AMSA ORANGE GUIDE 22'
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
This is AMSA. A diverse group of medical students with one thing in common: a passion for representing, advocating for, listening to and bettering the lives of medical students across Australia. Click through this year’s Orange Guide to have all your questions answered about what AMSA is, what we do, how to get involved and how to stay updated. What are you waiting for?
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<strong>AMSA</strong> QUEER<br />
WHAT IS IT?<br />
<strong>AMSA</strong> Queer (Q<strong>AMSA</strong>) represents, connects and advocates for LGBTQIA+ medical students<br />
across Australia. This includes fostering a queer community group where everyone is welcome –<br />
no matter how you identify, or whether you are ‘out’ or not. If you're queer, we're here. <strong>AMSA</strong><br />
Queer also use our platform to advocate for the health and wellbeing of Australia’s queer<br />
community broadly. Through proactive and reactive advocacy, as well as promotion of queer<br />
health education at grassroots and institutional levels, <strong>AMSA</strong> Queer aims to ensure that<br />
Australia’s future medical workforce is well-equipped to meet the needs of the queer community.<br />
2021 MILESTONES<br />
Advocacy efforts included affirming the SOGICE Survivor Statement, participating in a<br />
Transgender Health Working Group, chairing national Queer Leaders Network meetings, as well<br />
as contributing to and reviewing of <strong>AMSA</strong> policy and position statements. Education efforts<br />
included producing educational infographics, surveying on medical society queer representatives,<br />
and collaborating with <strong>AMSA</strong> MedEd and <strong>AMSA</strong> SRH. In the social domain, Q<strong>AMSA</strong> maintained<br />
the private <strong>AMSA</strong> Queer Network Facebook group for queer medical students to connect, held an<br />
online social trivia event, and provided input on other <strong>AMSA</strong> events, such as NLDS.<br />
2022 ADVOCACY PRIORITIES<br />
Queer medical student safety, wellbeing, connectedness and visibility.<br />
Queer health education and representation in medical curriculum, particularly transgender<br />
and gender diverse health, as well as intersex health and human rights.<br />
Responsive advocacy to health inequities faced by Australia’s queer community, such as<br />
access to inclusive health services and gender affirming care.<br />
KEY DATES<br />
Pride Month: June<br />
Keep an eye out for callouts to join the team in early 2022!<br />
/<strong>AMSA</strong>Queer<br />
/Q<strong>AMSA</strong><br />
queer@amsa.org.au<br />
www.amsa.org.au/<br />
amsa-queer-project
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