WORKING IT OUT & EQUALITY TASMANIA
Media Release
Wednesday November 26th 2025
TASMANIA’S FIRST LGBTIQA+ STRATEGY WELCOMED
The Strategy acknowledges the significant advances Tasmania has made toward LGBTIQA+ inclusion but also how far there is still to go, especially when it comes to the much higher-than-average levels of discrimination and stigma faced by LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians.
The Strategy will form the basis for an LGBTIQA+ Action Plan to be released next year.
Equality Tasmania spokesperson, Rodney Croome said,
“We applaud the Tasmanian Government for its landmark LGBTIQA+ Strategy, the first of its kind in Tasmania.”
“We thank the many LGBTIQA+ people and our allies who have worked for decades to bring the Tasmanian Government and the Island’s LGBTIQA+ community to this point of mutual cooperation and hope for the future.”
“The Strategy will help focus the attention of all government agencies on the continued disadvantages LGBTIQA+ Tasmanians face because of ongoing prejudice, discrimination and stigma.”
“The job now is to work with the State Government on developing an Action Plan that ensures the commitments in the Strategy are put into effect."
Working It Out CEO, Olivia Hogarth, said,
“Working It Out welcomes the release of the LGBTIQA+ Strategy, built on community voices gathered and shared in the ‘Telling Us the Story Report’.”
“Listening to community need, and evidence-based research, is critical to providing the services that respond to that need.”
“Research continues to indicate poorer outcomes for LGBTIQA+ people in a variety of metrics including mental health and suicidality, housing, social supports and safety, and general life satisfaction.”
“This Strategy and the accompanying Action Plan will provide a framework for the Tasmanian government to address these inequities.”
The Strategy is a statement of principles and guidelines that will be implemented in detail by a five year, whole-of-government LGBTIQA+ Action Plan to be released in 2026.
It is based on the state’s largest LGBTIQA+ community survey which was conducted by the University of Tasmania, commissioned by the State Government, and led to the “Telling Us the Story” report released in May 2022.
Government departments represented at today’s launch included education, police, justice, and Premier and Cabinet.
Telling Us the Story can be found here:
You can read the Strategy here:
Photos from the Strategy launch are attached.
First photo, L-R: Olivia Hogarth, Madeleine Ogilvie, Rodney Croome
Second photo: Government and community representatives involved in developing the Strategy
For a copy of this statement on the web, click
hereFor more information contact Rodney Croome on 0409 010 668 and Olivia Hogarth on 0415 372 198.
