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The University of Queensland Queer Collective Issue 1 2015 Sem 1 & O-week Edtition

The University of Queensland Queer Collective

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Neon Festival The Collective How we identify FAQs Our Rituals: Catan Ally Program UQ Rainbow Groups Heroes Queer Officer Report QC Meet and Greet UQU Events List Social Justice League Apollo’s Tears Lunar New Year The Intersectionality of Queer Culture, Fantasy and Spirituality UQ Nav: an Update Map of Gender Neutral Bathrooms More Collectives Hero and the Story The Oracle Addressing Workplace Discrimination Forum Blast Off! Coming out by candlelight Nightlife: Are We Having Fun? Campus Facilities Medical Facilities Community Facilities Contact Us

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The Collective

Who are we?

The UQ Queer Collective is a community group at the University of Queensland for members of the LGBTIQ+ UQ Community who are reclaiming the word queer. We facilitate social, charitable and political events and operate a Safer Space in the Carden Room. All members of the UQ community who identify as queer and/or LGBTI+ are invited to join the Queer Collective. Allies are welcome at our public events.

The Carden Room

The Queer Collective manages the Carden Room, a safer space for queer and/or LGBTIQ+ identifying members of the UQ community. As a safer space the Carden Room is inclusive and celebrates diversity, rejecting all forms of discrimination.

The Carden Room is located upstairs in the union complex (21A), directly opposite the new Guzman y Gomez. The room is open from early in the morning till 10pm weekdays.

The room has limited options for accessibility if stairs are not your thing (we’re working on this!). Lift access is possible during office hours, 8am-4pm Monday to Friday at the UQ Union Reception (21A).

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FAQs What are the goals of the Queer Collective?

I’m an ally, how can I support the UQ Queer Collective?

Providing support for queer UQ students Running social events for the queer UQ students Advocating for queer UQ students Operating the Carden Room as a safer space Allowing queer UQ students to collectively organise Engaging with the broader queer community

Allies may attend publically advertised events. We encourage you to like our facebook page for updates and to contribute to celebrate the diversity of identities in our UQ community.

What does LGBTIQ+ stand for?

LGBTIQ+ stands for Lesbian, Bi, Trans, Intersex, Queer and Questioning. Other letters that are occasionally included in the acronym are A for Asexual and Agender, G for Genderqueer and P for Pansexual.

I’m questioning my identity, can I come along?

Sure! We’re a friendly bunch and new members are always welcome. You don’t have to be able to fit your identity neatly into one of the letters of the acronym, because identities are rarely neat and uncomplicated. Your identity may change and develop over time, and that’s also great

Why do you use the word queer? Doesn’t it have a bad history?

Queer has a long history as a word that was used to marginalise the LGBTIQ+ community. As members of that community, we are engaging in a process of reclamation of the word, celebrating our place at the margins and negating the force of the insult. This process is controversial, but we believe it is important.

Like other reclaimed insults, it is more controversial for people outside the community to use the word queer.

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Our Rituals: Catan Settlers of Catan is the weekly (or biweekly) (or daily) tussle to determine who will prevail of the Clay Baron and the Wheat Wizard? Will the Sheep Queen make a surprising comeback?

Shall the Forest Nymphs triumph with their superior road building skills? Or will the Stone God make their slow and steady way across the landscape to victory?

It is a noble game of strategy, and of prayer, with the victor recieving the priceless prize of bragging rights -- at least until the next game.

The board is made up of tiles producing clay, wheat, sheep, wood and stone. First players settle tiles of the board with two initial settlements, and reap the harvest whenever the tile’s number is rolled. Players can trade with one another, or with the bank of resource cards if they have a settlement by a port.

When players have amassed sufficient resources, they start building roads, settlements (1VP) and cities (2VPs), with the aim of amassing ten victory points. The first to ten points wins!

The Ally Program Allies are UQ staff who are allies of staff and students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersex and queer (and more). Whenever you see the Ally sticker on a door, or a staff member wearing an Ally badge, you can be sure you are talking to someone who supports and promotes the diversity of sexuality and gender identity at UQ.

To see a list of Allies at UQ, visit

uq.edu.au/equity/uq-allies.

