Acknowledgement of Country

Hunter Gender Alliance acknowledges the traditional custodians and rightful owners across all the lands on which we work and gather. We pay our particular respects to the Awabakal people, on whose land we are based. We pay respects to Elders past, present, and emerging. We acknowledge the long history of gender diversity amongst First Nations Peoples. We join our Indigenous brothers, sisters and siblings in calling for a Treaty. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.


About The Boost Your Place Grant

From City of Newcastle

COVID-19 has bought with it many challenges.  Maintaining connections amongst our community and within our public places has never been more important to our wellbeing. There are many worthy ideas out there in our creative and caring Newcastle community. The City of Newcastle (CN) has allocated funding of $60,000 to support an innovative grant program to help turn your ideas into worthy actions.


The aim of the Boost Your Place - Placemaking grant is to encourage and support community members to stay socially connected or reconnect, on-line or in real places, considering COVID-19 health advice and physical distancing. 


This grant seeks to provide opportunity, especially for younger people, to stay connected, create and innovate, to help connect with others and to make a difference in your local place, encouraging:

  • social connection and/or re-connection

  • innovation, creativity and collaboration amongst - young people, community, and business

  • business confidence and capacity-building

  • activation, enhanced amenity, and liveability of publicly accessible place

  • enhanced physical and mental wellbeing



From Us


We're Hunter Gender Alliance, a small, volunteer-led charity and the team behind TRANSform Newy. We work to improve the rights, health and lives of trans and gender diverse (TGD) people in the Hunter and beyond. 


TRANSform Newy started for a pretty simple reason: 


We want TGD people to be able to buy a coffee, use the bathroom and fill in a form without having any issues. 


So, we hired nine fantastic authors to help us create this booklet. All our writers are TGD, and all have lived experience of their topic.

TGD people are your friends, acquaintances, colleagues, neighbours, customers, and more. 

We're brothers, sisters, siblings, parents, grandparents, children and partners. We're firefighters, teachers, retail workers, doctors, students, aged care workers and counsellors; we are everywhere!  

Our community includes people who are transgender, non-binary, genderfluid, agender, Brotherboys, Sistergirls, and many, many more identities. As you'll see in the booklet, we're a diverse bunch and come from all walks of life, across all age groups. 


We hope you find this resource to be useful, and that the personal experiences and practical tips help you TRANSform your place into a welcoming, safe environment for all. More resources (and accessible versions) are listed on the inside back cover. 


Thanks!