Do you want a safe space where you can meet other LGBTIQ young people, have fun and talk about stuff?
SPECTRUM is a group for 16-25yo LGBTIQ young people. Meets fortnightly on Mondays (1st & 3rd of month) 4.30pm - 6.00pm at headspace in Queanbeyan Contact Nat at headspace for more dets.
Headspace is committed to celebrating diverse sexualities & gender identities and promoting positive images & perceptions of LGBTIQ young people.
Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health under the Youth Mental Health Initiati...
With exquisite galleries, black box theatre, rehearsal space and workshops, we support artists across the breadth of the arts to be courageous in their ambitions, and challenge them to elevate their practice to the next level.
Belco Arts is one of the ACT’s leading arts centres. Belco Arts is an inclusive and welcoming destination. We take pride in purposefully devising our artistic program to provide opportunities to reflect our community’s rich diversity back to itself in celebration.
Belco Arts have commissioned new First Nations theatre work and exhibitions, worked in partnership with...
Do you like Tennis? Pink Tennis: The Canberra Gay and Lesbian Tennis Club is a bunch of queer people in Canberra who like to play tennis regularly.
It's on Monday evenings, from 6.00 pm - 9.00pm at the Turner Tennis Courts, at the corner of McCaughey and Condamine Streets, Turner, Canberra.
What is provided:
Tennis Balls and Court Lighting, hot drinks and a heater in the clubhouse in winter, a monthly BBQ in the warmer months.
What do I need:
Tennis racquet and sport shoes.
(We have spare racquets for new players who don't have one)
The focus of these evenings ar...
I Want it That Gay is a cabaret-comedy that sheds light and humour on the challenges of growing up with starkly heteronormative music, popstars and paradigms. At times hilarious and at times heartbreaking, the show is an irreverent look at the way popular culture shapes what we see and therefore who we’re allowed to be. Think Destiny’s Child, Britney, Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and more – queerified! Reminisce on your favourite hits from the 1990s-2000’s through a queer lens.
Showing at the Tuggeranong Art Centre on Saturday, 13 April, Cara shares her thoughts about her new show.
Can yo...
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Focus on self-care The loss of a relationship, of shared plans and the vision of a life you had known can be a big one to digest. Give yourself time to grieve before making any significant decisions about your life. Do some mindfulness practice to check in with yourself and see how you are really feeling....
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