Ruth McNair at Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System

On Wednesday 17th July, Pride Foundation Australia’s Chair-person Dr Ruth McNair was one of several LGBTIQA+ advocates who spoke at the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.
Speaking from her experience as a GP at Fitzroy North’s Northside Clinic, she provided examples and evidence on the lack of services for LGBTIQA+ people in rural and outer suburban settings.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Pride Foundation Australia pays respect to the traditional custodians of the land and sea on which we live, work and play, we pay our respects to Elders past and present, acknowledging that sovereignty was never ceded.

Pride Foundation Australia commits through the resources we have available to us, to work with, for, and alongside Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy peoples and communities to embed a self-determined future.

We further commit the contribution of a significant proportion of grant funding received to Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy led initiatives to improve social outcomes.

Australia was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land.