Tuesday January 7th 2020

 

LGBTIQ ADVOCATES LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO DIRECT DONATIONS TO VARIOUS BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS

 

Just.equal has urged LGBTIQ Australians and their families and allies to contribute to any of the many verified bushfire relief funds that have been established to support the Australian community in this unprecedented crisis.

 

The advocacy group is promoting bushfire relief funds to its large social media following and database, beginning with this post.

 

Co-founder, Ivan Hinton-Teoh, said,

 

"At times of crisis, Australians pride ourselves on joining together to share the burden." 

 

"During this young century, Australia has seen few crises so awful, and so demanding of our empathy and sacrifice." 

 

"Just.equal encourages LGBTIQ Australian, our families and allies to donate to verified bushfire funds established to support the tireless efforts of our volunteers, fire services, community groups and victims at this critical time."

 

"For the next few weeks we will be utilising our social media resources to encourage our community to step up and help in any way they can."

 

The initial campaign has identified the following verified fundraisers and we will add more as others come to hand: