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25.01.2022 A reminder that Southern Lights Ice Hockey are hosting an online hangout on Discord tonight - put on that Lights jersey and catch up with your fellow fans and teammates! Join their Discord server at https://discord.gg/3cjwvZw.

25.01.2022 Black lives matter. #blackouttuesday

25.01.2022 What would you do with $250,000 in gold? Solid gold pucks perhaps? (Goalies will love you) Well, in association with Play for Purpose and Australian Sports Foundation, we're giving you the chance to find out and support LGBT+ hockey at the same time with the Play for Purpose Sports and Charity Raffle! Every entry puts you in the running for some awesome prizes and contributes funds we can use to support our work around Australia. Enter now at https://playforpurpose.com.au/aust-lgbt-ice-hockey

23.01.2022 We're going to be featured on tomorrow's AIHL stream! Check it out from 8PM AEST on their Facebook page (Australian Ice Hockey League).

23.01.2022 Southern Lights are about to get some northern buddies - Australia's newest LGBT+ hockey team, Sydney's Harbour Lights, are accepting expressions of interest! Hit the link to sign up and become part of the Lights family.

20.01.2022 We may not be able to play right now, but when every state's got the green light, we want to come back bigger and better than ever - and you can help! A small (or large if that's more your style) donation will help us build funds to support the development of LGBT+ inclusive teams around Australia like Southern Lights Ice Hockey, while also helping us have the resources to advocate for our community at all levels of Australian hockey. And because we're partnering with Australian Sports Foundation, your donation's totally tax deductible - very handy this close to tax time!

19.01.2022 Help someone who's struggling with this awesome initiative from Melbourne Ice, 300 Blankets and Woolworths The District Docklands. Follow the link in their post for details.

18.01.2022 Today we're celebrating International Non-Binary People's Day - whether in hockey or society in general, everybody should feel welcome, respected and recognised regardless of gender.

18.01.2022 6:30PM AEST tonight, catch Southern Lights Ice Hockey's Brendan and Steve going head to head with the team from Melbourne Wranglers Wrestling Club in the Pride Cup Trivia Series!

18.01.2022 At the start of 2020, Zach Sullivan made history as the first active pro hockey player to publicly come out as bisexual, and the way his teammates reacted to the announcement was one of the year's best good news stories.

17.01.2022 Join Pride in Sport Australia on 31 March for this great free event on trans and gender diverse inclusion in sport, held as part of this year's Trans Day of Visibility.

17.01.2022 Hey queer hockey family - you may have noticed we've been a bit quiet lately, and I wanted to give a bit of a personal update as President on why there hasn't been a lot going on. Like many in our (and the wider) community, I struggle with mental illness - in my specific case, anxiety and depression. Over the past few weeks, things have been particularly difficult, and I've needed to step back from a number of responsibilities. It's easy and common to feel guilty or like yo...u're failing when your mental health impacts your ability to go about your normal life and responsibilities. That's why I wanted to share this with all of you - I probably waited a bit too long to take a break and get treatment because I felt that way about my responsibilities. Please, if any of you are struggling at the moment and need assistance, make sure you ask for it. From friends, family or professionals, whoever you feel comfortable talking to. GPs can help you with a mental health plan to get Medicare rebates when seeing psychological professionals, and there are a number of phone and online services you can contact to chat to someone if you feel more comfortable talking to someone anonymously or need immediate help. These services include: - QLife (LGBTQIA+ support): https://qlife.org.au/ - Lifeline: 13 11 14 - Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 or online chat at https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Having received the treatment I needed, I'm doing much better and am looking forward to working with the committee to try and get some fun online catch-ups organised soon to cater to everyone from us Melburnians in Stage 4 to the free-range residents of states like Western Australia. Stay safe, and remember to take care of yourself during what's a very difficult time for many. Carl

16.01.2022 Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) - on or off the ice, we're proud to be working with every one you towards making hockey truly inclusive for everyone!

14.01.2022 Are you all dressed up in purple today to support young LGBTQIA+ people? We'd love to see your pretty purple pics in the comments! Learn more about why Wear it Purple exists and their goals at https://www.wearitpurple.org/our-story

14.01.2022 Only a couple of days left to enter the Play for Purpose raffle - support us in creating a more welcoming and inclusive hockey community and be in the running to win awesome prizes including $250,000 in gold, a $10,000 Myer shopping spree and more! Enter now at https://playforpurpose.com.au/aust-lgbt-ice-hockey

13.01.2022 As well as being Trans Day of Visibility, yesterday was a special day for our organisation too - two years ago on 31 March Kade Matthews put out the first call for interest in what was destined to become Australian LGBT Ice Hockey and Southern Lights Ice Hockey in 2019.

13.01.2022 An awesome picture for Pride Month by @amateurhourhockey on Instagram of some of the Southern Lights Ice Hockey players.

11.01.2022 Encouraging findings from new Monash University research showing pride games can reduce homophobic behaviour. We're already working with Australian Ice Hockey League on ways we can help them make hockey more inclusive and welcoming for our community next season, so keep an eye out for more news in 2021!

10.01.2022 iceHQ have been the home rink of Southern Lights Ice Hockey since they started playing in 2019, and it's been a particularly tough year for them with restrictions keeping the rink closed most of 2020. We'd love everyone in our community to get behind them by entering this raffle - the prizes are awesome, including a bunch of one on one coaching sessions with Melbourne Mustangs players!

10.01.2022 Some exciting hockey news!

10.01.2022 We love to see it.

10.01.2022 Get that game face on - 2020's done and it's time to take on whatever 2021 has in store for us. Happy New Year from everyone at Australian LGBT Ice Hockey and Southern Lights Ice Hockey!

09.01.2022 Stay fit while you're ice-olated from all the rinks and gyms.

09.01.2022 We love seeing sticks wrapped in rainbow, and now that NSA Hockey are stocking pride tape everyone can show their pride out on the ice!

06.01.2022 Been wanting to grab some new hockey gear? iceHQ have an awesome offer.

05.01.2022 It's Trans Day of Visibility, so we thought we'd take a look back at this great video created by New Jersey Devils earlier this year about young trans goaltender Eli. Happy #TDOV from us and Southern Lights Ice Hockey to all our trans and gender diverse players, supporters and fans!

03.01.2022 JOY 94.9 have had us on a few times, and we're hoping our community can give them back a bit of the love they've shown us. Check out their programs and send a few dollars their way to help keep this great LGBT+ organisation on the air.

02.01.2022 A lot of people like to pretend [racial violence] does not happen. That it does not exist. That’s part of the problem. That’s where you get pushback as a minority.