Setting the Agenda!
Inclusive Rainbow Voices (LGBTIQA+ People with Disability) Inc

Background and introduction

Acknowledgement of Country
Inclusive Rainbow Voices (LGBTIQA+ People with Disability) Inc (IRV) acknowledges the First Nations traditional owners of the lands that we work on and we pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

About Inclusive Rainbow Voices (LGBTIQA+ People with Disability) Inc (IRV)
IRV is a new cross-disability Disabled People's Organisation of and for LGBTIQA+ people with disability. IRV was formed by a group of LGBTIQA+ people with disability in Victoria to represent and advocate for the human rights of all LGBTIQA+ people with disability. IRV was launched in 2023 and has employed its first part time Chief Executive Officer.

Purpose
The purpose of this survey is to gather the views of LGBTIQA+ people with disability and other IRV key stakeholders about what you think we should be doing, the way we should work, and the priorities we should focus on in the next five years.

Consultant
IRV has engaged Matthew Bowden, a consultant, to help us engage with our movement and develop our strategies and priorities.

Confidentiality
The survey is confidential. Only Matthew Bowden (consultant) will have full access to the responses. Your thoughts/words may be shared, and care will be taken to de-identify the data and any quotes used.

Support with the survey
If you need any help to access the survey or would prefer to provide a response via email, phone, National Relay Service, Translating and Interpreting Service, or via chat please contact Matthew Bowden on matthewbowdenconsulting@gmail.com or 0405 491 359 (call, text, WhatsApp, Signal).

Need to talk to someone?
Counselling is available from:
QLife: 1800 184 527 (3pm to midnight everyday)
Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7)

Timeframe
The survey will be open from Wednesday 6 March to Tuesday 9 April 2024.

1.Do you consent to participate in this survey and for your answers to be used to support the development of the Inclusive Rainbow Voices (LGBTIQA+ People with Disability) Inc (IRV) work priorities and strategies?
De-identified quotes may be used in reports and strategy documents.
2.Do you identify as a person with disability/ disabled person?
3.What is your gender?
4.How do you identify?
5.Were you born with a variation of sex characteristics (sometimes called intersex or differences of sex development)?
6.Are you Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander/ First Nations?
7.Are you from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and/or a person of colour?
8.Where do you live/ spend most of your time staying? (postcode/ town/ suburb)
9.As a Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) IRV's core activities are representing our communities, advocating for systemic change and better laws, and providing information and education.

Is there anything else you would you like IRV to do?
10.What would make IRV a stronger organisation for LGBTIQA+ people with disability and our movements?
11.IRV is a values-led organisation.

What do you think should be the core frameworks, values, and beliefs of IRV?

Please tell us which you think are most to least important and any others you think we should include.
HATE
DON'T LIKE
OK
LIKE
LOVE
Disability Justice
Disability Pride
LGBTIQA+ Pride
Human rights
Disability rights
Intersectionality
Feminism
Solidarity
Accessibility
Lived experience
Empowerment
Accountability
Continuous improvement
Learning
Interdependence
Collaboration
Inclusion
12.How do you prefer to describe the disability/ disabled community?
13.IRV's current vision statement is:

“A world where the human rights of all LGBTIQA+ people with disability are upheld and celebrated with pride."

What do you think about this as a vision statement?
14.IRV’s current Purpose Statement is:

“We are the peak disabled people’s organisation of and for LGBTIQA+ people with disability in Australia.
We represent and advocate for the human rights of all LGBTIQA+ people with disability.
We work to create a world that centres the needs, experiences, and expertise of LGBTIQA+ people with disability.
We vigorously challenge ableism and all forms of oppression and violence.
We are creating, contributing to, and connected with local, national, and international LGBTIQA+ and disability movements."

Do you think that describes what IRV should be here to do with and for LGBTIQA+ people with disability?
15.What brings you joy/ makes you proud?
16.What are the challenges/ barriers/ difficult things in your life?
17.What disability rights/ human rights issues should IRV focus on over the next 5 years?
18.How do you think IRV should engage with you/ LGBTIQA+ disability communities?
19.If you would like IRV to add you to our email list please provide it below:
20.Are there any other things you would like to tell us?