Nominations have opened for the 2025 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards. Do you know an LGBTQIA+ elder who deserves to be platformed?

For more than 30 years, the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards have celebrated the contributions and achievements of older Victorians.

Platforming people over 60 who share their skills, time and energy with the community.

This year, the awards include a new category, the Emerging Impact Award.

Recognising an individual who is new to volunteering and is making a significant impact in their local community.

For decades, we’ve heard that elders in our LGBTQIA+ community were stepping back into the closet.

But over the past decade, something has changed.

Our elder LGBTQIA+ community have come together to celebrate and elevate their voices.

And with the support of the Victorian Government continue to shine for all their worth, no matter their age.

Max Primmer is a vibrant force in Victoria’s LGBTQIA+ community who doesn’t just challenge stereotypes about ageing, he rewrites the rulebook.

He is a proud radio host, drag queen, community connector, and fierce advocate for inclusive ageing.

Celebrated throughout our regional communities, Max is a volunteer, a mentor, and a truly beautiful human,  proving that age is no barrier.

Max was the 2023 Ageing Well Award recipient for the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.

A moment he counts as “probably the most exciting thing that I’ve had happen to me.”

Quotes and Image courtesy QNews

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The Australian Queer Archives (AQuA) (formerly the Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives – ALGA) is a community-based non-profit organisation committed to the collection, preservation and celebration of material reflecting the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex, (LGBTIQA+) Australians.

The Archives was established as an initiative of the 4th National Homosexual Conference, Sydney, August 1978, drawing on the previous work of founding President Graham Carbery.

Since its establishment the collection has grown to over 200,000 items (500 shelf metres), constituting the largest and most significant collection of material relating to LGBT Australians and the largest collection of LGBT material in Australia, and the most prominent research centre for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex history in Australia

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A co-founding Director of Tanck, Angus brings with him a significant understanding of the political process and executive functions of government. Having worked directly to minsters as a policy and political advisor, Angus understands the inner workings of government decision making and brings this knowledge and understanding with him to every engagement.

Angus spent the better part of his ministerial career working within the social portfolios of education, communities, disability services and seniors, as well as being an advisor within an economic super portfolio covering infrastructure, agriculture, trade, and tourism. In these portfolios he worked on small grants schemes through to major infrastructure programs and bilateral agreements of more than $4billion. Angus also spent time working through the process for State budget bids as well as bilateral agreements between the States and Commonwealth governments, often liaising directly with parliamentarians from government and the opposition.

Since leaving politics, Angus has worked with a variety of social sector and purpose-led organisations and leaders, supporting them to create and embed systems for effective government engagement and advocacy. Angus has experience supporting clients in every state and jurisdiction in Australia, having helped clients achieve sector firsts in the delivery of ministerial policy statements through to improved funding certainty and associated outcomes. Underpinning these successes is Angus’ ability to connect with people, understand their mission, and work alongside them to accomplish their goals and objectives.

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Before entering Parliament, James worked in both the private sector and the public sector. In the private sector, as a Group Company Secretary in the financial services industry. In the public sector, at the highest levels of State and Federal Government.   James has completed three university degrees, including a post graduate level law degree, a Juris Doctor, and a Masters Degree in Business Law.

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is an Australian former newspaper and magazine journalist, radio presenter and television personality, best known for his long-stint on  Melbourne AM talk-back station 3AW.

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