Ms THEOPHANOUS (Northcote): It is Transgender Awareness Week, a chance to celebrate our trans and gender-diverse communities. In honour of this I want to take the opportunity to talk about the importance of appropriate, safe and accessible health care for our trans and gender-diverse community. Unfortunately for too many there are still barriers like long waitlists for specialist services, a lack of knowledge about gender-affirming practices or even straight-out discrimination. But there are also some incredible people and organisations out there that are actively working to change things for the better. I am proud to have one of these services in my electorate of Northcote—Your Community Health. Not only do Your Community Health have a great reputation for their work in LGBTIQ-affirming health care, they are also part of an innovative pilot program called the Trans and Gender Diverse in Community Health project. This is the first peer-led model of its kind in Australia and has supported literally thousands of Victorians over the past few years, many of whom were accessing health services for the very first time. Co-designed by trans and gender-diverse community members, the program is also building the capacity of our wider healthcare system to provide safe and inclusive health care to trans and gender-diverse people. I want to thank Your Community Health for all the work they do supporting our LGBTIQ communities. The pilot is due to finish in mid-2022, but I urge the Department of Health to expand and grow the program so we can continue to break down barriers impacting our trans and gender-diverse Victorians, because every Victorian deserves to feel safe, understood and cared for.