Join the My Blue Sky team at Magenta House for a creative and empowering day of conversations surrounding the pressures of forced marriage and how it impacts queer people of colour.
At this free gathering, you will understand your legal rights and get practical tools for supporting community members facing pressures around marriage. The session includes collaborative art-based workshops, space to express and reflect, legal information and advice, with scrumptious lunch catered by our friends at Parliament on King! 🥣
Two sessions are available:
💠Saturday 6 June 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Capacity is limited due to the intimate nature of this gathering, so RSVPs are essential. We will prioritise
LGBTQIA+ people of colour and First Nations peoples. Allies are also welcome to come along. RSVP
here or contact misbah.ansari@uts.edu.au or lulu.rae@uts.edu.au to learn more My Blue Sky.
My Blue Sky is Australia’s national service for people who are in a forced marriage or worried about being forced to marry. They provide free and confidential information, support and legal advice to young people, community members and frontline professionals who are looking for help, whether for themselves or for someone they know. My Blue Sky is run by Anti-Slavery Australia – a non-profit centre in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, led by Professor Jennifer Burn.
LGBTQIA+SB stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual, Sistergirl, and Brotherboy. Primarily used in Australia, the addition of SB specifically acknowledges and respects Sistergirl and Brotherboy cultures within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. 🤎
Bios 🐣
My Blue Sky is Australia’s national service for people who are in a forced marriage or worried about being forced to marry. They provide free and confidential information, support and legal advice to young people, community members and frontline professionals who are looking for help, whether for themselves or for someone they know.
My Blue Sky is run by Anti-Slavery Australia – a non-profit centre in the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney, led by Professor Jennifer Burn. The centre has over 20 years of experience providing free legal and migration support to people experiencing forced marriage and other forms of modern slavery in Australia. They also focus on real-world research with high impact, and create leading educational and training programs.
My Blue Sky can help people:
Find out about their rights and their options
Apply for a visa and talk to Immigration
Stay safe through safety plans and court orders
Take legal action – like getting a divorce
Find other support – like counselling, housing and financial help
Make reports to the police, if they want to.