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Law UQueers Law UQueers is an independent and inclusive social group of queer students and allies in the T.C. Beirne School of Law. They have a secret Facebook group and meet regularly.

We are all inclusive regarding gender identity and orientation.

To get involved or join the group, contact Thomas Parer at thomaswparer@gmail.com

RAINBOW MED The UQ group for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer medical students and allies, and students interested in LGBTIQ health.

We collaborate locally with the UQ Medical Society and Queer Collective, and more widely with LGBTIQ medical groups at other universities, and nationally with the Australian Medical Students Association.

We hold events to provide networking and advocate for better teaching of LGBTIQ health.

Find out more about us (and how to join): www.facebook.com/rainbowmed.uq http://rainbowmeduq.wordpress.com Email: rainbowmeduq@gmail.com 09 uq.queers@gmail.com OR uqqueers@uqu.com.au

SAPPHO’s SISTERS FRIENDS. DISCUSSIONS. SOCIALISING. SUPPORT. CULTURE. PIZZA. Come and join us To contact us, message or be added to our private FB group add: https://www.facebook.com/sappho.sis.1 For more information go online to our Blog site. sapphossistersuq.wordpress.com/ In inclusive queer social group for all women, transgender, genderqueer, intersex and all other sex and gender diverse identities Alternate Thursdays and Fridays 5pm in the Women’s Room

Queer Postgraduate Collective To become a bit more well-rounded, a bit more sophisticated if you will, a Queer Postgraduate Collective has been launched to run some more relevant events for postgraduate students. If you or a friend are interested in being a part of the very beginning of this group, send us a message and we’ll get you connected. facebook.com/uqqc.StLucia/

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QUEER OFFICER Hey, I’m Annie Danks and I’m the UQU VP Gender and Sexuality. My role is part advocate, part administrative, part social director. If you’re experiencing difficulties personally, have seen injustices or prejudice on campus, have feedback about events or ideas about how to make them better or just need someone to talk to, you can contact me on annie.danks@uqu.com.au. On weekdays I’m generally reachable on 3377 2200.

So far this year I’ve been working with the uni and the SHOC team to update the uni’s policy on name and gender changes. Now UQ students can change their official name and gender with the uni with a letter from their doctor or psychologist (instead of evidence of a legal name change) and we’ll hopefully see a third gender option introduced this year. The situation is unfortunately more complicated for staff who fall into another system.

The Queer Collective

MEET & GREET 56 March 2015. Innes Room 1. From 7:00pm Tickets: ticketsales.uqu.com.au

We’ll See You There!

In response to transphobia from academics at UQ who purport to engage in critical theory, I’m hoping to bring queer voices into the academic conversation, running a queer theory reading group and seminars. By speaking loudly and inclusively we will drown out transphobic voices and turn the conversation towards a radically inclusive future.

This year I’m hoping to empower queer students with respect to their health, through discussion of how mental and physical health is impacted by diet and exercise. This means organising affordable and inclusive exercise programs. This will couple with a campus wide focus on sexual health from the student union, which will be explicitly inclusive of queer students and their experiences without making sexual health a queer issue.

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We’re looking forward to some exciting start of semester events: Wed 25/2 QC stall @ Market Day St Lucia Thurs 26/2 QC stall @ Market Day Gatton 5pm Thurs 26/2 Rainbow Med Welcome Drinks 6pm Fri 27/2 Coming out by Candlelight (Queer Collective event) 7pm Fri 27/2 Ignition: Neon Festival (UQU event) 12pm Tues 3/3 Workshop: Mental Health (by SHOC for the QC) 3pm Tues 3/3 Workshop: Introducing safer spaces (Queer Collective) 12pm Wed 4/3 Queering the Great Court Picnic (Queer Collective) 6pm Wed 4/3 Pizza and Movie Welcome Night (Sappho’s Sisters) 12pm Thurs 5/3 Introduction to Asexuality Workshop (Queer Collective) 5pm Thurs 5/3 Lunar New Year (UQU event) 6pm Thurs 5/3 Queer Collective Meet and Greet 2pm Sat 7/3 Icebreaking Iceskating (Queer Collective) 8am Mon 9/3 International Women’s Day Breakfast (UQU Women’s Department) 11am Tues 10/3 Social Justice Week Launch Picnic (UQU event) 6pm Tues 10/3 Addressing Workplace Discrimination (UQU event) 6pm Wed 11/3 Inaugural Catan Tournament (Queer Collective) 10am Thurs 12/3 Shave for a Cure

