LGBTQ+ resources and collections

LGBTIQ Library Collections

The Inner West Library service has developed significant collections of LGBTIQ items for our community, including fiction, non-fiction, DVD's and graphic novels. The collection is aimed at being inclusive with relevant adult non-fiction topics such as:

raising gay children
being Christian and gay
coming out
transgender teenagers
history of gay and lesbian activism in Australia and the world
HIV
bullying
gay and lesbian marriage guides
gay and lesbian parenting guides

The resources are interfiled in the collections and can be identified with a rainbow flag sticker on the spine.

For the catalogue, visit the Inner West Council Library page.

LGBTQ Travel Sense Checker

Need to know how much your next destination respects LGBTQ travellers? Destination Pride has the answer. Destination Pride is a data-driven search platform that rates cities around the world based on the legal rights and protections they give to LGBTQ people.

Visit Destination Pride's website

Multicultural Support Directory

This directory has been compiled by Advance Diversity Services (https://www.advancediversity.org.au/) to provide information for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and including all minority sexual and gender identities, as well as atypical biological sex (LGBTQIA+). This resource contains information related to religious groups, cultural groups and sporting groups that are specifically for LGBTQIA+ individuals, with the aim of providing assistance and social support in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Access your copy here: Multicultural LGBTIQA+ Support Directory (PDF 688.3KB)

R U OK? LGBTI+ Resources

The support of friends, family, peers and allies can make a difference when someone is dealing with life's challenges. A simple way to provide support is by genuinely asking, 'Are you OK?'

Visit the R U OK? website to view and download LGBTIQ+ resources