I am excited to be speaking at this year’s Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference, and my presentation deals with centring the needs of LGBTIQA+ young people. Understanding the barriers to accessing care and incorporating lived experience into practice will help us stand together in our efforts to improve outcomes for all children and adolescents. —Joe Ball, CEO, Switchboard Victoria

It is not who we are, but how we are treated: Centreing the healthcare needs of LGBTIQA+ young people

Joe Ball

CEO, Switchboard Victoria

About the Speaker

Joe Ball

CEO, Switchboard Victoria

Joe Ball is a longstanding LGBTIQA+ advocate and CEO of Switchboard Victoria. Joe believes in grassroots solutions to systemic issues and draws upon LGBTIQA+ history and the work of LGBTIQA+ activists who have paved the way to guide his work. Joe is a member of the Expert Advisory Group for the federal government’s 10-Year LGBTIQ+ Health and Wellbeing Plan. Joe is a Board member of Safe and Equal and sits on the community advisory committee for 1800RESPECT. In 2020, Joe was honoured as an award recipient in the 50 Outstanding LGBTI+ Leaders in Australia. Joe proudly identifies as a transgender man and uses the pronouns he/him. Joe works and lives on the lands of the Kulin Nation in Narrm (Melbourne, Victoria).