VAC welcomes Victorian Government funding for regional and rural Victorians to access the LBQ Women’s Health Conference

The Victorian AIDS Council (VAC) has welcomed funding from the Victorian Government to
allow people living in regional and rural Victoria to access the upcoming Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ)
Women’s Health Conference.
The funding will allow VAC to provide bursaries covering travel and accommodation costs for Victorians
living outside of Melbourne.
The Victorian Government has also helped reduce financial barriers to attendance by funding an increased
number of registration scholarships, providing free access to people experiencing financial difficulties.
“It’s great that the government is investing in making an event like this accessible, particularly for people
living in regional and rural Victoria. This conference is a unique opportunity and we want to do as much as
possible to ensure money isn’t a barrier for people to want to attend,” said VAC CEO Simon Ruth.
“LGBTI people living in regional and rural areas face additional pressures that can have an adverse impact
on health and wellbeing, and when it comes to LBQ women’s health we need to make sure no one is left
out of the conversation.”
Now in its second year, the LBQ Women’s Health Conference is the only one of its kind in Australia,
seeing hundreds of delegates come together to discuss LBQ women’s health. The inaugural event in 2015
attracted significant attention from health professionals and LGBTI communities, leading VAC to partner
with ACON to present the conference going forward.
For more information about the conference, and about travel and registration bursaries, visit:
www.vac.org.au/LBQWHC2016