The ALLY Network was created to create a more diverse and inclusive culture at UWA by promoting greater visibility and awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (GLBTI) staff and students and their issues. An ALLY is someone who is informed about, sensitive toward, and understanding of, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (GLBTI) people and their issues, and affirms the experience and rights of GLBTI people.
ALLIES are identified by this logo on doors and in offices around campus:
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An ALLY affirms the experience and rights of GLBTI persons and chooses to challenge homophobic and/or heterosexist values of others in a variety of ways including by individual example and personal awareness.
ALLIES are not identified as being heterosexual or GLBTI; they are representative of the entire UWA community.
Since its inception in 2002, the Ally program has recruited more than 250 Allies across campus, thus making a significant contribution to promoting an inclusive culture at UWA.
Interested in becoming an ALLY, or finding out more about the ALLY role? Click here.
The ALLY Network aims to:
-Provide a visible network of identified ALLIES to the GLBTI community to be agents of change
-Create a safe, nurturing, inclusive, and affirming environment
-Build a support and advocacy network through education, develop further awareness and visibility of GLBTI staff and students and their issues
ALLY around Australia:
16 other universities in Australia have seen the importance of putting in place ALLY programs:
Western Australia:
Curtin University of Technology
Edith Cowan University
Murdoch University
South Australia:
Flinders University
Queensland:
University of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
New South Wales:
Newcastle University
University of Technology, Sydney
University of New England
University of Western Sydney
