Supports and community groups

Looking for LGBTIQA+ South Australia but not sure where to start? We've got you covered!

Healthcare

Rainbow Directory SA

LGBTIQA+ services & activities across SA

SHINE SA

Sexual health and relationship wellbeing for all

SAMESH
Sexual Health and HIV support for South Australian men who have sex with men and people living with HIV.
Bfriend

Peer support, counselling and community connections for LGBTIQA+ South Australians.

The Cottage Adelaide

The Cottage supports LGBTIQA+ communities with free drug and alcohol counselling and look at the impact substances have on your mental health and wellbeing.

Trans Health SA

The Cottage supports LGBTIQA+ communities with free drug and alcohol counselling and look at the impact substances have on your mental health and wellbeing.

Catalyst Foundation

Social activities for LGBTIQA+ aged 50+, LGBTIQA+ training and information about LGBTIQA+ domestic and family violence.

ECH LGBTI Connect

 Culturally safe access, navigation, advocacy and connection to aged care services for and from LGBTI community members in South Australia.

Positive Life SA
Peer-led and peer-run community organisation by and for people living with HIV, our partners, families and friends who are affected by HIV.
SIN 

Peer Industry Network run by sex workers for sex workers promoting the health, rights and well being of South Australian sex workers.

Queer Minds Matter

LGBTIQA+ Mental Health Events in Adelaide.

Community

 Rainbow Hub SA

Programs, services, events and activities for the LGBTI community aged 50+.

Drop In Care Space

Peer run community art and social hub on Kaurna Land for lgbtqia+, autistic, neurodivergent & disabled folks to connect and look after their well-being.

Feast Queer Youth Drop In
Space by and for queer young people aged 15-25 to meet, feel comfortable and take part in activities.
Adelaide Queer Gamers
A safe space for people of the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies to meet new people, socialise and have some fun while playing some games!
SA Pride at Work
SA based professionals collaborating and sharing resources to support educate and promote LGBTIQA+ equality in the workplace.
TLLPC
Training in Diversity and Equality in Business, LGBTIQ+ Inclusion, Diversity and Discrimination.
Pride & Prejudice Radio

Radio Adelaide's flagship queer program.

Queer Housing Adelaide
Group for people looking for a queer or queer friendly housemate or household
Pride March Adelaide
Adelaide's annual celebration of LGBTIQ+ Pride, Strength, Solidarity and Diversity. Join us!
Gay Bingo
Gay Bingo is a subversive queer take on the traditional bingo game. This ain't your nana's bingo; unless nan likes swearing, innuendo, and vibrating toys.
Unidos

Online group that offers peer support to LGBTIQA+ people from a multicultural background based in Adelaide, South Australia.

Kindred Spirits
A safe social group for LGBTIQ+ peoples and family and allies. We also host a number of social events at different locations.
Pultney 431

Safe and friendly haven for the gay, bi-sexual and bi-curious male community.

Uranian Society of South Australia
Social group for men who identify as Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer with an interest in Gay Men’s arts and culture.
Adelaide Leather and Fetish
Bringing the Leather people and fellow kinksters (and their admirers) of Adelaide together.
Gay & Lesbian Immigration Taskforce South Australia
Support and assistance to couples applying for a Partner Migration Visa.
Pink Parents South Australia
Group of prospective and established families of South Australia's same-sex community.

Sports

Adelaide University Sharks
Adelaide’s gay & inclusive rugby union team.
Queer Sporting Alliance

LGBTIQA+ basketball club.

Rainbow Crows
Inclusive, diverse social group for anyone in the LGBTIQ community and allies that support the Adelaide Football Club (Crows).
Port Adelaide Queer Squad
Supporter group for all LGBTQ+ fans of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Adelaide Frontrunners
All-inclusive running group based on Kaurna Land (Adelaide, South Australia).
Adelaide Spikers

LGBTIQA+ friendly volleyball club.

Adelaide Happy Wanderers
Social walking group for gay guys and their friends.
ClimbingQTs South Australia
Inclusive social climbing club that meets on a regular basis at each of the bouldering gyms in Adelaide.

Arts

Feast Festival
Adelaide, South Australia's LGBTIQ+ Queer Arts and Cultural Festival held annually in November.
Diverse-City
LGBTIQA+ performance venue.
Haus of Kong
A drag collective founded by Kween Kong that works to create work opportunities for its queer members, all currently aged between 16 and 21, through drag performances.
My Lover Cindi

An LGBTIQ+ night space with a focus on accessibility. Bar, place to host community events, and spotlight for queer performance.

Mary's Poppin

LGBTIQ+ nightclub.

University

Pinnacle Foundation
Provide educational scholarships, mentoring and opportunities for young LGBTIQ+ Australians.
Pride Club of the University of Adelaide
Social club for all University of Adelaide students who identify as LGBTQIA+, queer, gender or sexually diverse or questioning.
University of South Australia Rainbow Club
Provides an inclusive, safe, fun, engaging campus environment, and bring representation to students of diverse genders, sexes and sexualities at the University of South Australia.
Flinders University Queer Collective
The peak representative body for Queer students at Flinders Uni.
Queers in Science

For any LGBTQIA+ identifying individual within a STEMM field. This includes professionals, researchers, students, administration and support services.

Out for Australia

Empowering Australia’s LGBTIQA+ students and young professionals to thrive.

Local groups

Pride of the South
A LGBTIQ network group for the Southern communities of Adelaide.
Pride of the North
A LGBTIQ network group for the Northern communities of Adelaide.
L2Q on the EP
Social and support group established for LGBTIQ+ people on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Fleurieu pride

LGBTIQ+ group in the southern Fleurieu.

Port Pirie LGBTIQ
LGBTIQA+ group for people living in Port Pirie.
Mid North LGBTIQ
Information and support for LGBTQI+ people living in the Mid-North Region of South Australia
LGBTIQ Yorke Peninsula
A group for the LGBTIQA+ Community on the Yorke Peninsula
Queer Quest
Queer Quest is a social drop-in for young people aged 12-17 who identify as LGBTIQA+ or as an ally of the LGBTIQA+ community. Sessions run every Wednesday 3-6pm at The Brocas, 111 Woodville Rd, St Clair, facilitated in partnership by headspace Port Adelaide and The Brocas.

Trans, intersex and asexual specific

TransMasc SA

SA based community group for trans masculine and/or masc non-binary people who were assigned/presumed female at birth.

TransFemme SA

SA based community group for trans feminine and/or femme non-binary people who were assigned/presumed male at birth located in South Australia.

PGDC Parents of Gender Diverse Children

Peer support to parents and those parenting trans and gender diverse children.

Transcend Australia

Parent led peer support network for parents and carers of trans, gender diverse and non-binary kids in Australia, with an SA branch.

Women's and Children's Hospital Gender Diversity Service

Medical and mental health support teams aiming to improve the health, wellbeing and function of gender diverse South Australian children and young people.

Australian Asexuals
A place to bring asexuals in Australia together, to find out more about asexuality and help to anyone in their journey.
Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA)
A national charity by and for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Intersex Peer Support Australia
National intersex peer support, information and advocacy group for people born with variations in sex characteristics and their families.
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