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LGBTQIA+ student support liaison officers

The LGBTQIA+ Student Support Liaison Officers (SSLOs) are staff volunteers who have received specialised training to support student transition and gender affirmation.

They promote inclusion and support for LGBTQIA+ students at the University and can provide information about resources to promote health, safety and connection with other students and the community.

Contact an LGBTQIA+ student support liaison officer

Name
Email Faculty/School

Claire Goldsbury (she/her)

claire.goldsbury@sydney.edu.au

Brain and Mind Centre

Chris Pepin-Neff

chris.pepin-neff@sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Kate Scott

csco7303@uni.sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Rafael Franca Dutra

rafael.francadutra@sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Matthew Pye

matthew.pye@sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Science

Stephen George-Williams

stephen.george-williams@sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Science

Dong (Jeffrey) Suen 

dsue8699@uni.sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry

Daniele Gianotti (they/them)

daniele.gianotti@sydney.edu.au

Faculty of Science, SOLES

Kade Fenwick

kade.fenwick@sydney.edu.au

Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion

Eric Chu

eric.chu@sydney.edu.au

Office of Student Life

Jen Peden

jennifer.peden@sydney.edu.au

Office of Student Life

Janine ( Zhiqiao ) Yang 

janine.yang@sydney.edu.au

Safer Communities Office 

Rod Fiford

rod.fiford@sydney.edu.au

School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Dr Joni Lariat

joni.lariat@sydney.edu.au

School of Public Health

Julie Mooney-Somers

julie.mooneysomers@sydney.edu.au

School of Public Health

Racheal Sarcia

racheal.sarcia@sydney.edu.au

School of Rural Health, Dubbo/Orange 

Marah Weston

marah.weston@sydney.edu.au

Student Administration Services

Xavier Wesson (he/him)

xavier.wesson@sydney.edu.au

Student Centre Administration

Mark Glover (he/him)

mark.glover@sydney.edu.au

Student Communications 

Dr Paul McDermott

p.mcdermott@sydney.edu.au

Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Lily Stokes

lily.stokes@sydney.edu.au

Sydney Future Students

Horas Wong

horas.wong@sydney.edu.au

Sydney Nursing School

Dominic Hearne

dominic.hearne@sydney.edu.au

Sydney School of Education and Social Work

Kellie Burns

kellie.burns@sydney.edu.au

Sydney School of Education and Social Work

Rachel Aitken (she/her)

rachel.aitken@sydney.edu.au

The Sydney Business School

Caitlin Erbacher (she/her) caitlin.erbacher@sydney.edu.au University Library
James Hannigan (he/him) james.hannigan@sydney.edu.au University Library
Library LGBTQIA+ Liaison Officer librarypride.support@sydney.edu.au University Library

 

Other support and resources

University of Sydney

  • Queer Action Collective (QuAC) – an active collective, hosting and organising activities and events throughout the year to build a strong, inclusive community.

University of Sydney Union (USU)

  • SHADES - a society at the University that organises social events for LGBTIQ students and their friends.
  • Queer Revue - an all-singing, all-dancing comedic production put on at the Seymour Centre every year by queer and queer-friendly students.
  • Queers Of Colour (QOCO) - aims to create a community where people of colour can explore the intersection of their queer and cultural identities.

Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA)

  • SUPRA Queer Network - an equity network representing and supporting queer-identifying postgraduate students.

Community support

  • Twenty10 - a community-based, non-profit, state-wide organisation providing a range of support services for people of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities, their families and communities.
  • ACON - a Sydney based not-for-profit that actively promotes LGBT and health, and runs regular workshops targeted at providing support and health awareness.
  • QLife - Australia's first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for people who are LGBTI.
  • National LGBTI Health Alliance - The national peak health organisation in Australia for organisations and individuals that provide health-related programs, services and research focused on LGBTI and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse people and communities.
  • The Gender Centre - services for the transgender and gender diverse community, their partners, family members and friends including accommodation, counselling, education and training.
  • Intersex Human Rights Australia - a national body by and for people with intersex variations, promoting human rights and bodily autonomy for intersex people, education and peer support.
  • Intersex Peer Support Australia - provides intersex peer support, information and is an advocacy group for people born with variations in sex characteristics and their families.
  • Minus 18 - Australia's largest youth-led network for LGBTI youth, providing support and peer mentoring to LGBTI young leaders.
  • Ankali - The Ankali Project trains and supports volunteers who then provide emotional and social support to people living with HIV.
  • BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation - is committed to empowering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+SB community through innovation, inclusion, understanding and advocacy.
  • TransHub - ACON’s digital information and resource platform for all trans and gender diverse (TGD) people in NSW, our loved ones, allies and health providers.
  • Rainbow Cultures - a directory of LGBTQIA+ multicultural community groups and services in NSW.
  • Forcibly Displaced People Network (FDPN) - is an Australian organisation dedicated to advocating for LGBTIQ+ individuals who have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to their gender identity or sexual orientation. 
  • Emen8 - an online sexual health and wellbeing initiative for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
  • Australian GLBTQI Multicultural Council (AGMC) - is a peak body for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer individuals, and community groups of multicultural and multifaith backgrounds.

Study and employment

  • Pride in Diversity - the national not-for-profit employer support program for LGBTI workplace inclusion, specialising in HR, organisational change and workplace diversity.
  • Out for Australia - supporting and mentoring aspiring LGBTIQ professionals as they navigate their way through the early stages of their careers.
  • The Pinnacle Foundation - providing scholarships to LGBTI+ students who are marginalised or disadvantaged.

Rights

  • Anti-Discrimination Board - promotes anti-discrimination, equal opportunity principles and policies throughout NSW and administers anti-discrimination laws of the state.
  • Equality Australia - shares legal, policy and communications expertise, to ensure that organisations have the right tools to deliver for the LGBTIQ+ community. 
  • Human Rights Commission - identifies and builds community awareness around the human rights issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people and makes it unlawful to discriminate against such persons.
  • The Inner City Legal Centre (ICLC) - provides free and confidential legal service statewide for the NSW LGBTIQ community. They also run the Safe Relationship Project, which assists LGBTIQ individuals who are experiencing or escaping an abusive relationship.
  • Trans Justice Project - a trans led organisation with a mission to build a powerful movement standing up for justice, freedom, and equality for all trans and gender diverse people.
Last updated: 19 February 2024

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