Adelaide LGBTIQ Events - a community calendar 

The Feast Festival is nearly here!

Posted 28th September

Feast, Adelaide's queer arts and cultural festival, is almost upon us! Festivities will kick off with the Adelaide Pride March on 10 November and end with Picnic in the Park on 25 November. The Feast program has now been released, and full details about all events can be found via the Feast website.

Whyalla LGBTIQA+ youth group now meeting

Posted 28th September

Headspace Whyalla has started a youth group for people aged 16 - 25 who identify as LGBTIQA+ and live in or near Whyalla.

For more information contact Courtney on 8641 4330 or see the group'sflyer.

Onkaparinga Pride

Posted 28th September

Pride of the South is proudly hosting Onkaparinga's 3rd Annual Pride March and Family Fun Afternoon on the 24th of November 2018.

The March will start from Market Reserve - Beach Road, Christies Beach - down to the Rotary Park for food, entertainment and family activities. Gather for the march at 2pm for a 2:30pm start with entertainment until 6pm.

For more information please see their Facebook page: 

www.facebook.com/SouthernLGBTIQPride/

Or see their website:

https://prideofthesouthblog.wordpress.com

Grenville Hub

Posted 1st June

Grenville Hub is a new LGBTI social group for over 50's in the northern suburbs now meeting fortnightly on Tuesdays (see flyer for dates).  Come along for a coffee and a chat and help decide the activities they do.

For more information, please see the flyer here.

Glitter Knitters - A Knitting Circle for LGBTIQ

Posted 1st June

Glitter Knitters is a queer friendly knitting circle run by the Queer Amnesty International Adelaide Action Group.

This knitting circle aims to allow local LGBTQIA+ members to bond, build rapport and engage in casual queer-related conversations and discussions over knitting.  All knit products will be sold at community events to fundraise for the activism activities of Queer Amnesty International Adelaide Action Group.

The circle officially launches at 2 pm on 2 June at the Amnesty International Action Centre (Level 8, 70 Pirie Street). Thereafter, the circle will meet every Saturday from 2 pm to 5 pm. All members of the LGBTQIA+ community, allies and knitting enthusiasts are welcome.

Yarn and knitting needles will be provided at the circle and will need to be returned at the end of the session. You are more than welcome to bring along and work on your own knitting projects at the circle.

For more information about the knitting circle, please contact us on Facebook:
Queer Amnesty International Adelaide Action Group 

New LGBTQI Group for People Suffering With Trauma/PTSD

posted 1st June

PsychMed is running a CPT Trauma program specifically for LGBTQI clients.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a specific type of focussed CBT developed to treat the symptoms of trauma and PTSD. CPT helps by giving individuals a new way of handling the distressing thoughts and feelings brought up by their trauma. PsychMed's CPT treatment program also includes a comprehensive pre-assessment, which allows individual needs to be met. This a an Australian first trial of a successful US program being evaluated over the next 3 years in collaboration with Flinders University.

CPT is recovery-focused and involves attending 12-weekly group sessions (typically 90 minutes) that include in and out of session work.

For more information, please see the flyer here.