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Empowerment.

BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation is committed to empowering the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+SB community through innovation, inclusion, understanding and advocacy.

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Team work makes the dream work and we want to collaborate with as much mob as possible.

We offer a range of LGBTQA+ training programs for corporates, organisations and community.

Our approach

Guided by the values of our community, BlaQ approach all our work based on these principals:

Person Centred

We exist to support, encourage and empower the people within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQ+SB community to take control of their own lives in a safe and affirming space. We treat people with dignity and respect, whilst valuing personal perspectives, morals, beliefs, and preferences.

Cultural Integrity

Culture is at the core of what we do informing and guiding all aspects of our direction. To ensure the needs of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIA+SB community are heard and met, our cultural identity underpins our policies, programs and service delivery.

Strength Based

We adopt a strengths based approach to our work, which acknowledges, appreciates and builds on strengths of our community. We continuously work to create a culture of continued growth and seeks to enhance our community engagement, service deliveries, professional and social networks, and financial sustainability to secure the longevity of our grassroots agenda.

Acknowledgement

BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future. We acknowledge and pay special respects to our LGBTQ+SB mob. We honour their legacy in everything we do.

BlaQ would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waterways in which we work and live. We pay respect to Elders past and present, and acknowledge that Aboriginal sovereignty has never been ceded. This website may contain names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed on.