(UQU event, come along to support members

of the QC who will be shaving and colouring) 2pm Thurs 12/3 Workshop: Mental Health (by SHOC for the QC) 6pm Thurs 12/3 Games Night (Sappho’s Sisters) 6pm Fri 13/3 Social Justice Week Finale @ Red Room (UQU event) 3pm Wed 18/3 Bisexual chats (Queer Collective)

CONNECT. CONTRIBUTE. CHANGE 9th - 13th March 2015 The Social Justice League is a federation of clubs and societies on campus geared towards the big social issues of our time.

Visit uqu.com.au for full event details

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UQ Student Rights Collective, UQ Environment Collective, UQ Queer Collective, UQ Abilities Collective, UQ Women’s Collective, UQ Goorie Berrimpa Collective

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In Ancient Greek mythology, Hyacinthus was said to have been a beautiful youth and son of king Amyclas of Sparta. He was lover to the god of the sun and music, Apollo, though he was also admired

by Zephyr the West Wind. Apollo and Hyacinthus once threw discus together in a field. The mortal man ran to retrieve one in an attempt to impress Apollo, whom he favoured.

Being envious of that Hyacinthus preferred the god of music over himself, Zephyrus blew the discus off course, striking and killing the man as he tried to catch it. When he died, Apollo refused to allow Hades claim to his soul. Instead he created a flower, the hyacinth, from his spilled blood - and Apollo’s tears stained the new flower’s petals. http://www.uqqueercollective.org/ AND http://www.uqqc.blogspot.com.au/ 18

The Intersectionality of Queer Culture, Fantasy and Spirituality

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he place of fantasy and science fiction in the ‘coming out’ stories of many of us is well documented.

Some of the earliest mainstream Queer representations were in the beloved books and series that accompanied many of us in our life journeys. What is sometimes lesser known is that the emergent alternate spiritualities that are proliferating around the globe were also born of this same process. Joseph Campbell,

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Campbell, the great mythic scholar referred to this as the monomyth in narrative theory. Its place in the formation of much of classical literature has become familiar to many who delve regularly into classical and fantasy/science fiction literature. However it is also the framework for the spiritual journey, a fact that has not been lost on either the framers of this literature, nor its avid fans.

The three act Hero’s Journey framework of ‘normality’, transition/ journey and return’ has been so well explored that it has been related to everything from movies, books, faith and personal life journeys. The point of the return of the hero is that they can never return as they were when they left. Their journey is as much a journey of transformation as it is a journey of discovery. So it is with the journey of the gentle soul whose journey of self-discovery leads them to undiscovered countries of experience and sensation from which they can never return as they were when they left. What is sometimes surprising to the uninitiated scholar into this field is that so many LGBTQ seekers also come to an integration and manifestation of spirituality formed from their encounters during this journey.

This phenomenon is both understandable and enlightening. For some, during this journey they come to reject the spiritual as so much ‘flim flam’. And their story of redemption and integration leads to a (hopefully) fulfilled life, devoid of faith yet filled with love.

However, there are many of us for whom the spiritual remains as much a part of our psyches DNA as our eye colour. The journey towards integration of our sexual identities has largely meant for many their being cut off from the spiritual communities and narratives that gave them comfort, solace and guidance. This leads to a ‘dark night of the soul’, wherein our purpose and direction in life is thrown into chaos. The spiritual anchors which previously kept our ‘sails to the wind’ no longer serve. Though some move towards other faith models which are more inclusive and tolerant, others undertake a more radical journey. A journey that has become enabled by the spiritual frameworks contained within fantasy literature and media.

