How do I find services for LGBTIQ people?

Under Victorian law, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or gender diverse, intersex, queer or questioning (LGBTIQ) have the right to equality, fairness and decency in health care, and that includes end of life care and palliative care.

End of life and palliative care services can help you and your friends, family and carers approach the end of your life. Appropriate end of life care helps affirm your individual identity, your life story, and includes respect for both you and your partner.

The rainbow tick was developed by Rainbow Health Victoria (formerly GLHV). Services can only show the rainbow tick if they have been accredited by Rainbow Health as providing inclusive practices to make you feel safe and welcome.

Service providers displaying the rainbow tick seek to improve the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people, and will proactively seek to understand your needs and provide care in a fair and respectful manner.

Precious Time's directory of services includes services tagged as LGBTIQ friendly.

Regardless of whether an organisation has the Rainbow tick or not, it is against the law for a service provider to discriminate against you because of sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status. If you feel you have been discriminated against by a service provider or an individual clinician, seeking support or providing feedback can be done through a clinician you trust, a patient liaison officer, to the organisation’s complaints department, or contact the Victorian Equal Opportunities and Human Rights Commission.