About ACON

Women's Health

Health
Community + Social Groups
Sporting Groups
The Scene
Online Communities
Media

Health

Albion Street Centre

The Albion Street Centre, a facility of the South East Sydney and Illawarra Health Service, is the only major Australian community based, multidisciplinary centre dealing exclusively with HIV and Hepatitis C clinical management, counselling, research, prevention and education.

Web: www.sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au/Albionstcentre

Australian Lesbian Medical Association (ALMA)

ALMA began in 1999. ALMA offers support and mentoring for lesbian doctors, medical students and their partners. ALMA has over 70 members from all over Australia. ALMA keeps in touch with regular social events, an annual conference, and by newsletter and e-link.

Web: www.almas.net.au/content/view/14/29

Girl 2 Girl

Girl2girl.info provides safer sex information to lesbians, bisexual women and women who have sex with women.

Web: www.girl2girl.info

WOWHealth

WOW is a study for women who have female sexual partners

Web: www.wowhealth.org.au

Hepatitis C Council of NSW

The Hepatitis C Council of NSW are the peak community-based hepatitis C organisation in NSW. They take a partnership approach with people affected by hepatitis C and those working with it.

Web: www.hepatitisc.org.au

NSW Health

NSW Health works to provide people in New South Wales with the best possible health care. They aim to keep people healthy, prevent, detect and treat illness and deliver high quality, affordable and well-managed health services.

Web: www.health.nsw.gov.au

NSW Sexual Health Clinics

For sexual health information and advice or to find your closest appropriate sexual health service.

Web: www.health.nsw.gov.au/PublicHealth/sexualhealth/sexual_phus.asp

Queensland Women’s Health Network

The Queensland Women's Health Network continues the tradition of women pursuing the health interests of women.

Web: www.qwhn.asn.au

Women’s Health NSW

Women's Health NSW is an association of statewide women's health centres and specialist women's centres. All centres are non-government, community based, feminist services that provide choices for women to determine their individual health needs.

Web: www.whnsw.asn.au

Community + Social groups

These can be a great way to get connected. There's heaps of them in Sydney and many throughout NSW. ACON provides a range of services and runs many groups and workshops and these can be an excellent way to meet other like minded people. Volunteering is also a great way to make friendships. Check out our Get Involved page for more details.

Dykes on Bikes

Dykes on Bikes was formed in 1988 and continues to go from strength to strength.

Web: www.dykesonbikessydney.org.au

GLCS Lesbian Coming Out Group

For some years now, the GLCS has run a Women's Coming Out Group (COG) on Thursdays. This group is now held fortnightly on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 7pm at 43 Bedford Street in Newtown.

Web: www.glcsnsw.org.au/Services/womens_cog.html

Lemons With a Twist

Lemons With a Twist is a monthly after work drinks function providing the opportunity to network and socialise on the 1st Friday of each month.

Web: www.sglba.com.au/Events/detail/Lemons_With_A_Twist/1

Lesbian Open House

A free, informal discussion group open to women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, asexual or transgender.

Web: www.samesame.com.au/group/Lesbian_Open_House

New Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is three weeks packed full of culture, entertainment and social events including two of the most famous parties in the world and of course the jewel in our crown - the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.

Web: www.mardigras.org.au

Older Dykes Network

This is the website of Ten Forty Matrix, a vigorous loose-limbed organisation of lesbians over forty who relish discussion and debate about the issues we face in work, life, at home, in the arts and politics.

Web: www.olderdykes.org

Queer Screen

Queer Screen is a not for profit arts organisation whose main aim is to celebrate and promote Australian and international queer screen culture in all its diversity and richness.

Web: www.queerscreen.com.au

With The Girls Events

Have fun, meet new people, make new friends!

Web: www.withthegirls.com/index.html

Women’s Reading Groups

Fiction, social issues and living skills for women, men, and children. Resources for teachers, social workers and therapists.

Web: www.feministbookshop.com/index.html

Sporting Groups

Sydney Women’s Baseball League

Since 1995, the League has provided Sydney women with the chance to play baseball in a sociable, friendly environment with a healthy dash of competitive spirit thrown in for good measure.

Web: www.swbl.org

Team Sydney

A great listing of GLBT sports organisations in Sydney and throughout NSW.

Web: www.teamsydney.org.au

The Scene

Bitch & Bada Bing

Bitch is the leading girl’s brand in the country. Starting out a few years ago with a weekly Friday event that quickly gained credibility and momentum to be the largest weekly girls event in Australia, Bitch has been constantly evolving over the years to provide their growing audience with exactly what they want – a rocking good party time after time.

Web: www.bitchnews.com.au

Hellfire

Whether you're into rubber, leather, PVC, corsets or uniforms, you'll see it on people of all shapes, sizes, ages and genders at Hellfire.

Web: www.hellfiresydney.com

Queer Central

A melting pot of queers, trannies and whores has birthed the city's most bent performance night.

Web: www.timeoutsydney.com.au/gaylesbian/barclubbing/queer-central.aspx

The Velvet Room

Web: www.bankhotel.com.au

Online Communities

Gaydargirls

The largest selection of lesbian personals on the web.

Web: www.gaydargirls.com.au

Gay Girl

GayGirlNet.com is the fresh new way to meet other gay women. What makes this site unique is the fact that it is a mix of a social networking site and a dating site. It is the perfect place to meet new friends, arrange dates, meet someone special and also to business network and promote your business.

Web: www.gaygirlnet.com/home.php

Pink Sofa

Lesbian dating, chat and community online.

Web: www.pinksofa.com.au

Same Same

SameSame.com.au is an Australian gay and lesbian website.

Web: www.samesame.com.au

Sapphic Sisters

Sapphic Sydney was created with the aim of strengthening Sydney's lesbian & queer women's community by connecting women and providing easily accessible information on lesbian events, activities and community news in Sydney.

Web: www.sapphicsydney.com.au