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In her work, ‘The Intersection of Fantasy and Spirituality”, Victoria Nelson explores the rise of ‘Gothicka’ and the role the spiritual has in this literature. Along with a plethora of other writers, she locates a profound shift in the 21st century. One where the profound spiritual and existential questions of existence are explored through fantasy and science fiction. What emerges from this journey is a Gnostic spirituality that embraces the heretical framework (that is a model based on choice rather than dogmatic belief ). The earliest manifestations of this type of literature could be found in the writings of Dion Fortune during the 1920s and 1930s. This literature prompted the first serious exploration of a Pagan world view within the modern world. Much of the sword and sandal movie tradition that flowered during the 1950s and 1960s was born in the literature promoted by Dion Fortune and her brave ilk. As a young man watching such joys as ‘Jason and the Argonauts’ I engaged with a Pagan world view devoid of filters and censure, that opened up a world of spiritual experience which proved pivotal in my ‘coming out’ saga. In this world, my nascent sexuality was no more an issue than my political views where. Further, these representations were not some ‘Queering the Text’ approach, where we attempt to carve a place at the spiritual table of a text that was usually hetero-normative, if not outright homophobic. What we began to engage with was a true ‘Queer Spirituality’, where the Divine and I were able to engage together in that act of love that is the spiritual journey. I did not have to rely upon some repressed at best, antagonistic at worst spiritual commentary mediated by a person whose understanding of my journey was usually nuanced by their own belief and personality framework.

What truly moved this journey into high gear was the 1961 publication of ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’. This text appears very dated now, with a less than 21st century gender relations paradigm. Yet it provided a spiritual framework for liberating ourselves from societal conditioning and achieving our full potential that has been built upon in the intervening decades. http://www.uqqueercollective.org/ AND http://www.uqqc.blogspot.com.au/ 22

Queers of all shades found themselves exploring alternate realms and modalities, and the rise of the Gay Rights Movement and Women’s Liberation Movements gained pace. What also began was the rise of neo-Pagan, Green Spirituality and Cosmic Theology as people incorporated new understandings into their belief structures. And always accompanying us was our beloved literature, both visual and written. This process was well documented by the late Margot Adler, whose seminal text “Drawing Down the Moon” notes the place of GBLTQ seekers and Science Fiction/Fantasy in this emergent renaissance which continues apace. When a child reads a fairy tale, she stretches her imagination beyond the immediate world she lives in. In the play of the stories, she learns to consider realities she cannot touch or see. The world is teeming with mysteries that demand our appreciation and engagement with. The struggle for understanding is also partner to an emergent Quantum and multiverse understanding of reality that traditional belief systems have struggled to keep up with due to their fundamental reliance upon an oft ossified text. The great Isaac Asimov stated it best when he said “Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.”

‘I gotta go to the bathroom. Are we done yet?’

UQ NAV: An Update All superheroes need a place to change on demand. The app UQ NAV now provides the locations to all gender neutral toilets on the St. Lucia campus for anyone in dire need to save the world from tyrants. UQ Nav is available in IOS and android free of charge.

So the next time you find someone waxing lyrical over the symbolic mysteries of this or that fantasy series, reflect that they are not out there beyond the pale. This is a well established and emergent pathway to spiritual and philosophical understanding.

It might not be your path, but it is one walked by increasing numbers. And in so doing, the world is made anew. And that is a heroes journey we can all rejoice in.

Rev. Shimon de Valencia RDG

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In addition to UQ NAV’s offerings, check out our map of the gender neutral bathrooms which are not also labelled as wheelchair accessible bathrooms.

The Goorie Berrimpa Collective are a group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying at the University of Queensland. facebook.com/groups/goorie.berrimpa

The UQ Abilities Collective, a group dedicated to fostering a positive, open and caring community on campus. The UQAC is for students who identifies as having a (dis)ability be it physical disability, mental illness, chronic illness

The Student Rights Collective (SRC) is for all students who are passionate about the quality of their higher education.

The SRC plays an activist role in assisting the coordination of UQ Union’s actions for change on internal and external tertiary issues, which include critiquing the Universities internal decisions and engaging in federal higher education policy. facebook.com/UQSRC studentrights@uqu.com.au Association of Postgraduate Students is a representative body for UQ postgraduate students. facebook.com/uqaps www.uq.edu.au/grad-school/uq-aps

One of the aims of the UQ Wom*n’s Collective is to create a supportive environment for UQWC members and allies alike to discuss feminism and related topics.

