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Non Government Organisation
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Queensland AIDS Council
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- Queensland Council for LGBTI Health
- Queensland Association for Healthy Communities
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Dates of existence
1984 -
History
The Queensland AIDS Council is an independent community organisation funded by government grants, community fundraising, donations and sponsorships.
The history of the Queensland AIDS Council can be traced back to November 1984. Around thirty individuals from the gay community held a meeting in a room of the Alliance Hotel, Brisbane. This meeting resulted in the birth of the Queensland AIDS Council and its creation coincided with the first AIDS Awareness week in April, 1985. In late 1986 – prior to government funding became available – the Queensland AIDS Council sought support from all church groups in Brisbane, in order to aid growing community need. The Sisters of Mercy gave Queensland Aids Council a little house behind the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane and supported QuAC in a range of financial and other ways for years.
Since then, QuAC has continued to deliver HIV prevention programs and client services for people with HIV and critical peer support. The organisation has shifted and evolved over time in tandem with the LGBTI community and now incorporates diverse areas of LGBTI health, along with HIV prevention and education.
Changed names to Queensland Council for LGBTI Health in 2019.
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Description added 18 Apr 2020
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Queensland Aids Council website, https://quac.org.au/home/about-us/history (accessed 18 Apr 2020)