External Resources

The resources listed here are ones which may be helpful if you’re seeking information on external / additional supports, how to navigate various systems / processes, and other such things. It’s what you might call a “resource library” :)

Please note: I did not create any of the websites / resources / guides listed on this page, am not affiliated with them, do not receive any benefit (financially or otherwise) from them, and do not maintain, manage, or take responsibility / liability for them in any way. They are completely external to my own work. Each resource also differs in terms of how affirmingly it is written; unfortunately, this means that some contain language that is pathologising, deficits-based, non-affirming, and / or non-inclusive. As such, I (and my tiny dog, who is pawing at me while as I write this) encourage you to be gentle on yourself if reading / engaging with these resources.

Funding

Work, Employment, & Accessibility

Community Care & Mutual Aid

  • Meals for LGBTQIA+ folk in Naarm / Melbourne

  • COVID precaution items & mask blocs in Naarm / Melbourne

    Note: These groups offer things like masks, nasal spray, throat gargle, RATs, menstrual products, and other items at no cost or on a sliding scale. They are community-funded / self-funded, and thus rely on donations. If you are in a position of financial privilege whereby you can finance such items for yourself and have some cash to spare, you might consider donating to the mask blocs so that they can keep on running & supporting others.

COVID, Flu, STI, and Other Medical Testing, via “SISTR”

  • SISTR provides access to low-cost consults, testing, referrals, and prescriptions, including PCRs for COVID & Flu, STI tests, and other services.

  • Their services open to and welcoming of any/all genders, though (as a heads up) they initially started out focussed on “women’s health”, and parts of their website still contain gendered language.

  • Bookings are made online via this link, initial consults are held digitally, and they operate across all of so-called Australia.

  • SISTR’s website is www.sistr.com.au/consult-now and Instagram is @heysistr

  • Note: You do not have to have a Medicare card holder to access SISTR’s services. However, fees are higher for non-Medicare card holders than for Medicare card holders.

COVID-Conscious Therapist Directory

  • www.covidconscioustherapists.com is a worldwide directory of therapists who recognise that COVID-19 is not over, who take various precautions to provide COVID-safer therapy, and who will not shame or pathologise you for being COVID-conscious.

  • It contains names / contact details of therapist across the globe. Even if a therapist you’re interested in seeing is located interstate or internationally, you might be able to see them via telehealth (though if it’s international, you won’t be able to access a Medicare rebate for services).

  • Please note, I cannot guarantee that all therapists in this listing are inclusive and / or affirming of LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, chronically ill, disabled, and other marginalised people, identities, or experiences. You will need to research and contact listed therapists directly for more information regarding their approaches, frameworks, and areas of experience.

Cleaner Air

  • The Safer Air Project - a not-for-profit organisation, focussed on advocating for the recognition of indoor air quality as a critical accessibility and inclusion issue (particularly for chronically ill people)

  • Clean Air Naarm - a community-led organisation, focussed on providing cleaner air supplies for the arts (including loan of air purifiers for events in Naarm)