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From growing up with his ‘foot in two camps’ – queer and Indigenous, to being the voice of the LGBTQI community in Victoria, Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities Todd Fernando tells Star Observer it’s been an exciting journey. Todd Fernando, Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities, is the first out queer, Indigenous person to be appointed a commissioner in Australia. For this descendant of Kalarie people from the Wiradjuri nation, growing up with his “foot in two camps” was not an easy task. “Being a young Wiradjuri person, we were fighting for the recognition of our culture. I had to put my queerness on the back burner and, and really not allow it to overshadow what we were trying to do within the Wiradjuri space,” Fernando told Star Observer. You can read more here: https://t.co/q70htML9Kv— Victorian LGBTIQ+ Commissioner (@VicLGBTIQ) June 14, 2022It was not until his early 20s that Fernando found a way to reconcile his two identities.

Victoria will emerge from its sixth lockdown later this week, in large part due to the high vaccination rates across the state.

Australia’s first state-funded, purpose-built and the world’s second largest LGBTQI+ Community Hub – the Victorian Pride Centre threw open its doors to the community on Sunday July 11, 2021.Victorian Premier Dan Andrews officially launched the VPC – built at a cost of $50 million, and funded by the Victorian government and the City of Port Phillip – along with Minister of Equality Martin Foley and Port Phillip mayor Louise Crawford. “We are here to open a building that is the culmination of so much hard work over such a long period of time,” said Premier Andrews at the opening of the Centre located on Fitzroy Street – close to the where Australia’s first gay rights group, the Melbourne-based Daughters of Bilitis had their office in the late