Guides, Tools and Resources

This page aims to provide an up-to-date collection of various guides, guidelines, tools and resources for practitioners and organisations.

2026:

• Sexual Violence Pilot Project | 2Spirits & Restorative Yarns

• Pacific Women Lead - Many petals, one whole bloom: Strengthening SOGIESC inclusion in the Pacific

• Allyship in action: Frameworks for trans and gender diverse inclusion in prevention of gender-based violence initiatives

• UN Women: Ideologies, institutions and power: Addressing discriminatory social norms

• Risk in Context Trans and Gender Diverse Communities | Safe and Equal

• In This Together: for transfeminist solidarity  

2025:

• Feminist Governance Toolkit  - WorkUP Queensland

• Rainbow Health Australia | Pride in Prevention Program Guide

• Rainbow Health Australia: Tips for using inclusive language and terminology in gender-based violence prevention and gender equity

• Rainbow Health Australia: Tips for Advocating for Inclusive Language and terminology in gender-based violence prevention and gender equality work

• Interlink: Health relationships for people with intersex variations

• Interlink: Understanding abuse in relationships for people with intersex variations

• Queer Migrant Project: Manual for liberatory conscious practice for Queer Migrants within the context of DFV in QLD

• Being Valued Toolkit: Preventing gendered violence impacting LGBTIQA+ people at work

• Including Gender: An APS Guide to Gender Analysis and Gender Impact Assessment | PM&C

2024:

• Zoe Belle Gender Collective: Practitioner guidelines for responding to the objectification, fetishisation and sexual exploitation of trans women and trans feminine people by cisgender men

• Rainbow Health Australia | Pride in Prevention Evaluation Guide

• Practice considerations for creating an LGBTIQ-inclusive family violence refuge: Lessons from Rainbow Health Australia's mentoring pilot project

• Engender Equality & Working It Out: LGBTIQA Family Violence Practice Guidelines

• National Office for Child Safety, NASASV + UNSW: Engaging with victims and survivors of child sexual abuse – a practice guide for workers and organisations

• Australian Women's Health Alliance: A gendered framework for action on prevention and healthcare

2023:

• UN Women: LGBTIQ+ Equality and Rights: an internal resource guide

2022:

• Opening Doors: Ensuring LGBTIQ-inclusive family, domestic and sexual violence services - guide for practitioners

• Rainbow Health Australia | Pride in Prevention Partnership Guide

2021:

• Rainbow Health Australia | Pride in Prevention Messaging Guide

• QC: Practice Guide for Supporting Trans, Gender Diverse and Nonbinary communities experiencing domestic, family and sexual violence

2020:

• QC:  Queer Without Fear (updated version)

• Crossing the Line: Practitioner Guidelines for Responding to sexual violence against trans women of colour from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

Date unknown:

• Switchboard Victoria: Tip sheet to help practitioners responding to family violence provide LGBTIQA+ inclusive support

• Safe+Equal Victoria: Supporting LGBTIQA+ people

• Say It Oud Loud: Safety Planning tool