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Welcome to the Gay Townsville site, an online resource for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community of Townsville and surrounds, and their family and friends.
Girls Next Door's second event, So You Think You Can Drag? proved that the Townsville LGBT community knows how to have a party. A full report with photos will be coming soon. So successful was the night that the Girls Next Door have been asked to put on a night at the club every two weeks. Stay tuned for the starting date.
Check out the girs’ website at www.girlsnextdoor.com.au a
QAHC is holding a Gay Men’s Retreat on Magnetic Island in April. We’ve booked the whole of the Arcadia Beach Guesthouse to give us a private space to unwind, explore some of the health issues specific to gay men in a safe environment, enjoy good food and make friends with other gay men from the area. The retreat will run from the late afternoon of Friday 16th April to the afternoon of Sunday 18th. Cost is $100 per person ($80 conc) and this covers all accommodation, food and activities. Participants will have to organise their own travel to and from the island. For further information or to express an interest in attending call Nick or Kevin at QAHC’s Nth Qld office (4041 5451) or email nconnor@qahc.org.au.
Relationships Australia (Queensland) start operating their Rainbow Counseling Service in February. The Rainbow Service caters specifically to the LGBT population and their friends and family and focuses on helping individuals, couples and families to maintain or regain healthy relationships. Rainbow Representatives have been trained at each of Relationships Australia’s offices around the state, including in Townsville. Telephone counseling can be arranged by calling 1300 364 277 and asking for the Rainbow Service .
Queensland Positive People have been running popular social gatherings for people living with HIV (PLHIV), their family and friends in the beer-garden of the Victoria Park Hotel in South Townsville. Planet Positive is run in conjunction with Queensland Positive People and Townsville Sexual Health. For more info on this meeting or other QPP events, call Jarran at QPP on 1800 636 241
This site is produced and maintained by the North Queensland branch of the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) as a community resource, for and on behalf of FNQ's LGBT population. The site went on-line in January 2009 and is, as it will remain, a work in-progress. The progress of the site will depend, to a great degree, on the input of community members, and QAHC invites contributions from you all. If you’ve got anything to contribute or any suggestions for what you’d like to see on the site, please drop us a line at mail@gaytownsville.com.au
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