{"id":12478,"date":"2021-11-30T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T02:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/?page_id=12478"},"modified":"2024-12-10T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T04:30:31","slug":"lgbtqia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/counselling-wellbeing\/resources\/lgbtqia\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQIA+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/mimas_Resources-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"curtin self-help resource center image\" class=\"wp-image-22843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/mimas_Resources-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/mimas_Resources-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500-1-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/mimas_Resources-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/mimas_Resources-aspect-ratio-2-1-1000x500-1-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand with so many buzz words, definitions, and vocabulary floating around,&nbsp;it can be hard to dissect what&nbsp;sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, biological sex&nbsp;all means.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you will find key information about LGBTQIA+, Curtin\u2019s support services and where to find additional LGBTQIA+support, community, and resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is LGBTQIA+?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LGBTQIA+ is an acronym that describes the community of individuals who have diverse sexual orientation, sex and\/or gender identity. It stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual\/Aromantic.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQIA+ is a shortened version of the full acronym that encompasses many identities, including Questioning (Q), Pansexual (P), Non-Binary (NB), Brotherboy (BB), Sistergirl (SG), and many more. All these terms are represented in the shortened version by the plus sign.<\/p>\n<p>The LGBTQIA+ acronym has changed over time and will continue to evolve as our understanding of different sexual orientations and gender identities expands.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\">Check out the<\/span> <\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW108348206 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DE7bKmOXY3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW108348206 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">LGBT 101: An introduction to the queer community<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\">\u00a0video for an in<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108348206 BCX0\">depth explanation of the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW108348206 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key definitions:<\/h3>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Sexual-orientation\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Sexual-orientation\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Sexual-orientation\">Sexual orientation<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Sexual-orientation\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Sexual orientation is an umbrella term that includes someone\u2019s sexual identity (how they think of their sexuality and what terms they identify with), attraction (who they are romantically or sexually interested in) and sexual behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>Someone may describe their sexual orientation as lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, or something else.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Gender-identity-\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Gender-identity-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Gender-identity-\">Gender identity <\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Gender-identity-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Gender identity is about how a person feels; for example, whether they feel they are a man, woman or non-binary person. Someone\u2019s gender identity can be different to their biological sex.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Gender-expression\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Gender-expression\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Gender-expression\">Gender expression<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Gender-expression\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Gender expression is how someone outwardly expresses their gender, for example:<\/p>\n<p>Masculine: qualities or appearance we usually associate with men.<\/p>\n<p>Feminine: qualities or appearance we usually associate with women.<\/p>\n<p>Androgynous: qualities or appearance that combine masculine and feminine characteristics into an ambiguous form.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Sex\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Sex\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Sex\">Sex<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Sex\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>A person\u2019s sex is based on biological characteristics like their chromosomes, hormones and reproductive organs. It is usually assigned at birth as either male, female or intersex, but a person\u2019s sex can change over the course of their life and may differ from their sex recorded at birth.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Queer\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Queer\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Queer\">Queer<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Queer\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Queer is sometimes used as an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. It has historically been used negatively to describe those with same sex desires, but began to be reclaimed by activists in the 1980s and is now used by many in the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that some people still dislike this term, because of its history.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Gender\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Gender\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Gender\">Gender<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Gender\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Gender is about social characteristics of a person. It refers to the identities, expressions and behaviours of an individual as a man, woman or gender diverse person.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Gender-diverse\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Gender-diverse\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Gender-diverse\">Gender diverse<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Gender-diverse\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Gender diverse is an umbrella term that includes all the different ways gender can be experienced and perceived. It can include people questioning their gender and people who identify as trans or transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, gender non-conforming and more.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Non-binary\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Non-binary\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Non-binary\">Non-binary<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Non-binary\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Genders that sit outside of the man\/woman binary are often called non-binary. A person might identify solely as non-binary, or they might relate to non-binary as an umbrella term and consider themselves genderfluid, genderqueer, trans masculine, trans feminine, agender, bigender, or something else.<\/p>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support at Curtin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about how Curtin welcomes, respects, and values&nbsp;all students&#8217; regardless of your sexual orientation,&nbsp;gender identity, biological sex, or gender expression on our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/lgbtqia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/lgbtiqa\/\"> LGBTQIA+ webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional LGBTQIA+ resources<\/h2>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"accordion\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Accordion content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n                \n\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Find-more-information-about-the-LGBTQIA+-community\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Find-more-information-about-the-LGBTQIA+-community\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Find-more-information-about-the-LGBTQIA+-community\">Find more information about the LGBTQIA+ community<\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Find-more-information-about-the-LGBTQIA+-community\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p><a href=\"https:\/\/qlife.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Qlife<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">LGBTQIA+ resources, peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings, or relationships.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Confidential Helpline and web chat (3pm to midnight, everyday).<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Telephone: <a href=\"tel:1800184527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1800 184 527<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.au.reachout.com\/articles\/gender-sex-and-sexuality-and-young-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reach Out &#8211; Supporting LGBTQIA+ young people<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Information about supporting LGBTQIA+ students. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Information about\u00a0understanding\u00a0the difference between sex,\u00a0gender,\u00a0and sexuality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acon.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ACON<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Leading LGBTQIA+ community support service<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pflagaustralia.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">PFLAG<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u00ef\u201a\u00b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Information, resources, and videos to support families and friends with a family member or friend who identifies on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-title-Faith,-religion,-and-the-LGBTQIA+-community-\">\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion__heading\" aria-controls=\"Faith,-religion,-and-the-LGBTQIA+-community-\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            <div class=\"title\" id=\"accordion-title-Faith,-religion,-and-the-LGBTQIA+-community-\">Faith, religion, and the LGBTQIA+ community <\/div>\n            <div class=\"icon\"><\/div>\n        <\/button>\n        <div class=\"accordion__content\" id=\"Faith,-religion,-and-the-LGBTQIA+-community-\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <p>Access a range of LGBTQIA+ friendly external religious resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buddism\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rainbodhi.org\/\">Rainbodhi\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A spiritual friendship group for LGBTQIA+ Buddhists and an advocate for more inclusion and diversity in the broader Buddhist community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Christianity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/pg\/socialjusticechurch\/about\/?ref=page_internal&amp;mt_nav=0\">Social. Justice. Church\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A monthly group who believes faith should push us towards authenticity, inclusion and equality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Islam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thequeermuslimproject\/?hl=en\">The Queer Muslim Project\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Countering queerphobia and Muslim hate, one story at a time!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sikhism\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salzburgglobal.org\/news\/latest-news\/article\/sukhdeep-singh-i-want-to-assure-other-young-queer-sikhs-that-one-could-be-gay-and-sikh\">Article by Sukhdeep Singh<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sukhdeep Singh: \u201cI Want To Assure Other Young Queer Sikhs That One Could Be Gay and Sikh\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Judaism\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aleph.org.au\/\">Aleph Melbourne\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A social support and advocacy group for people who identify as Jewish or who have a Jewish heritage and are part of, or allies of, the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n        \n                            \n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n        \n<\/mimas-block>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand with so many buzz words, definitions, and vocabulary floating around,&nbsp;it can be hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":0,"parent":1003,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-04 04:52:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12478"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35893,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12478\/revisions\/35893"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}