LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Training
Belonging isn’t a bonus. It’s the beginning.
At Chosen Family, inclusion starts with people. Our training doesn’t lecture. It listens. It holds space. It rebuilds culture with compassion and courage at its core.
We work with organisations, care providers, and leaders who believe that every person deserves to feel seen, safe, and supported. Through our LGBTQIA+ training, we shift awareness into action and help teams lead with both purpose and presence.
LGBTQIA+ people with disability often face unique barriers to inclusion, safety, and care. At Chosen Family, we are proud to be an openly LGBTQIA+ provider offering support that is affirming, validating, and rooted in real community understanding.
For Anyone Who Could Use a Hand at Home
Optional lived-experience support workers
Supports that centre your identity, goals, and autonomy
Staff trained in LGBTQIA+ cultural safety
No assumptions we ask, listen, and respect
What We Offer
Flexible Formats for Real-World Learning
Every team learns differently. That’s why we deliver our sessions in formats that meet you where you are.
Full-day deep dives for lasting transformation
Half-day workshops with space to reflect and reconnect
Two-hour online sessions designed for accessibility and impact
We also offer custom workshops, multi-session intensives, and follow-up support for organisations seeking long-term change.
What You'll Learn
Our training covers a wide range of inclusion-focused topics, grouped into six powerful streams. Each one can be tailored to suit your goals, team size, and sector.
Foundations of LGBTQIA+ Awareness
- Understanding identity, expression, and language
- Unpacking terms without fear or confusion
- Listening to lived experiences with care
- Exploring intersectionality in real-life systems
Inclusive Practice and Everyday Language
- Communicating with respect and intention
- Creating safer spaces for clients and colleagues
- Building culturally responsive care
- Writing policies that actually include people
Leadership and Advocacy
- Leading with empathy, clarity, and self-awareness
- Holding courageous conversations
- Recognising microaggressions and harm
- Turning influence into care
Workplace Equity and Allyship
- Learning how to show up, not just speak up
- Empowering bystanders to take safe action
- Designing support pathways that actually work
- Retaining staff through respect, not tokenism
Measuring What Matters
- Tracking impact with care, not just numbers
- Understanding where your culture is today
- Mapping the way forward with intention
This Is Not Just Training
Our team includes members of the LGBTQIA+ community and strong allies trained in inclusive care, trauma-informed practice, and intersectional disability support. Wherever possible, we match you with a worker who shares or understands your lived experience.
Traidy Bugeja-Naidoo
Solicitor | Community leader | Equity strategist | Storyteller.
Traidy leads with lived experience and legal clarity. A proud bisexual man from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, he brings both depth and vulnerability into every session. He is an admitted solicitor in Australia and South Africa and has spent over a decade working in community justice, domestic violence, and disability care.
People describe him as someone who holds the room with truth. Someone who leads with his heart without ever losing sight of the bigger picture. Someone who doesn’t just talk inclusion—he practices it, every day.
Traidy doesn’t just deliver training. He builds trust. The kind that stays with you long after the session ends.
- Rita Mastrangelo, Partnerships Manager, Forsight
He brought light into heavy conversations and helped our whole team feel held.
- Peter McKendry, CEO, Co Group
I left the room more awake, more informed, and more hopeful.
- Mael Reale, My Supports
When Traidy speaks, you don’t just listen. You feel it. You change.
- Desire Ude, Anchored Care
Traidy doesn’t just deliver training. He builds trust. The kind that stays with you long after the session ends.
- Rita Mastrangelo, Partnerships Manager, Forsight
Services Beyond Training
Consulting and Culture Support
- One-on-one or team-based coaching
- Needs analysis and DEI strategy design
- Custom tools, language guides, and post-training reports
- Inclusive leadership development tailored to your space
Speaking and Facilitation
- Sector conferences
- Fireside chats and keynotes
- In-house talks for boards and executive teams
- Panels, roundtables, and community forums
If your event, team or service needs a voice grounded in both expertise and experience, we’re ready to work with you.
Who We Partner Best With
We work with people who don’t shy away from complexity.
Who want more than just the right words on paper.
Who are ready to turn equity into practice, and accountability into culture.
If you’re leading a care service, building a business, shaping policy, or holding space for community—this work is for you.
What Inclusion Can Sound Like
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Workplaces that listen before they speak
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Teams that hold space, not just hold meetings
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Leaders who choose empathy even when it’s uncomfortable
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Services that see people for who they are, not just how they present
What Our Clients Say
Real stories from our community—shared with heart, offering trust, connection, and real-world reassurance.
“I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside Traidy Bugeja-Naidoo across several professional spaces, including welcoming his business as a stallholder at Feel the Vibe, Australia’s national disability and sexuality expo. I also had the opportunity to see him speak at the Inclusive Impact Forum, hosted by the Identity Clinic.
Traidy is a powerhouse: poetic, affirming, and deeply grounded in lived experience. His presence on stage is compelling and generous, and he brings a unique ability to name the unspoken while still holding space with care. His message lands because it’s real, shaped by his own journey, and sharpened by his commitment to equity, healing, and systems change.
What I admire most is his tenacity. Traidy doesn’t perform impact, he embodies it. He shows up, builds community, and leaves people feeling more connected to themselves and each other. His voice is a vital one in the disability, mental health, and motivational speaking landscape.
I couldn’t recommend him more highly.
Patrick Hukins - Clinical Psychotherapist & Counsellor | LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Specialist
“As a Teacher of Community Services at TAFE NSW and Founder of Nepean Pride, I’ve seen firsthand the importance of inclusive, culturally safe practice in our sector. Chosen Family has set a new benchmark in this space. Their LGBTIQA+ training is not only grounded in lived experience but also delivered with a high level of professional insight - creating an engaging, respectful, and genuinely impactful learning environment.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Chosen Family to any organisation committed to doing better for the people they serve. This training is not just important - it’s essential.”
Jye Bryant - TAFE Teacher & Founder of Nepean Pride.
If You’re Ready
If you want your workplace to feel safer, stronger, more human, reach out.
If you want your team to learn with heart, humility, and hands-on guidance, let’s begin.
If you believe the world can change, one room at a time, we’ll meet you there.
Let’s build the culture you’ve been hoping for.
We got it.
Thank you for contacting us.We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Ready to Speak to Us?
Registration Number
405 014 6042
ACN
660 703 122
ABN
40 660 703 122
Contact Details
Call Us
(02) 4713 1801
Text Us
0482 077 797
Email Us
info@chosen.family
