VACCHO and Rainbow Health Victoria have proudly launched the Rainbow Mob Are My Mob: A Best Practice Model for Rainbow Mob Inclusion in ACCOs, a landmark framework designed to strengthen the safety, inclusion, health and wellbeing of LGBTQIASB+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in Victoria.
The model was officially launched yesterday at the Victorian Pride Centre, with Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities Joe Ball joining Community, sector partners and ACCO representatives for the celebration, which featured deadly performances by First Nations drag artists Kitty Obsidian and Clepto Nymph.
Shaped by an advisory committee of Rainbow Mob, Elders, and ACCO staff across Victoria — and informed by more than 72 hours of consultation discussions and 104 survey responses — the model provides clear strategies and actions to help ACCOs deliver culturally safe, inclusive, and affirming services. It offers a self-determined pathway for embedding Rainbow Mob inclusion across programs, services, and workplaces, enabling ACCOs to assess inclusivity, identify gaps, and develop tailored action plans.
ACCOs are central to improving health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through their wraparound, trauma-informed and strengths-based models of care. Embedding the Rainbow Mob Inclusion Model strengthens these existing foundations and ensures LGBTQIASB+ identities are supported in ways that resonate locally and on Country.
VACCHO and Rainbow Health Victoria acknowledge the strength and leadership of Rainbow Mob whose voices, experiences, and aspirations shaped the development of this model.
The Rainbow Mob Are My Mob: Best Practice Model for Rainbow Mob Inclusion in ACCOs is now available for ACCOs across Victoria to implement.
View it here.
