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Talk to someone
- Qlife — free, anonymous LGBTQIA+ peer support and referral to talk about sexuality, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships
- Adelaide University Counselling — free, confidential sessions with university counsellors
- Bfriend — a well-established, free, and confidential peer support service in South Australia that supports the LGBTIQA+ community
- 13YARN — culturally safe crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, their family and friends, 24/7
- headspace — mental health and wellbeing support for Australians aged 12–25, their family and friends
- ReachOut — anonymous, confidential online space for young people to express themselves and get peer support
Gender-affirming care
- SHINE SA — (Sexual Health Information Networking & Education SA) inclusive sexual and reproductive health services, education and relationship wellbeing support
- Thorne Harbour Health — community-controlled LGBTI health and wellbeing services, including counselling and peer support
- Trans Health SA — inclusive health services and supports for trans and gender diverse people
- SAMESH — sexual health and HIV support, counselling, peer programs
- Intersex Peer Support Australia — information and advocacy for people born with variations in sex characteristics
- LGBTIQ+ Health Australia — national peak body for LGBTQIA+ health
Relationships
- Pink Parents — Adelaide's LGBTQIA+ family community — playgroups, meet-ups, annual camp
- PEACE Multicultural Services — Relationships Australia SA program
- Women’s Safety Services SA — LGBTIQA+ inclusive family violence support
- Transcend — support for parents and families of trans and gender diverse children
Rights and advocacy
- SARAA — (South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance) community-led LGBTIQA+ advocacy for an inclusive SA
- Working Women's Centre SA — free, confidential advice and support on workplace rights and discrimination
- Equality Australia — national LGBTIQA+ rights advocacy
- Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council — multicultural and multi-faith advocacy
- Black Rainbow — national First Nations LGBTIQ+SB organisation
- Australian Human Rights Commission — statutory human rights body
- Play by the Rules — inclusive, safe and fair sport
“Exploring your identity can happen at any age, but university is often when it starts.
Questioning your gender or sexuality can be hard. Coming out and transitioning can also be wonderful.”
Gender is a spectrum of social categories woven through everyday life. In Australia, people are assigned a gender at birth that often shapes how they’re raised — from favourite colours to how they’re allowed to express emotion.
That male/female binary doesn’t reflect the range of identities people use to make sense of who they are. Gender and sexuality are also two different things — one doesn’t dictate the other.
If you're working through it — or supporting a friend who is — headspace has clear explainers on gender identity and sexuality and sexual identity. The support above is also here for you.
