Rainbow Futures WA

Inclusion Strategy

Inclusion must be more than symbolic. LGBTIQA+ communities across WA are calling for comprehensive structural reform backed by long-term government commitment and community leadership.

In 2024, Rainbow Futures WA proposed a ‘whole of government’ approach to policy making, highlighting that resourcing the sector was vital to support change and good policy outcomes. In response to our proposal, the government provided core funding to Living Proud, Transfolk WA, and GRAI. Rainbow Futures WA was funded as the WA LGBTIQA+ peak body and resources were allocated to develop a WA LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Strategy.

Rainbow Futures WA led a broad consultation process in 2025 to inform the strategy, in partnership with organisations across the state. LGBTIQA+ community members contributed through facilitated sessions, surveys, and cohort-specific consultations, sharing their lived experiences, frustrations, and hopes for the future.