We are currently conducting a Focused review of how the change or suppression ban is working. Change or suppression practices can cause ongoing trauma and long-term health issues. If you need counselling or help, you can get support by contacting the following organisations:
Rainbow Door is a free helpline run by Switchboard Victoria which supports LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their friends and family. The service can provide LGBTIQA+ specialist, multidisciplinary support for family violence, mental health and relationship issues. It operates 7 days a week 10am6pm.
- Call: 1800 729 367
- Text: 0480 017 246
- Email: support@rainbowdoor.com.au
Switchboard Victoria’s partner QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTIQ+ peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.
- Call: 1800 184 527
- Chat online (3pm to midnight): qlife.org.au/resources/chat
Thorne Harbour Health provides professional, affordable counselling for members of LGBTIQA+ communities and individuals or couples who are affected by or at risk of HIV.
- Email: support@thorneharbour.org
- Call:1800 961 780 (9am–5pm Monday to Friday
Queerspace is an LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing support service with a focus on relationships, families, parenting and young people, and offers co-located services across the north-west metropolitan region of Victoria. Queerspace is involved in the development of specialised support for survivors of LGBTQA+ conversion practices.
- Email: enquiries@ds.org.au
- Call: 03 9663 6733
If you need more information about change or suppression (conversion) practices, you can reach out to:
Brave Network is a support and advocacy group for LGBTIQA+ people of faith and allies
Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council (AGMC) is a national body that advocates for the rights of multicultural and multifaith LGBTIQ individuals.
- Email: contact@agmc.org.au
Reporting change or suppression practices
Our review is not a process for reporting individual experiences of harm.
If you, your child, or someone you know, is the target of change or suppression practices, you can report this to:
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission: humanrights.vic.gov.au/change-or-suppression-practices/reporting-practices
If you or someone you know has been injured because of these practices, you can also report it to:
Victoria Police: police.vic.gov.au/report-change-or-suppression-conversion-practice
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