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The Hero and the Story The role of the heroic has almost become a commodity. We invoke the word as if it were a badge that is awarded for passing go. Yet the hero archetype still demands our attention, and lives still as a marker of what it means to be human. Our heroes can be mythic, such as Galadriel, Lególas, Frodo and co. They can be archetypal heroes, such as the elemental Avatars, or historic, such as Hypatia of Alexandria, or Chief Seattle. These various heroes both inspire, and create a marker from which we poor mortals measure our lives. For Queers and gender non-conforming humans, heroic archetypes sometimes seem lacking. This lack however has its roots in the mythic hero ideal and we can learn valuable lessons from this dynamic.

the Tales of Korra ended with what was clearly two major female characters leaving for the Spirit world and moving together in a romantic gesture of affection.

How sad that this story only presented itself just as the epic tales came to their end. We must give birth to heroes who speak for us. We must invoke the heroic and become storytellers ourselves. I dream of mythic stories that I can identify with. These can only born from our experience.

Myth is a living force, that breathes only with the breath we give it. Is there a story you have hidden in your heart that speaks to the hero in yourself and others? Be the Bard, be the storyteller. Speak from your authentic voice and give birth to wonder. You never know. The hero within, could be You! Shimon the Fool

Joseph Campbell,the great 20th century mythologist wrote a seminal book ‘The Hero with a 1000 Faces’ which transformed the study of myth, and the modern mythic process. He argued that the purpose of hero stories was not to inspire simple awe in the listener. ‘Oh how great you are’, but to inspire you to rise up to the challenge of being. As he said just before he died in 1988, ‘The Hero and You are one. That is the great sacrament of the Hero’s Journey.” We often lament how there are no heroes who speak for ‘us’. When we do so, we forget that the Heroic Quest is an ongoing journey. ‘The Road goes ever on, and on. And where it goes is where we begun.’ An often quoted meme fm the XIV Dalai Lama posits, ‘the world needs more dreamers, more poets, more story-tellers.’

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THE ORACLE He walked in the room and looked around confused. “Sashay?”

He called out uncertainly.

“Shanté,” I called back. The call of the he who seeks was answered.

He looked relieved, and headed my way. “I’m new in town and seek the wisdom of your Mother Superior.”

“She’s the muscle mary over there, sans tank top. I’ll intercede.”

I walked the length of the bar and winked another drink out of the glassie I passed. There was our elder, wise in his years and seeking his own wisdom in the dregs of the last of a cosmopolitan.

“Your grace, I bring a visitor,” I curtsied as I spoke ignoring the twinge in my feet from the 6 inch heels.

“The bitch over there with the blowjob lips,” I answered the questioning look.

“Bring him forth,” he replied. Gods she could be regal when she wanted to.

The seeker bowed with grace, and proceeded, “Mother Superior, Queen of Oracles and Oracle of Queens, I seek the story of glories, and their location for a weary traveller.”

“Honey, sit down,” a camp hand gestured, “and let me tell you the tale of where we were and where we went.”

“We started off in glorious tribes of old, never batting an eye while batting the neighbour’s boy. Then the age of squares began, and life got hard for us all. Our people went underground, only surfacing for the occasional whiff of a businessman’s cheap cologne, or a shot from his fountain of youth. Then the great wars began, and we fought.

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For us, for them, for everyone butch and femme, the cha-cha queens and the clones, the dinky dykes and the bulls, the bears and foxes (with or without the curtains). We drew our wordy swords and taught them all to give their propers to the Queens we were and they surely did. But our highs were not without lows, and our victories were not without bloodshed in our armies. But the sun rose once more and the glorious rainbows carried us high above it all again.

We were everywhere and anyone and that is where the fates played their cruel game. Those bitches came from within, and told us our lives were still a crime, that we’d become too side by side with the hetties (honey, the only crime is those polka-dot, floral tragedies they wear). Imagine that? All our good deeds and missionary work to be one of the crew and now we were too much of the crew. So they played their games and drove us back to the bars, ‘fuck everything you’ve done, this is our fight now’. And here we are again, this time our own kind telling us to be quiet and disappear. But that’s not why you’re here, is it? You just want to see a good time, don’t you darling?

