+ Communities

Researchers at ACAP University College want to learn more about your experiences with seeking mental health support from your LGBTQIA+ peers.

The study involves completing an anonymous online survey about accessing mental health support from peers, LGBTQIA+ identity, and experiences of stigma and mental health.

Adults aged 18+ living in Australia who identify as LGBTQIA+, can read and understand English well-enough by self-assessment to be able to complete a survey in English, and have no personal relationship to any of the researchers are eligible to participate.
The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Survey link in comments

04/09/2026

Congratulations City of Launceston council for unanimously supporting Launceston’s first LGBTQIA+ Action Plan. Launceston Council and Burnie City Council are leading the way with ground breaking LGBTIQA+ Action Plans in Tasmania. Helping to make Tasmania a more inclusive island.

Well done everyone who helped to create Launceston’s LGBTIQA+ Action plan.

Special shout out to Jo from Working It Out’s Launceston office (centre front), and Rodney Croome from Equality Tasmania (right)

Today the Launceston City Council voted unanimously in support of the city’s first ever LGBTIQA Action Plan. Congratulations to everyone who has been involved in this ground breaking plan. Here are some of us. More here: ymlp.com/z1FLhL

02/09/2026

Get Connected - Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ Community Calendar
3rd-10th Sept 2026
We recommend you check the full Working It Out Events Calendar for more details (link in comments). If it's not a ticketed event, contact the organiser in advance to confirm the activity is going ahead, (cancelations can happen).

**THURSDAY 3rd**

GEORGE TOWN 1pm WIO Pride Coffee, George Town Neighbourhood House
DERWENT PARK 6pm Drag Bingo, BrewLab

**FRIDAY 4th**

LAUNCESTON 5-7pm Q***r Drinks, Royal Oak Hotel
HOBART & ONLINE 5-7pm Crafternoons, WIO office North Hobart

**SATURDAY 5th**

BELLERIVE 9am Nipaluna Q***r Run Club, Marla Singer
MOONAH 10am Buff Club, Gritty Fitness Gym
HOBART 12-1pm Come Try Diving, Diving Australia, Hobart Aquatic Centre

**MONDAY 7th**

HOBART 10:30am HOBART FRIENDZ, Weekly Walk, Contact Host
HUON VALLEY 3-5pm Monday Mafia (ages 13-24) - Huon Valley Alphabet Mafia, PCYC
HOBART 4-5:30pm WIO OUTspace (ages 13-18), Youth ARC

**TUESDAY 8th**

LINDISFARNE 10am HOBART FRIENDZ, Weekly Coffee, Spencers
ONLINE 4:30pm WIO LGBTIQA+ Carers' Support Group
LAUNCESTON 5-7:30pm Pride Games with May, WIO office Launceston
HOBART 5:30pm Hotties Social Tuesday Tennis, Domain Tennis Centre
DEVONPORT 5:30pm WIO Diverse Sexuality Group, Devonport Library

**WEDNESDAY 9th**

HUONVILLE 10am HOBART FRIENDZ, Weekly Coffee, DS Coffee Lounge
LAUNCESTON 10:30am WIO Pride Coffee, Earthy Eats
BURNIE 5:30pm WIO Gender Support Group, WIO office Burnie
HOBART 7pm Drag Trivia, Telegraph Hotel
HOBART 7pm HOBART FRIENDZ, Fortnightly Quiz Night, Maypole Hotel

**THURSDAY 10th**

DEVONPORT 10:30am WIO Pride Coffee, Laneway Café
DEVONPORT 4-5:30pm WIO OUTspace Devonport (ages 13-18), Devonport Library
LAUNCESTON 5:30-7:30pm OUTspace Launceston (ages 16-15), Thyne House

FOR MORE INFO ON EVENTS / ACTIVITIES GO TO WIO WEBSITE, EVENTS CALENDAR LINK IN COMMENTS
If we’ve missed listing your Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ event / activity* this week, please add it to the

31/08/2026

Working It Out Offices in Burnie, Hobart, & Launceston are closed today (1st Sept 2026) for a team meeting.

Our phones will not be peopled today.
If you want to make an enquiry email [email protected] and we will get back to you on Wednesday.

If you need urgent support today, you can call Lifeline 13 11 14
or
For LGBTQIA+ specific phone support: QLife on 1800 184 527 or between 3pm and 9pm every day. https://qlife.org.au

31/08/2026

Our friends at Burnie City Council are leading the way with their LGBTIQA+ Action Plan.

“There is still work to do to ensure Burnie is a place where LGBTQIA+ people feel safe, welcome and included.” - Giovanna Simpson, Burnie Deputy Mayor.

29/08/2026

If you live in or around Launceston, or are planning to visit lovely Lonnie sometime between now, and the 4th of April 2027, be sure to pop into Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery to see LOVING, Photographs of Men in Love 1850s–1950s.

Here's a photo of some of our current and recently departed WIO staff members who attended the launch of the Loving exhibition at QVMAG. Liv (CEO WIO), Bethany, Jo, Andrew & Bonnie are standing with the WIO panel of 'Loveing, The Tasmanian Story 1800 - 2026' (Northern Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ history display) by Rodney Croome that accompanied the exhibition.

If this exhibition has inspired you, TasPride's Artfully Q***r Exhibition, a LGBTIQA+ community exhibition, coincidentally also on the theme of LOVE, (must be in the air!), opens on the 9th of October 2026, at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart. LGBTIQA+ artists and creatives are invited to exhibit up to 3 artworks. Check out the TasPride's website for entry details.

