Community Calendar - 10 December 2021

Community Calendar is your fortnightly look into what’s coming up for the LGBTIQA+ communities in Greater Sydney and NSW! This is our post for 10 December 2021 – and the last Community Calendar for the year. We’ll see you in 2022!

End of Year Fundraising

We’re asking our supporters to fundraise for us this festive season. Head to the link to learn more!

End of year dates for 2021-2022

Here are the dates for Twenty10’s end of year closure:

hangOUT: Last group Tue 14 Dec, first group Tue 18 Jan
Office closure: Closed starting Thu 23 Dec, reopening Mon 10 Jan
Stay tuned for announcements about face-to-face groups reopening in the new year!

Events

13 December: Our friends at Glisten in Hurstville are having an end of year party from 4pm to 6pm! To register or for more info, contact Georgia on 0451 826 855 or email reconnectyouth@null2connect.org.au.
15 December: Our LGBTIQA+ Support Group with headspace Hurstville is coming to a close – with a drag party! Folks aged 16 to 25 can register at the link above to join in on Zoom.
17 December: The folks at Marrickville Youth Resource Centre are having and end of year party from 2:30pm to 5:30pm!

Articles and other cool stuff

Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre: Healthy Relationships and Red Flags
Gujaga Foundation: Dharawal Language and Culture App
Zoe Belle Gender Collective: Transfemme
Star Observer: Many multicultural LGBT people do not feel safe in safe spaces
ABC: Subscribe to ABC Queer
Diversity Council Australia: Inclusion@Work Index 2021-2022
Forcibly Displaced People Network: Working Effectively with LGBTIQ+ People in Settlement
headspace Bondi Junction: Simply Surviving

Opportunities

HIV Online Learning Australia are looking for people to talk about their experiences with sex, HIV and HIV prevention on camera. Participants will receive a $50 gift card.
Queerstories is looking for performers!
Inner West Council’s Community Strategic Plan is open for comment until 12 December.

Surveys, studies and consultations

The Pride and Pandemic survey wants to hear about your experiences during COVID-19 lockdowns.
The Dynamic Gender Hotline wants to hear from trans and gender diverse folks about how their experience of gender has changed over time. Record your message anonymously at 1800 952 552.
A researcher at Western Sydney University is looking for trans and gender diverse young people aged 14 to 18 to talk about their school experiences in NSW.
Barnardos Australia is doing a survey to better understand people’s experiences of domestic and family violence or abuse experienced as a child or young person.
A researcher at UTS is looking for young queer men aged 18-28 living in the Sydney area to take part in a study around the design of social technologies.
ACON, University of Melbourne and University of Tasmania want to know more about LGBTQ+ people in NSW’s experiences of sexual violence.
The LGBTQ +You School Survey is an Australian-wide project at Macquarie University. This study is looking at what Australian schools are like for Students, Staff and Parents who identify as LGBTQ+. The survey takes around 15 minutes and is anonymous, asking questions about you and your experiences in Australian schools.
TRANSForm is looking for trans and gender diverse people to complete surveys about their health and wellbeing.
Researchers at Monash University are looking for LGBQ First Nations people aged 16-24 who have accessed counselling sessions. Participants will receive a $20 Clothing the Gaps gift voucher!
ACON and a number of other services around the country are looking to hear from LGBTIQA+ folks aged 18+ who have ever used an LGBTIQA+ peer-led service (that would include Twenty10).

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Twenty10 Fundraiser - Party at yours? Raise funds for us! December 3 and 4, December 10 and 11.

End of year dates for 2021-22: hangOUT: Last group Tue 14 Dec, First group Tue 18 Jan. Office closed: Starting Thu 23 Dec, reopening Mon 10 Jan. Stay tuned for more info about our face-to-face groups reopening in 2022!

Change of date - Glisten End of Year Party will now be held on Monday 13th December 2021, 4pm to 6pm, Hurstville (close to public transport). To register or more info contact Georgia: text or call: 0451 826 885, email: reconnectyouth@2connect.org.au.

End of year party - come join us and celebrate the end of year. Free drink, free food, dancing, graffiti and games. Dec 17th, 2021, 2:30pm to 5:30pm, Marrickville Youth Centre.

Raised fists with different skin tones in front of a rainbow flag that includes black and brown stripes. One hand holds a sign that reads LGBTIQ+ Settlement Online Training.

A group of people of different ages, races and genders smiling. Text: Hola - HIV Online Learning Australia. Are you comfortable talking about sexual health and sharing your story? Submit and expression of interest to share your experiences with sex, HIV and HIV prevention on video for the community HIV workforce.

A rainbow face mask. Text: Pride and Pandemic. Includes LGBTIQ+ Health Australia and La Trobe University logos.

The Dynamic Gender Hotline: We're interested in the many ways that people can experience gender across time. Call 1800 952 552 to leave an anonymous voicemail sharing your personal story.

Add your voice to our National Domestic Violence Survey - Barnardos Australia.

Have you ever had a sexual experience that has made you feel uncomfortable, afraid or unsafe? ACON are doing a survey about LGBTQ+ people's experiences of sexual violence. URL in page text.

LGBTQ + you Student Survey! Takes 15 minutes. Are you an LGBTQ+ Student currently or previously enrolled in an Australian school? Please do our survey to help inform school supports for students like you! Macquarie University.

Do you identify as LGBTIQA+? Have you used an LGBTIQA+ peer-led service? We're undertaking research to explore the value of peer-led services to LGBTIQA+ communities in Australia. We would love your input!