LGBTIQ+ health services and groups

There is a range of health services and groups you can access in Tasmania for LGBTQI+ health advice and support.

Working it Out

Working it Out helps people and their families negotiate gender, sexuality and or intersex status in Tasmania.

Tel: 6231 1200

Tasmanian Gender Service

• Tasmanian Gender Service is for children and young people under 18, and their families, who are experiencing gender related issues and treatment.
• The Tasmanian Gender Service provides advice, assessment, and treatment as appropriate. Referral required.

Contact the Tasmanian Gender Service

Sexual Health Services Tasmania

• Sexual Health Service Tasmania provides information on sexuality and gender identity and support to people 17 years and older who have gender concerns or queries.
• Sexual Health Service Tasmania operates in Hobart and Launceston

Contact Sexual Health Service

PFLAG Tasmania

PFLAG Tasmania provides help, support and information for parents, friends and allies of LGBTIQ people in Tasmania.

Transgender Tasmania

Transgender Tasmania is a community led peer support and advocacy group for trans and gender diverse Tasmanians.

Queer Youth of Tasmania

Queer Youth of Tasmania is a LGBTI online social group based in Tasmania.

Equal Together

Equal Together is a Tasmanian group raising awareness of human rights issues and providing a social and support network for gender diverse individuals and families, friends and supporters.

Equality Tasmania

Equality Tasmania is a community-based organisation campaigning for LGBTI human rights in Tasmania.

QLife

QLife provides LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.

Tel: 1800 184 527

Minus18

Minus18 is a youth driven network for LGBTIQ young people.  It provides events, articles, training and resources.

Tel: 0478 098 540

Trans Health Australia

Trans Health Australia is a transgender advocacy and peer support network.

Transcend

Transcend is a parent-led peer support network and information hub for transgender children and their families.

Gender Help for Parents Australia

Gender Help for Parents Australia is a website providing information for parents and carers to find help and support for their children.

Lifeline

Lifeline provides all Australians experiencing a personal crisis with access to 24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

Tel: 13 11 14

Equal Opportunity Tasmania

Equal Opportunity Tasmania aims to foster a society free of discrimination, prejudice, bias and prohibited conduct by administering the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas). Equal Opportunity Tasmania provides help with making a complaint about discrimination or other unlawful conduct and offers training, education and resources.

Tel: 1300 305 062

Headspace

Headspace is a free, youth-focused health service for young people aged 12-25 who are:

• feeling down, depressed or anxious
• having difficulty sleeping or concentrating
• being hurt or bullied
• worried about drinking or drug use
• needing sexual health help.

Tel: 6231 2927