Supporting those who are proud to serve
ENHANCING INCLUSION
BUILDING COMMUNITY
CREATING CAPABILITY
From the Board: September Update
We’ve commenced a busy period for the DEFGLIS Board, with one of our premier events just around the corner and our acceleration towards the Annual General Meeting. For this update, we give an insight into the past month’s work as...
DEFGLIS Represented at UNSW Canberra Equality Exhibition
Visible role models and support during the sexuality and gender discovery process were the key themes of the opening address delivered by DEFGLIS President Nathan White.
DEFGLIS Awards for Excellence Open for Nominations
The DEFGLIS Awards for Excellence showcase the outstanding efforts made by individuals and groups that enhance the lives of the Defence diverse sexuality, sex and gender (DSSG) community whilst upholding the values of DEFGLIS. This year's Awards for Excellence will be...
Sexual Orientation
Sexual Orientation describes the physical, emotional or romantic attraction that a person experiences.
These feelings that are the result of involuntary chemical responses in the brain that are beyond your control.
Gender Identity
Gender identity describes how a person internally perceives their gender, or sense of gender that forms as people mature.
Gender identity may or may not match a person's sex assigned at birth.
COMMUNITY
We have resources and information to support families of service personnel, and ex-service personnel.
We also have information for LGBTI people who are seeking employment with Defence we can help to connect you with serving members.
Our Sponsors
"I am proud of the contributions that LGBTI people
make to Defence and I am proud to be in an organisation that has a senior leadership so committed to inclusion and diversity."
"I am proud of the contributions that LGBTI people make to Defence and I am proud to be in an organisation that has a senior leadership so committed to inclusion and diversity."
Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC, RAN
Vice Chief of the Defence Force 2014 - 2018
“Mateship has no boundaries of gender or sexual orientation, mateship is about bonds of community. It’s about that inclusive culture that’s so important to us – the practice of inclusiveness, and strong and supporting relationships."
“Mateship has no boundaries of gender or sexual orientation, mateship is about bonds of community. It’s about that inclusive culture that’s so important to us – the practice of inclusiveness, and strong and supporting relationships."
Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld, AO, DSC
Chief of Air Force
"The team that has a diversity of skills, talents, intellect and outlook, makes it far more capable, far better to function across a wider array of situations, and therefore tasks. It sees more. It analyzes far better, its toolbox is much bigger. And our team, the military team; encourages, amplifies and ultimately judges itself against one criteria, and that is: Its performance as a team."
"The team that has a diversity of skills, talents, intellect and outlook, makes it far more capable, far better to function across a wider array of situations, and therefore tasks. It sees more. It analyzes far better, its toolbox is much bigger. And our team, the military team; encourages, amplifies and ultimately judges itself against one criteria, and that is: Its performance as a team."
