Launched in 2023, Inclusive Rainbow Voices (IRV) represents and advocates for the human rights of all LGBTIQA+ people with disability. In 2024, Inclusive Rainbow Voices was granted with a PFA Large Grant of $20,000 to form a National LGBTIQA+ Disability Network, the members of which includes Australia’s leading researchers, advocates, and policymakers focused on LGBTIQA+ people with disability. The Network represents a diverse range of lived and professional experience, as well as geographic location.
“Being part of the Inclusive Rainbow Voices LGBTIQA+ Disability Network has been genuinely transformative. For the first time I’m part of a professional space where the intersections of my queer identity and disability experience are understood and celebrated. The Network’s regular meetings aren’t just talk – they equip us with knowledge and shared insights to directly advance our community’s wellbeing.” says Dr. Rosalie Power, IRV member and Research Fellow at Western Sydney University.
This year, Pride Foundation Australia has granted IRV another $20,000 grant to continue their work with the National LGBTIQA+ Disability Network, for 12 months and build upon the significant work and momentum that has already been achieved. Continued funding for the Network will offer an opportunity to elevate IRV’s capacity to produce high quality research, policy, and advocacy outputs with a genuine national focus. It will support the Network into its next phase, including enabling the Network to pursue its systemic advocacy goals, coordinated by IRV.
We look forward to seeing the continued work Inclusive Rainbow Voices is able to achieve with the National LGBTIQA+ Disability Network.
