community support and services
Here we include community-specific support and mainstream support.
As ACON is based NSW, we mainly include NSW support with some national support.
While there are some support groups for LGBTQ+ people there are gaps where you might not be able to find something that works for you. For some people that might mean accessing mainstream support for your kind of cancer, finding support outside of support groups or starting your own support group.
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Qlife. Phone: 1800 184 527
13YARN (mob specific). Phone: Call 13 92 76
Rainbow Door. Phone: 1800 729 367 Text: 0480 017 246
Cancer Council. Phone: 13 11 20Some people find online forums useful, such as Reddit for accessing information about treatment from others with lived experience.
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The Inner City Legal Centre (Sydney). A community based legal centre that provides free legal services particularly for LGBTQ+ people.
Justice Connect (NSW and VIC)
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Trans and gender diverse cancer support network. National and online [website | Instagram]
Trans hub find a doctor
Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH) practitioner list
[Not cancer specific] Trans sharing circle Sydney (instagram)
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QLIFE directory of LGBTQ+ services: https://qlife.org.au/resources/directory
Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su) peer-led community-based groups centre mutual connection and meaning making around suicide distress, thoughts and experiences. In-person and online.
Peter Mac - Cancer survivorship for LGBTIQA+ people
Shine a Light - a peer support group for gay/bi cis men with prostate cancer
Here https://here.org.au/
For older LGBTQ+ people in NSW https://www.loveproject.org.au/
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Carer Gateway. Services and support
Young Carers Network (under 25’s) Young Carers Network
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Life Rites (NSW) Funerals and mortality Doulas
ACON: LGBTQ+ toolkit for palliative care and end of life decisions
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By ‘mainstream’ we mean not designed specifically for LGBTQ+ people.
Cancer council: https://cancer.org.au/
Breast cancer network: https://www.bcna.org.au/
Camp Quality: For parents or guardians with cancer
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