Sit and let me tell you where to bum. Tell your auntie what your taste is; tinkerbelles, foxes, angel food? Maybe you’re a bean queen, you look like the type. Dearest,” he indicated to me, “tell that tit king behind the bar I want another cosmo and to give it some zhoosh this time.”

I sauntered off to the bar, now in a wistful mood. I looked back at the pair while I waited for the drinks, and looked back at where we all used to be. One day it will be ok again, one day we’ll all be free; this time from the shackles of our own forging.

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Prepare for trouble, And make it fabulous!

To protect the world from discrimination, To unite all queers within all nations.

To denounce the evils of heteronormativity, To extend our gender non-conformity.

Gays! Trans!

Our agenda blasts off at rainbow light, Surrender now to equal rights!

Part of Social Justice Week 2015

5 March 2015. Innes Room 1. From 6:00pm RSVP by 6.03.2015 for catering purposes: annie.danks@uqu.com.au

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COMING OUT BY CANDLELIGHT coming out by candlelight is an event which provides a discreet and safe environment for you to share your story in the company of new friends For all LGBTIQA+ people 6pm, Friday 27th February Carden Room, Union Complex (21A) Food and drinks provided

Are we having fun yet?

Brisbane has numerous queer events and locations.

For those who are 18+ the clubs and bars provide a predominant nightlife location.

The Wickham The Beat

This is one of the most commonly frequented night clubs and is located in the Valley which is the centre of Brisbane’s club and nightlife. The Beat is located on Ann Street and this club is regularly attended by students and young demographics on weekends.

Cheated Hearts

This is another gay club located in the Valley and hosts annual events including Big Gay Day which are attended by many of those in Brisbane’s gay community. Upstairs on Saturday night there is a themed night called Precious. This scene is largely for young, well kept gay men.

The Family (Fluffy)

The Family night club has a themed Monthly queer friendly hip hop gay night for young, well kept gay party popular with queer women. men and the queer scene. These Check out facebook for the next occur every Sunday night for the date and venue.

Family (Fluffy).

Queer Film Nights

https://www.facebook. com/pages/Queer-FilmNight/154351928022162

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The Sportsman Hotel

This is Brisbane’s oldest gay bar and has a student night on Thursdays.

They regularly hold events including ‘Balls Out Bingo’. Sporties, as it is commonly known, is located in Spring Hill and holds almost nightly drag performances.

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a mere mortal giving you a problem?

Security

The UQ Security are available if there is an emergency on campus.

In case of an emergency situation on campus please call campus security first at 3365 3333. They will direct emergency services to the location if required.

Student Help on Campus (SHOC)

SHOC are available if you need someone to talk to. They provide counselling and student assistance services for a variety of issues including welfare, employment, and gender and sexuality.

SHOC is located in the Union Complex, bld. 21.

Safety Bus

http://www.pf.uq.edu.au/unisafe/ The Safety Bus is available for transport around university at night and is a part of the broader campaign for safety on campus.

Student Services

http://www.uq.edu.au/student-services/ Student Services provides a wide variety of services including physical accessibility, faith and pastoral services, accommodation and other international students’ services. They are located next to the Campbell Place bus stops and will be running workshops throughout the year.

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Is There a Doctor in the House?

Princess Alexandra Sexual Health (PASH)

3176 5881 Princess Alexandra Hospital, 199 Ipswich Road pash@health.qld.gov.au PASH is a free and confidential appointment-based service providing testing and treatment for STIs to individuals aged 14 years and over. PASH also offers HIV management, including HIV PEP. If you are a new HIV patient, a referral from a GP or other medical practitioner is required.

Healthy Communities: HIV Testing Points

http://www.qahc.org.au/testingpoint Healthy Communities provides rapid HIV testing at predetermined times and locations for those who are short on time.

