Building language equity through community, care, and connection.
We are a collective of queer and trans interpreters, translators, and community members working to ensure that language is never a barrier to safety, healing, or belonging.
Meet Our TeamWho We Are
The Language Justice Network (LJN) is a not-for-profit organisation providing safe, queer-affirming, and culturally appropriate language services, capacity building, training, and consulting. Our work is led by and for LGBTQIA+ individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds — especially forcibly displaced people and trans and gender diverse communities.
We exist to bridge the gap between language access and inclusion. By offering specialised interpreting and translation services, and by training service providers and interpreters to work affirmatively and ethically, we’re building a world where communication is rooted in dignity, solidarity, and justice.
Learn More About Our WorkOur Story
LJN emerged from the lived experience of interpreters and community members who witnessed the harm caused by unsafe or uninformed language practices — particularly for queer refugees and people seeking asylum. Too often, interpreters lacked training to navigate intersectional realities of gender, sexuality, and trauma, leaving community members vulnerable to misrepresentation or retraumatisation.
What began as a grassroots network of interpreters sharing ethical reflections and solidarity practices has evolved into a structured organisation dedicated to systemic change.
Through partnerships, training, and co-designed initiatives, LJN continues to reimagine what language access can look like: not transactional, but relational; not neutral, but grounded in justice and care.
Our Principles
Our work is grounded in a set of interwoven principles that reflect our ethics, methodology, and community roots.
Language Justice
Everyone has the right to communicate in the language they know best — with respect, dignity, and understanding.
Queer & Feminist Ethics
We honour fluidity, intersectionality, and collective care in our practice.
Decolonial Practice
We challenge systems that privilege English and centre Western knowledge, uplifting community-based and multilingual wisdoms.
Solidarity, Not Charity
We collaborate across differences and work with, not for, communities.
Trauma-Informed Practice
We prioritise emotional safety, transparency, and accountability in every interaction.
Lived Experience Leadership
Our programs are co-designed with community members through our Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG).
Our Team
LJN is powered by interpreters, community advocates, and allies with lived experience of forced displacement, queerness, and multilingualism. Our team includes NAATI-certified practitioners, cultural consultants, and language justice trainers who bring compassion and professional expertise to every space.
Team member profile coming soon — board, staff, or LEAG member.
Team member profile coming soon — board, staff, or LEAG member.
Team member profile coming soon — board, staff, or LEAG member.