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One June 10 2026, QTWAV delivered an online presentation to members of the QCOSS Research and Evaluation Network. The recording of the session is now available online and is available to watch below. A copy of the speaker slides are available for download from QCOSS here. The presentation draws from the extensive research and policy work available from contemporary experts nationally and internationally, with links and references available in the slide presentation.

QTWAV has filmed a series of interviews with LGBTIQA+ workers and community members to help explain coercive control, domestic and family violence, support options and help-seeking for LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanders. Further information about getting help is available here. Videos: Joel, jehan and Erin talk to us about the role and value of community-led services, peer support and making sure LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy people have a choice in the sup

Contemporary Australia research of LGBTIQASB+ victims and survivors indicates a continuing and concerning prevalence of discrimination and negative service engagements, with an array of structural, systemic, social and individual variables [i] [ii] [iii] [iv]. This dynamic is often understood as being driven by rigid gender norms, heteronormativity and cisnormativity [v] or formulated and interpreted within a ‘minority stress’ model [i] [vi], and is widely associated with add

Queer and Trans Workers Against Violence (QTWAV) is a collaborative capacity-building group of LGBTIQA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy professionals working across LGBTIQASB+ community organisations and Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence services in South East Queensland. We consider the collaborative model of QTWAV to be a high standard exemplar of key principles within the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032: ● Sexual, domestic and family v

How LGBTIQASB+ Queenslanders are represented across a decade of government strategies and action plans addressing domestic, family and sexual violence and gender equality Supported through Funding from the Queensland Government

Sexual Violence Counselling Poster for Supporting Trans Victims and Survivors of Sexual Violence Supported through Funding from the Queensland Sexual Assault Network Induction Guide: Helpful Resources & Reading for new DFV & SV workers seeking to build LGBTIQ+ safe and inclusive practice Supported through Funding from the Queensland Government Practice Guidelines for Working with Trans, Gender Diverse & Non-Binary communities experiencing Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence (p

2026 Queensland Office of the Victims Commissioner: Review of the Queensland Charter of Victims' Rights Charter of Victims’ Rights review | The Office of the Victims' Commissioner Commonwealth Parliamentary Inquiry into the relationship between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide Inquiry into the relationship between domestic, family and sexual violence and suicide – Parliament of Australia 2025 Queensland Parliamentary Committee Inquiry into Domestic and Family