GiveOUT Day is today! 130+ rainbow organisations to discover and fall in love with
By: Em Scott, CEO
Dear community,
Today is GiveOUT Day and my heart is full of love, excitement, and gratitude!
GiveOUT Day, Australia’s annual day of giving to LGBTQIA+ causes and communities, shines a light on more than 130 LGBTQIA+ non-profit organisations and initiatives doing incredible work to make Australia safer, fairer, and more inclusive.
It’s such a joy to see GiveOUT Day come to life and to feel the love being shared across socials and communities around the country.
Together, we’ve already raised $280,000 for over 130 organisations. Can you help us make GiveOUT Day 2025 our most incredible campaign yet?
Our community sector has achieved so much, yet there is still so much potential to unlock. Due to limited funding, LGBTQIA+ organisations can’t meet demand and reach all queer people in need: 40% of rainbow community sector organisations operate on budgets less than $10,000.
Today, we can help ensure every rainbow organisation has the resources they need to continue creating connection, services, advocacy, and hope in every corner of the country.
There are still organisations that need your support to reach their goals, and every dollar you donate today makes a huge difference.
To help you find your perfect match, I’ve grouped the participating organisations into broad themes that showcase the incredible range of work happening across our rainbow communities.
Thank you for standing with us on GiveOUT Day and for helping spread the love.
With love,
Em Scott
🏛️ Protecting our rights
These organisations defend equality and justice; from challenging discrimination and stigma to changing laws, they ensure LGBTQIA+ people can live with dignity, safety, and respect.
Equality Australia | Equality Tasmania | Just.Equal Australia | InterAction for Health and Human Rights | Inner City Legal Centre | Beyond Bricks & Bars | HIV/AIDS Legal Centre | Inclusive Rainbow Voices | South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Inc. | Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil | Trans Justice Project | Women's Justice Network | Youth Pride Network | LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation | Rainbow Futures WA | The RACS LGBTQI+ Safety program | What Were You Wearing Australia Incorporated
🎨 Celebrating creative expression and histories
These organisations use creativity (whether it be through film, theatre, festivals, music or more) to amplify rainbow voices and stories, commemorate our shared histories, and celebrate our beautiful diversity.
Acting Out: On Screen — Rebus Theatre | Australian Queer Archives | Canberra Burlesque Academy | Brisbane Pride Choir | First Mardi Gras 78ers | Busselton Pride Alliance — Paint the Town Queer | Feast Festival | Heaps Decent | JOY Media | Kiama Illawarra Pride Choir | Macedon Ranges Accessible Arts - Queerthentic | Midsumma Festival | Milk Crate Theatre- Building Unity | Mirabilis Collective | Out and Loud by Perth Pride Choir | Pride Adelaide | Qtopia Sydney | Queer Screen Limited | Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras/Mardi Gras Arts | Tenth Muse Initiative | The Melbourne Rainbow Band | The Pollys Club | TILDE – Trans & Gender Diverse Film Festival | Together in Pride Port Augusta | Trans Book Festival | INsolidarity / The Mound
AusArts Day is happening next week on 23 October 2025. Check out: https://creative.gov.au/ausartday
🌍 Connecting culture, faith, ethnicity and language
These organisations build bridges between and celebrate the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ identities, faiths, cultures, ethnicities and/or languages. They create spaces where where all identities are honoured, affirmed, and celebrated.
New City Church | Nautanki Theatre Company | The Collective Production Haus: Nungay Night 2025 | Ambassadors & Bridge Builders International (ABBI) | Gender Expansive Faith | Indonesian Queer Collective (IQC) | Kimberley Blak Pride | Latin American & Hispanic Rainbow Community - LAHRC | Metropolitan Community Church Sydney | Queerfully Made | Trikone Australia | |Faithless Hijabi | Asylum Seekers Centre | Many Coloured Sky | Forcibly Displaced People Network | | All Nations Housing Co-op and Common Equity NSW |
💚 Promoting health and wellbeing
These organisations care for the physical and mental health of all LGBTQIA+ people, including people living with HIV. This includes ensuring access to safe, inclusive, and affirming healthcare, counselling, peer support, and other vital services.
Euphoria Social Group | The Iceberg Foundation | Freedom Centre (WAAC) | Living Proud | Diverse Voices | Open Doors Youth Service | Lake Macquarie & Newcastle Suicide Prevention Network | Transfamily Inc | Transgender Victoria | Twenty10 | Working It Out Inc | Youth Projects | Mountains Youth Services Team | The Shed | Transcend Australia | Albany Pride | Bfriend | Bi+ Pride Victoria | Geelong Latin American Movement Inc. GLAM | Love Guys Co-operative | Magenta — Streets of Pride Project | Family Access Network | NTAHC | Thorne Harbour Health | Bobby Goldsmith Foundation | Living Positive Victoria | | Sexual Health Quarters | Trans Space | Transfolk WA — Binder Program | WayOut Pride Camp – Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health | LINE Wangaratta Inc.
🏅 Playing with pride
These organisations champion inclusion and visibility in sport and recreation. They ensure LGBTQIA+ people on fields, courts and waters across the country can play with pride.
Pride Cup Australia | Rainbow Crows | Deadly Sports Plus Aboriginal Corporation | Different Strokes Dragon Boat Club | Emerald City Kickball Australia | Pride Basketball - Melbourne Spectres | Proud 2 Play | Queer Sporting Alliance - Little Help | Sydney Outfielders Softball Association | Sydney Rams Tenpin Club Inc. | Sydney Spectres | Team Rainbow Inc | Team Sydney Sports | The Melbourne Wranglers Wrestling Club
💞 Creating connection, visibility and belonging
These organisations create safe, joyful spaces where LGBTQIA+ people can build friendships, grow solidarity and tackle isolation.
PrideAbility | Corryong Allied Movement for Pride Inc. | Blacktown Youth Services Association | A Gender Agenda | Diversity ACT | Gippsland Pride Initiative | Goulburn Valley Pride Inc. | Huon Valley Alphabet Mafia | | | Pride in Swan Inc | Pride of the South | | Rainbow Hub South Australia | Tamworth Pride Inc | The Equality Project · Better Together 2025 | | Trans and Gender Diverse Kids Australia | Trans Pride Australia Inc | Queer as Death Collective || Rainbow Families | Rainbow Community Angels | Victorian Pride Centre
🎓 Thriving at school and work
These organisations empower LGBTQIA+ people to learn, lead and work safely and authentically in schools, workplaces and businesses across the country.
Out for Australia | Queers in Property | Globe Victoria | Our Point 3 | Pride Business Association Education Fund | The Pinnacle Foundation | Minus18 | Intertwine | Language Justice Network
Please note: The grouping of organisations is indicative only. Many organisations work across multiple themes as well as other themes not listed here.
To explore all organisations in more detail, visit https://giveoutday.org.au/donate. Or, if you still can't decide, you can take the quick and fun GiveOUT Day quiz to find an org that's your perfect match, or make a donation to "Give to the Rainbow" and we'll distribute it to a range of small and grassroots orgs.
