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Written by Julian Punch
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Friday, 06 March 2009 |
Coming Out Proud aims through four regional Community Liaison Committees in the regions of Tasmania in partnership with Local Government to assist GLBTI people in the Regions to ‘come out with pride and live in their community with dignity as fully respected and participating members’. COPP is supported, self determined and funded by a regional social database of over 1000 members.
COPP will present a structured and interactive workshop involving Conference Participants from relevant Stakeholder Groups including vulnerable population groups. This would include special organisations as well as mainstream service providers in health, education, police & law operating at regional levels in the State.
A workshop presentation (20 mins), (Powerpoint Slides) will be made by Julian Punch (State Coordinator COP) and Dr Stephen Edwards a medical practitioner in the Huon Region and member of the Kingborough Huon COP Community Liaison Committee. It will include facilitated interaction The presentation will explore the contention that as a minority group experiencing discrimination the incidence of health and well being issues including self harm and suicide prevention is at a substantially higher level in the sexually and gender diverse community than in other sections of the Community. These factors & issues will be considered in the design of successful prevention and cultural awareness strategies at local & regional areas.
The COPP Trust has allocated $2000 for four regionally developed projects in community based GLBTI suicide prevention strategies. COPP hopes to announce the funding at the Conference and that the Workshop will start to engender collaboration and initiate these strategies.
For more information, visit www.comingoutproud.org
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