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The League of Gentlefellows
You're not the only Gay in the village!

Our Projects

There are two major projects which we sponsor, namely:

  • Coming Out Proud Program
  • Rainbow Annual Awards

Coming Out Proud Program

LoG members enjoy raising finances by raffles, auctions, etc, for the Coming Out Proud Program (COPP). LoG is sponsoring and supporting Community Liaison Committees in a number of regions throughout Tasmania to implement the program. The aim of COPP is to provide strategies that will enable gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people in the region to “come out with pride” and live in their community with dignity as fully respected and participating members.

LoG members have observed that, in the past, many young and some older GLBTI people have had to leave the regions in which they live because of local prejudice – some have even suicided or attempted to do so. They have also observed that prejudice still exists against GLBTI people in Tasmania. The League offers its support to the development and implementation of COPP to ameliorate this situation locally. While each local LoG Chapter sponsors COPP in their region, LoG members do not run the program exclusively. An independent Community Liaison Committee is set up to manage the program locally in partnership with other GLBTI organisations and State and Local Government agencies. The program is then run according to a locally-developed management plan. LoG envisages that in future other organisations will also initiate and fund CLCs to implement COPP.

For further details about the Coming Out Proud Program and the Community Liaison Committees, jump to the Coming Out Proud site. A sample Terms of Reference document is available for download from the page on that site for the Kingborough/Huon Valley CLC.

Rainbow Annual Awards

The awards are presented on an annual basis (and as part of Human Rights Day International Celebrations 10 December) to individuals or organisations for the following outstanding achievements:  

  • In achieving equality of access and respect within the region’s community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people,
  • In supporting the region’s community to create a climate where GLBTI people are able to be accepted and celebrated as full, contributing and proud members of the general community, or
  • In developing a model of best practice in relation to the development of the ‘coming out proud’ process for use in other regions.

 Enquiries should be directed to:

Julian Punch on 6239 6606 / 0429 396 605 / julian@logtas.org

Details of the 2007 Awards can be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat file (131KB) by clicking here. You can view photos taken at the 2007 Annual Awards Dinner by clicking here.