Brisbane Gender Clinic

3837 5645 Level 1, 270 Roma St

http://www.transhealth.com.au/index.php/queensland/service-providers-qld

The Gender Clinic provides medical care for trans* people. They have comprehensive knowledge on trans medical issues and provide an accepting healthcare experience.

UQ Health Service

3365 6210 http://www.uq.edu.au/healthservice/ The medical centres at St. Lucia, Ipswich and Gatton provide a wide range of general practice services including contraception advice, counselling, minor surgery, travel advice, and vaccinations. UQ Health Service appointments can be booked in advance otherwise a walk in triage system is in place. Free bulk billing applies to student with a Medicare card. http://www.uqqueercollective.org/ AND http://www.uqqc.blogspot.com.au/ 38

Community Facilities

Australian Transgender Support Association Queensland

3843 5024 atsaq.inc@gmail.com http://www.atsaq.com/ ATSAQ educate and try to dispel misunderstanding and combat discrimination, which is still sometimes a common experience for transgender people in Australian society. We liaise with all forms of government to assist in better policy practices and medical professionals etc.

Queensland Aids Council (QuAC/Healthy Communities)

3017 1777 30 Helen St, Teneriffe 4006 www.qahc.org.au A queer community organisation focused on building community and lowering HIV rates in Queensland. This includes HIV testing points. Running queerfocused event and campaigns which improve the health and well-being of the queer community.

Rainbow Bridge

Red Aware

03 9670 6171 info@yeah.org.au AND http://www.redaware.org.au/ An organisation focused on peer education around sexual health with a focus on youth.

Open Doors

3257 7660 5 Greensquare Close, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 http://www.opendoors.net.au/ 17 years old and younger, only.

Open Doors Youth Service is a member of the National LGBTI Health Alliance which was established by a number of organisations from across Australia that provide health-related programs, services and research targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and other sexuality, sex and gender diverse people.

Gay & Lesbian Welfare Association (GLWA)

3017 1717 Hotline: 1800 184 527 http://www.glwa.org.au/ The Queensland branch of the National LGBTI Health Alliance. GLWA provide a peer-based telephone counselling, referral and information service to ALL people dealing with sexuality and/or gender issues and people impacted by those dealing with issues arising from sexuality and/or gender.

3017 1777 30 Helen St, Teneriffe 4006 http://rainbowbridge.org.au/ The Rainbow Bridge is an organisation which is a part of Healthy Communities. Rainbow Bridge helps build and grow the LGBT community with the diversity of cultures in mind. Rainbow Bridge includes information on support and services available that may be relevant to those who have recently arrived in to Queensland for study. You may be an international student, a migrant, holding to a temporary visa, a refugee or have come to Queensland as a humanitarian entrant.

GLADS - Gay/Lesbian Alcohol & Drugs Support Group

Equal Love Brisbane

38571222

https://www.facebook.com/groups/equallovebrisbane/ An organisation which is based in Brisbane and runs campaigns to reduce homophobia and support the passage of marriage equality legislation.

39 uq.queers@gmail.com OR uqqueers@uqu.com.au

Queensland Police LGBT Service

37375777 Ben Bjarnesen - LGBTI Liaison Officer (Fortitude Valley) Bjarnesen.BenD@police.qld.gov.au 38571222 38 Gladstone Rd, Highgate Hill 7:30pm Wednesdays

MARS Men Affected By Rape/Sexual Assault LGBTI Legal Service

http://www.lgbtilegalservice.org/ 30 Helen Street, Teneriffe QLD 4005 http://www.uqqueercollective.org/ AND http://www.uqqc.blogspot.com.au/ 40

Contact US! The University of Queensland Queer Collective can be contacted via email: uq.queers@gmail.com OR website: http://www.uqqueercollective.org/

Updates can be received publicly through ‘‘UQ Queer Space (Carden Room)’’ AND “UQU Queer Department” pages on Facebook.

Contact UQU Queer Department by emailing annie.danks@uqu.com.au

For access to the private Facebook groups please contact ‘Cardie Knight’ and/ or ‘Sappho’s Sis’ for the sapphos group by private message.

41 http://www.uqqueercollective.org/ AND http://www.uqqc.blogspot.com.au/

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