Key Funding Area
LGBTQIA+ Mental Health
LGBTQIA+ Australians face more mental health issues than our cisgender, heterosexual peers.
In 2024, Australian Bureau of Statistics found that 74.5% of LGB+ people had experienced a mental health disorder in their lifetime, compared to 41.7% of heterosexual people. Similarly, 85.2% of non-binary people had experienced a mental health disorder in their lifetime, compared to 42.1% of men and 43.4% of women.
Inclusive mental health support services for LGBTQIA+ Australians are vital for ensuring that those who are struggling.
Funding granted to projects advocating for LGBTQIA+ Mental Health Services
Pride at Work: Understanding the mental health challenges facing LGBTQIA+ workers and identifying priorities for building inclusive workplaces.
Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH)
2025 | $25,000
This project will involve the design, completion, and analysis of a survey of 250-500 LGBTQIA+ workers in Australia, as well as semi-structured interviews with 20-30 of these workers. It will be facilitated by the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH). The project manager, Dr Dee Tomic, is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community with experience in mental health advocacy and occupational health research.
Muslim Peers Project
Outloud Inc
2024 | $20,000
We partnered with the Aurora Fund as part of their Ignite Pride Grant Round. Our joint selection panel chose Outloud Inc. for their ‘Muslim Peers Project’ to receive $20,000 ($10,000 from PFA and $10,000 from Aurora). The aim was to provide queer and trans youth from Muslim and CALD backgrounds in Western Sydney with culturally inclusive and queer/gender-affirming peer support, counselling, mentoring, and art-based therapeutic interventions to build resilience and improve the social and emotional well- being of participants.
Effective Postvention for Suicide Prevention, staff development tool to be shared with Qlife orgs
Switchboard (Victoria)
2012 | $2,500
To support the collaboration of the five volunteer based LGBTI telephone counselling services across Australia to strengthen their national presence and update the national website
