Grant Partners

Grant amount: $55,000

Expanding a National Voice for LGBTIQA+ people with Disability

Inclusive Rainbow Voices (IRV) is a human rights not-for-profit by and for LGBTIQA+ people with disability, founded in 2022. Inclusive Rainbow Voices aims to be a platform for them to connect and be heard. Thanks to the funding from Amplify Pride, IRV will not only be able to continue employment of their CEO but be able to provide them with even more hours, ultimately allowing IRV to have greater impact for the community.

Grant amount: $45,000

Tackling the Anti-Trans Lobby and Disinformation Online

Trans Justice Project (TJP) is the first national, trans-led campaigning organisation in Australia. Their mission is to build a powerful, trans-led movement fighting for freedom, justice, and equality for all trans and gender diverse people. Starting in February of 2023 they have already proven themselves as a trusted leader in the trans community, providing strategic messaging resources, training, strategy, and leading the charge against the spread of dangerous disinformation.

Grant amount: $10,000

Shaping Safe and Inclusive Communities of Faith

New City Church (NCC) is a not-for-profit religious organisation with an LGBTIQA+ majority leadership and membership. NCC works to challenge discrimination and violence, and their impacts on LGBTIQA+ people of faith. Their vision was born out of a desire to see safe spaces for people who have been excluded from their faith communities, so they are able to explore their faith in new and engaging ways. NCC was founded by a group of people who lived in the margins of church and society, and wanted to worship in a safe space with others like them. With the support of Amplify, NCC will be able to scale up (1) social support (2) networks of aligned faith based organisations and (3) resources to help shape intersection of queer and religious identities

Grant amount: $35,000

Supporting Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse People

Beyond Bricks and Bars is a peer-led community program providing incarceration prevention and specialised wrap-around support to criminalised and incarcerated trans and gender diverse people, and it’s the only program of its kind! BBB specifically focuses on preventing incarceration, support while incarcerated, post-release support & support while transitioning back into the community. As an Amplify Pride Grantee, BBB has secured funding for wages and operating costs to maintain service delivery, and enabling them to provide more support to incarcerated TGD people who otherwise would not receive any.

Grant amount: $35,000

Building an Inclusive Australia for LGBTIQ+ Refugees

Forcibly Displaced People Network empowers LGBTIQ+ refugees and migrants, and is exclusively peer led. They raise awareness for distinct settlement challenges among LGBTIQ+ displaced people. FDPN advocates for intersectional policies and practices, fostering a just society. They empower LGBTIQ+ refugees and migrants, train social services to support their human rights, and co-design solutions. By generating a unique evidence base, FDPN tackles discrimination and promotes human rights, ensuring equitable settlement outcomes and inclusion for LGBTIQ+ refugees and migrants. The support of Amplify will give FDPN the chance to recruit a coordinator to play a pivotal role in sourcing sponsor groups, provide them with comprehensive training and ensure they can effectively support LGBTIQA+ refugees.

Grant amount: $20,000

Fuelling the Heart of the LGBTIQ+SB Community

BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation is the peak organisation for Aboriginal lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual + sistergirl and brotherboy peoples and communities. Their vision is to achieve a society that nurtures, supports, affirms and celebrates their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+SB community while promoting safety & inclusion for all. The support of Amplify Pride will help with operating costs to deliver against government grant acquittal and impact measurement, to ensure ongoing delivery of the Pride in Centre hub that provides community access to wrap-around supports.

Grant amount: $40,000

Expanding a National Voice for Intersex People & their Families

Intersex Peer Support Australia provides peer support all throughout Australia, to people with innate variations of sex characteristics, and their families. They connect intersex people and their families by sharing knowledge and experience, tackling stigma and misconception surrounding intersex. IPSA focuses on education and visibility, and works towards improving affirmative healthcare pathways that encourage appropriate psychological support, strengthening their community and deepening social culture. With Amplify Pride, IPSA will be able to fund their first staff member- a Project Coordinator- to join their team on a part-time basis, to help strengthen their operations, secure future funding and ultimately expand the support IPSA offers.engagement with healthcare and social services sectors.

Grant amount: $40,000

Expanding support for LGBTIQ+ Muslims During Crisis

Sydney Queer Muslims is a volunteer-based not-for-profit organisation that supports queer Muslims throughout Greater Sydney. They are committed to advocating for people of diverse sexualities and genders, to help reconcile their sexual identity with their faith. SQM connects individuals to support services that provide counselling, crisis assistance, referrals, and health promotion. Not only that, but they also hold workshops on spirituality, sex education, sexuality and gender identity. SQM helps bring people together, providing a community of people with similar and relatable lived experiences, through social support groups and monthly meetings. Thanks to Amplify, SQM will be able to employ a part-time social worker to help queer Muslims navigate mental health and family violence services, as well as to build core organisational capacity and create resources for healthcare providers, counsellors and other support staff working with LGBTQ+ Muslim clients.

Grant amount: $20,000

Creating Safety & Support for LGBTIQ+ rural and regional people

Rural Pride Australia, formerly NICHE Australia, has partnered with LGBTIQA+ people and mainstream organisations in regional, rural and remote communities to make those communities safer, more supportive, welcoming and inclusive. Over the past 7 years RPA has partnered with the Victorian State Government and the Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities, working with 29 different rural and regional communities on the LGBTIQ Equality Roadshow, the Regional Communities of LGBTIQ+ Practice gatherings, and the LGBTIQ+ Rainbow Ready Roadmap. RPA has also been involved in FabJab, the LGBTIQ+ vaccination campaign, helped distribute 1000s of RATs to rural LGBTIQA+ Victorians during the pandemic, and provided financial support for LGBTIQA+ networks following flood events. With Amplify Pride, RPA aims to build sector capacity through the creation of a national Community of Rural LGBTQIA+ Practice, national rural LGBTQIA+ mapping project and production of a landmark report advocating for the needs of rural LGBTQIA+ communities.