We are a collective of LGBTQ+ people based in the Cumberland area who organise community actions and initiatives to fight back against homophobia and transphobia. We are antiracist, pro-Palestine, feminist, and COVID-cautious. We live out and affirm the unique intersection of queerness with religion and cultural diversity 🌈Rainbow Cumberland was created in May 2024 following attempts by Cumberland Council to ban all books representing queer parents, 3 months after banning Drag Storytime events.We are supported by The Foundation for Young Australians.
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We commissioned a local artist, Mothburst, to create art that empowers LGBTQ+ people to have unwavering pride in themselves.Free stickers are available nationwide for any individual or small organisation via [email protected]
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Acknowledgement of Country
Cumberland LGA is made up of suburbs in "Western Sydney" from Lidcombe through to Pemulwuy.We pay our utmost respects to the Dharug people, whose lands we take up for leisure and labour. Our livelihoods are benefitted precisely from the dispossession and oppression of the Dharug people.Our commitment to LGBTQ+ justice must be inseparable from our commitment to First Nations justice.The multiculturalism of Cumberland does not cancel out our position as settlers on stolen land — "Western Sydney" was a key site of violent colonisation during early days of settlement, and the erasure of First Nations communities continues today in various ways. Read more here.