Matthew Parsons BFA

Matthew Parsons is the Manager, Education, and Strategic Development at Rainbow Health Victoria within the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University. Matthew leads the development and delivery of training and resources to health and human services on supporting LGBTIQ people in a culturally safe environment, including various sector-specific staff training and the HOW2 program which supports organizations to achieve Rainbow Tick accreditation. Matthew has extensive content knowledge in research and common practices supporting the experiences of LGBTIQ people with intellectual disabilities and is one of Australia's leading experts in LGBTQ experiences of intimate partner and family violence. They lead the delivery of the LGBTQ Family Violence Capacity-building Project and are the Producer/Director of the highly successful and innovative LGBTQ domestic violence educational theatre piece; "My Other Closet the Cabaret", through which they have led media and educational campaigns across several states and territories raising awareness on LGBTQ people's experiences of domestic and family violence.