GASP Geelong

This is Trans Joy kicks off today!!

This is Trans Joy kicks off TOMORROW (Thursday) on Instagram – a series of digital events showcasing Trans, Gender Diverse, and Non-Binary young people, creators, icons and musicians. And tomorrow we're going live with a conversation between one of our very own Minus18 Young Leaders, and absolute icon Nevo Zisin! 🏳️‍⚧

Mac (he/him) is an absolute superstar Young Leader, as well as a big fan of Nevo's work – and is incredibly excited to be chatting all things gender identity, trans heroes, and trans joy.

"I'm super excited to explore aspects of being trans that are often under-focused, and highlight the joy within our wonderful community."

YESSSS, we cannot wait! 😭🏳️‍⚧

And as for Nevo? They're a trans, non-binary author, speaker and advocate – and we can't wait to have their words fill our hearts.

Tune in on Thursday March 3 (tomorrow!) at 6.30pm AEDT on Instagram live 🏳️‍⚧🏳️‍⚧

Hi everyone, our GASP groups have started for the year and we're always open to more people joining. We have a lovely crew onboard for these sessions and have lots of fun activities planned for the year. Please check out our groups at

Groups — GASP Central Geelong LocationA group for same-sex attracted, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, q***r, and questioning young people aged 12-17, in the Geelong region. Meets every Tuesday 4pm-5.30pm. This is a closed group, a meeting with a GASP worker needs to be arranged before attending. Contact...

We're all set for our Wear it Purple event this Friday.

Live performances by Alex Adorno & a DJ set by Night Howler.

Come along and enjoy the show!

Places to participate in Lip Sync Battle and Purple Fashion Parade are almost full. Be sure to register so you don't miss out!

Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/gasp-wear-it-purple-online-lounge-party-tickets-116375429041

*This event is open to LGBTIQA+ youth and allies in the Geelong region. Proudly facilitated by the City of Greater Geelong Youth Development Unit and participants of the Gender and Sexuality Project (GASP).

We might all need to stay spatially distant, but it doesn’t mean we can’t party!

Join us on Friday August 28th from 5pm for our 2020 Wear it Purple Online Celebration:
• Live Music & DJ
• Lip Sync Battle
• Purple Fashion Parade
• Pride pack give-aways and Prizes.

Hit the Eventbrite link to find out more and to register.

Wear it Purple was founded in 2010 in response to bullying and harassment directed at rainbow youth. Wear it Purple Day advocates for safe and inclusive environments for young people, raises awareness and champions the rights of LGBTIQ+ young people globally.

*This event is open to LGBTIQA+ youth and allies in the Geelong region. Proudly facilitated by the City of Greater Geelong Youth Development Unit and participants of the Gender and Sexuality Project (GASP).

GASP Wear it Purple Online Lounge Party Wear it Purple strives to foster supportive, safe, empowering and inclusive environments for rainbow young people.

Our friends at Wellways have got an amazing series of online workshops up and running.

Pride Shed is a series of *FREE casual workshops run on Zoom over 6 months from July to December, 2020, facilitated by LGBTIQ+ identifying people for LGBTIQ+ identifying people aged 18 and over.

The workshops are centered around creating connections and sharing skills and knowledge within the LGBTIQ+ community and aim to increase the mental health and well being of all participating LGBTIQ+ identifying people. Pride shed welcomes people from all gender and sexuality diversities to attend the workshops where we aim to celebrate all identities equally.

Check out what's on and register here:

Pride Shed Pride Shed is a series of *FREE casual workshops run on Zoom over 6 months from July to December, 2020, facilitated by LGBTIQ+ identifying people for LGBTIQ+ identifying people aged 18 and over.The workshops are centered around creating connections and sharing skills and knowledge within the LGBTIQ+...

Strong Brother Strong Sister have launched a LGBT+ First Nations Youth Group.

The online program is exclusively for First Nations people aged 13 - 25 who are LGBT+. It starts at 4pm, July 8th and you can register via the link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-lgbt-first-nations-youth-group-tickets-110381915280

Wishing Strong Brother Strong Sister all the best with this amazing new program.

To celebrate LGBTIQA+ Pride Month, each Wednesday we’ll be releasing a positive story written by one of the participants of our GASP program.

This weeks contributor's experience has motivated them to help other young rainbow community members. Check it out here:

Motivated to help and support others — GASP My experience has definitely had some ups and downs but overall a great journey.  I first realised I wasn’t straight when I was in year 11. I met this girl who was new to school. We hit it off straight away and we became best friends. My heart starting acting really weird and I had no idea

To celebrate LGBTIQA+ Pride Month, each Wednesday we’ll be releasing a positive story written by one of the participants of our GASP program.

This weeks story is a reflection of a young persons first experience coming to GASP and what they've learnt along the way.

A place for connection, learning & belonging — GASP For as long as I can remember I have always loved rainbows. It wasn’t until January 2017 when I saw a post on facebook advertising the Midsumma Carnival that I became aware of the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole and in Geelong, the post read "If you are aged between 12- 25 and would like to come