Amao Leota Lu
She / Her
Ambassador Community Advocate, Performance Artist
Melbourne based LGBTIQA+ community advocate Amao is New Zealand born and of of Samoan descent. One of eight siblings, her family first migrated to Australia in the 1980’s.
Australia's first purpose-built home for LGBTIQA+ communities
More than bricks and mortar, the Victorian Pride Centre is a living, breathing space where history is honoured, futures are built, and every person belongs.
As Australia’s first purpose-built LGBTIQA+ Pride Centre, we bring together practical services, advocacy organisations, affirming spaces, and genuine opportunities for connection under one roof. We house major LGBTIQA+ resident organisations alongside flexible hire spaces, including meeting rooms, a rooftop terrace, co-working spaces, a theatrette, and a gallery.
We exist as a hub where community groups share ideas, build resources, and strengthen their work advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion across Victoria.
None of this is possible without support. The Victorian Pride Centre is sustained by generous donations from our communities, our Patrons, and contributors to our Pride Registry. Thank you for helping us keep this space open, active, and thriving.
Built by community. Sustained by community.
The Victorian Pride Centre was made possible by one-off funding from the Victorian State Government in 2016, which supported the construction of a facility dedicated to LGBTIQA+ art, history, and community services. The City of Port Phillip gifted the land on which we stand, an extraordinary act of community generosity.
We do not receive ongoing government funding. Your support is what keeps our doors open, our services running, and our programs reaching the communities who need them. Every donation, large or small, makes a direct difference.
To see what we’ve achieved and where we’re heading, read our Annual Reports and Strategic Plan below.
Our Organisational Patron and Ambassadors
Our incredible ambassadors collaborate with us to amplify the centre’s mission, and to advocate for the importance of our work in building a safe space for all.
Get to know them and be inspired!
Benjamin Law
He / Him
Ambassador Australian Writer and Broadcaster
Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. He's the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012), the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017) and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia (2019).
Courtney Act
They / Them
Ambassador Boy, Girl. Artist, Advocate
Boy, Girl. Artist, Advocate. Courtney Act is more than just the sum of her parts.
G Flip
They / Them
Ambassador Performance Artist
G Flip is the real thing: unfiltered, driven and bursting out of their bedroom with ideas to burn. In the last few years, Georgia Flipo has gone from unknown artist to international talent.
Greg Axtens
He / Him
Ambassador
“I am very proud to become an Ambassador for the Pride Centre. For disabled people in Melbourne, I think this will be a home for them.
Julie McCrossin AM
She / Her
Ambassador Freelance journalist, broadcaster and MC
After over 20 years as a broadcaster with ABC Radio National, ABC TV and Network Ten, Julie is now a freelance journalist, broadcaster and MC.
Rhonda Galbally AC
She / Her
Ambassador Professor, CEO, Chair and board member in business and NFP sector, the public sector and philanthropy.
As a woman with a lifelong disability, Professor Galbally first began focusing on disability rights and policy in the early 1980s while working at the Victorian Council for Social Services.
Tony Ayres
He / Him
Ambassador Award-winning Australian show runner, writer and director
Tony Ayres is an award-winning Australian showrunner, writer and director, and is one of the founding members of internationally renowned Australian production company Matchbox Pictures, now owned by NBC Universal Studios.
Tony Briffa
She / Her
Ambassador Public intersex human rights advocate, Co-executive Director of Intersex Human Rights Australia, President of Intersex Peer Support Australia, the Intersex Chair of ILGA World and the co-chair of the Victorian Government’s Intersex Expert Advisory Committee
Tony Briffa has been a public intersex human rights advocate for 25 years.
Zoë Coombs Marr
She / Her
Ambassador Performer, writer, artist and comedian
Zoë Coombs Marr is a performer, writer, artist and comedian who has performed stand up to audiences all over the place.
Jay Te Manu III
He / Him
Ambassador
Born in New Zealand, Jay migrated to Sydney in 2012 and later moved to Melbourne, where he has been actively involved with various LGBTIQA+ organisations and community groups.
Calypso & Xena
Pride Pet Mascots
Calypso & Xena have thoroughly enjoyed using their VPC mascot superpowers to spread love, joy & pride at several regional pride events.
Annual Reports
Awards & Recognition
Award of the Year 2022
Victorian Premier's Design Awards
Winners
Brearley Architects
Urbanists (BAU)
Grant Amon Architects (GAA)
WSP
Peter Felicetti
Team of the Year Award
Property Council of Australia People in Property Awards
Winner
Hansen Yuncken (2022)
The William Wardell Award
Victorian Architectural Awards
Winners
Brearley Architects
Urbanists
Grant Amon Architects
Public and Institutional Award
City of Port Phillip Design Awards
Winners
Brearley Architects
Urbanists
Grant Amon Architects