Queer Department
If you’re not in the know, the Queer department is responsible for the queer community on campus. Whether you identify as bisexual, transgender, gay, lesbian, intersex, asexual/aromantic, curious, questioning, all of the above, or none of them, we’re here for the myriad of gender and sexual expression that exists at university. The Queer Space (Level 3, Union House) is open for hang outs no matter who you are, and is the venue for most of our events! Come for a cup of tea, a chat and a nap, any time.
For more on what we do, visit our Facebook page follow us on Instagram @umsuqueer and sign up for our newsletter! Alternatively, message us at queer@union.unimelb.edu.au for any further questions!
Collectives
Solidarity with snacks
Queer Bunch Lunch
Like queers? Like food? Do you like it better when it's free?
Queer Events
All events calendar view
Report Queerphobia
Aiming to compile evidence against homo/bi/trans phobias
Queer Committee
Our wonderful queer committee!
Coming Out Support Group
A safe space to talk about sexuality
G&Ts with the LGBTs
Your favourite fortnightly drinks event!
![UMSU will be closed today, but we won't be celebrating anything.
Statement from @umsuindigenous:
TW/CW: mentions of Indigenous Death, Stolen Generations, Racism and Australia Day
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"Leading up to January 26, we see the stores start to fill with all sorts of unnecessarily branded Australian merchandise. Thongs, bikinis, plastic flags, cups, BBQ accessories are all things we frantically try to avert our eyes from, while in our local shopping centres.
It’s a cruel reminder that the day is almost here.
Invasion Day marks a pain that will never really leave us, it is a reminder of the slaughters that have been deliberately left out of the pages of history books. It is a reminder to the people that will never know where they came from because their grandparents and ancestors were stolen from the arms of their parents. It is a reminder that the nation that we are now citizens of refuses to acknowledge or repent for the racialised actions of its past and present.
In a nation that insists it is built upon ideals of mateship and diversity, it becomes increasingly clear that those notions are only bestowed upon the ‘good Australian’. The one that believes in the stories of the underdog and plight of the convict. Those that celebrate their ancestors coming to a strange new land in search of wealth and opportunity.
I am not a ‘good Australian’, nor do I strive to be one. In order to fulfil this stereotype, you must turn a blind eye to violence and injustice and hold an unquestionable belief in the goodwill of the government. You are an active participant in ‘fun-loving Aussie racism’..."
Read the full statement on our Facebook page.
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