Also while you're in Launceston checking out QVMAG, be sure to pop into The Rainbow Stable 'Celebrating Identity: Activism and Ecstasy' exhibition at QVMAG (20 June - 13 September 2026)

28/08/2026

Get Connected - Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ Community Calendar
27th Aug - 3rd Sept 2026

We recommend you check the full Working It Out Events Calendar for more details (link in comments). If it's not a ticketed event, contact the organiser in advance to confirm the activity is going ahead, (cancelations can happen).

**THURSDAY 27th AUG**

DEVONPORT 4pm OUTspace Devonport (ages 13-18), WIO, Devonport Library

**FRIDAY 28th - WEAR IT PURPLE DAY**

HOBART 4pm Out Together Multicultural LGBTIQA+ Group (Check to confirm date & venue)
SORELL 4:30pm Intro to LGBTIQA+ Awareness, Sorrel Tennis Club
SORELL 5:30pm LGBTIQA+ Firepot Night, Sorell Tennis Club
HOBART 6:30pm Roller Derby, Convict City Rollers Home Game

**SATURDAY 29th**

LAUNCESTON 10am Alternative Market, Max Fry Hall
SANDY BAY 9am Nipaluna Q***r Run Club, Six Russell Bakes
MOONAH 10am Buff Club, Gritty Fitness
DEVONPORT 11:30am NW Rainbow Social Group Pot Luck Lunch, Devonport Uniting Church Hall
DEVONPORT 5:30 Roller Derby Double Header, Van Diemen Rollers, East Devonport Rec Centre
LAUNCESTON 6:30pm Drag Queen Bingo, Lonnie Divas, Gunners Arms
HOBART 9pm Judge Judy’s Drag Comp Final, Altar Bar

**SUNDAY 30th**

RISDON 10:30am Risdon Brook Dam Circuit Walk, Wellington Wanderers
DEVONPORT 2pm Learn to Skate, Van Diemen Rollers, East Devonport Rev Centre

**MONDAY 31st**

HOBART 10:30am Hobart FRIENDZ Weekly Walk, Check in with FRIENDZ for more info
HUONVILLE 3pm Monday Mafia, Huon Valley Alphabet Mafia, PCYC
BURNIE 4pm OUTspace Burnie (ages 13-18), WIO Office Burnie

**TUESDAY 1st SEPT**

LINDSFARNE 10am Hobart FRIENDZ Weekly Coffee, Spencers
HOBART 5:30 Hotties Social Tennis Tuesdays, Domain Tennis Centre
HOBART 5:45pm Gender Support Group, Criterion House

**WEDNESDAY 2nd**

HUONVILLE 10am Hobart FRIENDZ, Weekly Coffee, DS Coffee Lounge
ONLINE 5:30pm WIO Support Group for Parents & Carers of LGBTIQA+ Children
HOBART 6pm Hobart FRIENDZ Counter Meal, Black Buffalo
HOBART 7pm Drag Trivia, Telegraph Hotel

**THURSDAY 3rd**

GEORGE TOWN 1pm WIO Pride Coffee, George Town Neighbourhood House
DERWENT PARK 6pm Drag Bingo, BrewLab

FOR MORE INFO ON EVENTS / ACTIVITIES GO TO WIO WEBSITE, EVENTS CALENDAR LINK IN COMMENTS

If we’ve missed listing your Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ event / activity* this week, please add it to the comments section.

27/08/2026

It’s Wear It Purple Day! Today the team at Working It Out, are wearing purple to celebrate, and support LGBTIQA+ youth. We want LGBTIQA+ young people to live in a world where they are supported, valued, safe, and free to be themselves. We honour the bravery and strength of LGBTIQA+ youth, allies and communities.

We support, advocate for, and value LGBTQIA+ youth, because we know what it’s like, to grow up in a sometimes hostile, indifferent world, and we want today’s LGBTIQA+ young humans to be free, and safe to discover, and be true to their identity. We want the world to be a better, kinder and more accepting place for everyone, but particularly those who may not be able, or ready to defend, care, and advocate for themselves.

Working It Out is Tasmania's sexuality, gender and intersex support, education and advocacy service. We offer support for young people, their families and schools.

** OUTspace
Working It Out runs OUTspace peer support groups for young LGBTIQA+ people in Burnie, Devonport, Hobart (with Youth ARC & Headspace) and Launceston (with Thyne House). We also support the Northern Suburbs After School LGBTIQA+ Group at Pulse Youth Health Service in Glenorchy. For more information on an OUTspace group near you check out Working It Out’s Get Connected LGBTIQA+ Community Calendar on the WIO website link in comments (Facebook)

** Valuing Diversity Framework (VDF)
Funded by the Department of Education, Children and Young People, WIO works with Tasmanian schools, teachers and families to help create safe and inclusive environments for LGBTIQA+ students, staff and families. To get in touch with one of our School Inclusion Officers, write to [email protected]

**Support Group for Parents & Carers
of LGBTIQA+ Children
Working It Out have a monthly online meeting for Parents & Carers of LGBTIQA+ Children on the first Wednesday of every month. To join in email [email protected]

** Training and Professional Development
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND TRAINING
WIO offers a range of standard and tailored training and professional learning packages for workplaces, organisations and government.
Our LGBTIQA+ cultural awareness and inclusivity training is developed specifically for Tasmania and its unique context (including Tasmania’s Anti-discrimination Laws) and our staff are all highly trained and experienced educators.

To find out more about the programs, services and training Working It Out offer. Visit our website, link in comments.

Thank you to WIO team members who posed proudly for this picture; Liv, Aoife, Adrian, Ashua, Phoebs, Jen, Scoutt and Ceilidh :)

Wear it Purple