Who We Are

The ANU Queer* Department represents and advocates for LGBTQIASB+ students at ANU. This includes, but is not limited to, students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual/biromantic, transgender, intersex, asexual/aromantic, brotherboy, sistergirl, non-binary, gender-diverse, pansexual/panromantic, polysexual/polyromantic, and questioning. 

If you're a queer student at ANU, you are automatically a member of the Department.

The ANU Queer* Department is led by an eight-person autonomous, elected committee. They're here to represent, advocate for, and provide support to you during your time at university.

The ANU Queer* Department is one of six autonomous Departments operating as part of the ANU Students' Association to represent marginalised groups in our community. 'Autonomous' means that our membership only includes queer students at ANU, although allies are welcome at any non-autonomous events and campaigns we may run.

What We Do

The ANU Queer* Department is the only group on campus that is run for queer students, by queer students. Our objective is to promote the welfare of, and further the interests of our members. We achieve this by representing, advocating for, and fostering a safe, inclusive and welcoming ANU for the LGBTQIASB+ student community.

Get Involved and Access Support:

All queer students – undergraduate, postgraduate, and HDR – are automatically members of the Department. Here’s how you can get involved:

• Autonomous Space: Visit our autonomous student space – the Queer* Space – in the Copland Building (24 Kingsley Place) for relaxing, making friends, studying, or having a cup of tea or coffee between classes. 

• Meetings & Events: Join our fortnightly collective meetings (fortnightly during the semester at 6pm on even Mondays – weeks 2, 4, 6, etc.) or attend our regular social events including coffee catchups and reading groups.

• Gender Affirming Gear: We offer free gender-affirming gear (binders, bra inserts, packing gear, and tucking underwear) to support trans and gender-diverse students.

• Other Ways to Contribute: Join working groups for our Queerphobia Reports and Queer* Ball, and contribute your art or written works to our Queer* Zine.

Allies are also encouraged to get involved in non-autonomous campaigns and events.

Your Representatives 

The ANU Queer* Department is led by an autonomous, elected commitee of eight people. Their role is to oversee and execute the work of the Department – organising collective action, facilitating social events, creating community spaces, and much more!

2026 Committee

Your 2026 Committee is:

• Queer* Officer: Jemma Rule

• Deputy Officers: Juen Song Lee and Remi Lynch

• Treasurer: Ethan Du

• Secretary: Connor Winfield

• Publicity Officer: Anushkaa Ahuja

• Social Officer: Liv Yu

• Postgrad Officer: Zixin 'Jessie' Huang.

Governance

The ANU Queer* Department is governed by its Constitution. Its strategic direction is guided by the ANU Queer* Department Strategic Plan 2025-2025. 

The Department's expectations for safety, inclusion and respect in all of its spaces, both in-person and online, are set out in the Safer Spaces Policy. The Department's processes for identifying, declaring, and managing conflicts of interests are set out in the Conflict of Interest Policy.

The Department's expectations for committee conduct and behaviour is set out in the Committee Code of Conduct Policy. Its expectations for committee roles and responsibilities is set out in the Roles Policy.

Reports

The ANU Queer* Department delivers three types of reports.

• Collective Meeting reports: The Queer* Officer provides reports including Department activities and financial statements at all collective meeting throughout the year. Reports can be found on every meeting agenda, and anonymised minutes of that meeting (including that meeting's reports) are presented at the following meeting for review.

• ANUSA Student Representative Council (SRC) reports: The Queer* Officer provides reports including Department activities and financial statements at all ANUSA SRC meetings throughout the year. Reports can be found on every meeting agenda, and meeting minutes can be found on the ANUSA website.

• Annual General Meeting (AGM) reports: The Department holds an AGM in the second semester of the year. This meeting will be held in place of a regular collective meeting. Per the Constitution, the Department must provide at this meeting reports of the activities of the Department, the activities of the Queer* Officer, the activities of other committee members, the financial position of the Department, and any other reports required by a resolution of the collective. Anonymised AGM minutes (including AGM reports) are presented at the following collective meeting for review.

If you would like to request access to specific reports, agendas, or minutes, please contact the Queer* Officer at sa.queer@anu.edu.au.