Preventing Gendered Violence Impacting LGBTIQA+ People at Work
LGBTQIA+ individuals, especially those who are transgender or gender diverse, face a heightened risk of experiencing gendered violence in the workplace
Preventing Gendered Violence Impacting LGBTIQA+ People at Work
LGBTIQA+ individuals, especially those who are transgender or gender diverse, face a heightened risk of experiencing gendered violence in the workplace
Are you ready to build a genuinely inclusive workplace where LGBTIQA+ Victorians feel safe, valued, and celebrated?
The Being Valued Toolkit is your essential, LGBTIQA+-led guide, packed with practical strategies, policy guidance, and resources to prevent gendered violence and foster a truly affirming environment. Developed for leaders, HR professionals, and LGBTIQA+ employees, it's the comprehensive resource you need to create positive change today.
Don't wait to make a difference.
The Being Valued Toolkit is an empowering resource for:
Workplace gendered violence refers to any behaviour that targets or impacts someone because of their sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation, and creates a risk to their health and safety at work.
While anyone can experience gendered violence, it disproportionately affects women, transgender and gender diverse people, and LGBTIQA+ individuals. In Australia, LGBTIQA+ people are twice as likely to experience gendered violence compared to their cisgender and heterosexual peers.
Workplace gendered violence is a serious occupational health and safety issue — and one that all workplaces have a responsibility to prevent and address.
To understand how to best support LGBTIQA+ workers and lower the rates of gendered violence they experience, the first step is to better understand what it means to be LGBTIQA+.
A comprehensive review of the research exploring LGBTQIA+ gendered violence, the impacts and the benefits of creating safer workplaces.
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Your all-in-one resource to reduce LGBTQIA+ workplace gendered violence and create safer, more equitable environments.
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A visual reminder of your commitment to respectful and accessible bathroom spaces.
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Snapshot of key insights from 270 LGBTQIA+ Victorians on their experience of gendered violence in the workplace.
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A printable, inclusive sign to welcome all genders into shared bathroom facilities.
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Practical strategies to embed inclusion into everyday workplace practices.
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Real-world scenarios and responses to help foster safer, more respectful spaces.
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Encourages staff to speak up and support each other when witnessing discrimination or harm.
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A guiding framework to support gender affirmation in your workplace.
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Clear, respectful terminology to support inclusive language across your workplace.
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Supportive guidance for handling complex or sensitive conversations with care and confidence.
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A sample policy outlining organisational commitments to LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
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A reminder that real inclusion goes beyond surface-level gestures.
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A workplace survey template to help assess inclusion, safety, wellbeing and belonging.
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A practical template to help employers support staff through their gender affirmation journey.
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A sample reporting form to support safe, confidential, and inclusive disclosures - adapt it to serve your workplace today.
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Downloadable sticker designs to help promote LGBTQIA+ visibility and inclusion.
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Printable badge designs to help normalise and respect pronoun use.
DownloadIndividual files for each sticker - perfect for social media or printing your own.
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An inclusive policy model recognising all genders and family structures.
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Transgender Victoria has partnered with Your Community Health on an exciting new project called Being Valued. Supported by WorkSafe Victoria’s WorkWell Respect Fund, Being Valued will co-design resources with LGBTIQA+ communities to help employers prevent gendered violence in the workplace.
Centering community voices throughout their development, these resources will improve the capacity of workplaces, specifically leaders, to create safe, inclusive and gender affirming workplace cultures for Trans, Gender Diverse and Non-Binary (TGDNB) and LGBTIQA+ workers. It will be made freely available to all Victorian workplaces via the WorkWell Toolkit, reaching a large number of organisations for even greater impact.
Initial visuals for the toolkit completed, incorporating accessibility and branding considerations.
Refinements and feedback process underway to finalise the design.
A major milestone, ensuring alignment with industry standards and workplace safety frameworks.
LGBTQIA+ workers and workplace leaders provided final feedback on the toolkit’s usability and effectiveness.
Adjustments made to improve clarity, accessibility, and real-world applicability.
Comprehensive research summary and environmental scan finalised, highlighting key evidence on LGBTQIA+ workplace safety, gendered violence, and best practices for inclusion.
Work began on bringing the toolkit to life visually, ensuring it is engaging and accessible.
Additional case studies filmed, capturing lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ workers and best practice workplace violence mitigation strategies.
Direct engagement with intersex and asexual individuals to ensure their experiences and needs are meaningfully represented in the toolkit.
Insights from LGBTQIA+ metro and regional lived experience workers and community advocates integrated into the toolkit’s final structure.
Focused on the project partnership and the need for this toolkit, highlighting why LGBTQIA+ workplace safety and inclusion are essential.
Aram is an experienced public affairs professional, and nationally recognised LGBTIQ leader and advocate. Aram is interested in the power of communication, connection and collaboration to create positive change at all levels – individual, organisational, community, and societal.Aram has a background in the health and social services sectors, and has worked across both government and non-government settings, with 15 years of experience spanning direct service delivery and program management, through to public policy development and advocacy.
Aram holds a Bachelor of Science – Occupational Therapy (Curtin University) and a Master of Politics and Policy (Deakin Melbourne). Aram is currently working at Save The Children as their Chief of Staff prior to this Head of Strategic Communications at the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission.
Ruby is an award-winning advocate, public speaker and writer. Their work in LGBTIQA+ and Disability inclusion spans project management, community engagement, co-design facilitation and consultation with local, State, and Federal Governments.
An alumni of Leadership Victoria’s LGBTI Emerging Leaders and Autism Community Resource Centre’s Future Leaders programs, Ruby was the recipient of Autism Spectrum Australia’s 2020 Inspiration Award and the 2021 National Award for Disability Leadership in Inclusion for their work in LGBTIQA+ Disability. Their contribution to academia includes a research project on the Experiences of LGBTIQA+ People with Disability in Healthcare and Community Services, the findings of which have been published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Ruby is currently working at the Australian Human Rights Commission as a Specialist Adviser - Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Rights.
Fidan is an experienced and dedicated medical doctor, with a rich background in emergency medicine, public health, and a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights. They have a history of working with national and international organisations to improve public health, human rights, and specifically fostering an inclusive approach to LGBTI+ health. Their hands-on experience both in clinical and policy making settings has allowed them to hone skills in patient care, health literacy, and accessibility. Moving into the field of Business and Technology, they have been working in project management, strategic growth and commercial development.
Driven by a passion for sexual health, their future plans are specialising in Sexology to ensure inclusive, culturally-sensitive care for everyone and develop this field, especially within the Turkish cultural context.
Your Community Health and Transgender Victoria have an ongoing partnership focused on improving the health, wellbeing and safety of TGD and LGBTIQA+ people. With over 65 years of combined experience in community health and advocacy, we are excited to work together on Being Valued and support safer, more inclusive and gender affirming workplace cultures in Victoria.
These resources are intended for general use only and may not be applicable in every circumstance. You should always check any applicable legislation and make your own judgement about what action you may need to take to ensure you have complied with the law. Accordingly, WorkSafe Victoria and its project partners cannot be held responsible and extend no warranties as to the suitability of the information for any particular purpose; or actions taken by persons as a result of information contained in the policy. This is not intended as compliance material for meeting obligations under the OHS Act (2004), but rather provides a good practice, evidence-based approach to preventing gendered violence in Victorian workplaces.
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