Exclusive: The state premier will also commit $6.4 million for gender dysphoria health services.
The Victoria government will spend $15 million to create Australia's first Pride Centre in next week's 2016 state budget, according to documents seen by BuzzFeed News.
The final design, location and timeframe for the "Pride Centre" will be decided in consultation with the LGBTI community and health professionals, but BuzzFeed News understands it will be within Melbourne's CBD.
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State premier Daniel Andrews confirmed the centre is intended to be bigger than San Francisco's LGBT Community Centre and will showcase LGBTI history and offer free health and support services.
The centre will offer medical services staffed by doctors trained in LGBTI specific issues including gender dysphoria, transitioning and sexual health, and be free for anyone with a Medicare card.
It will serve as a hub for LGBTI groups and organisations to share ideas and resources, with the aim to support equality, diversity and inclusion.
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The 2016 state budget will also include $6.4 million for the expansion of gender dysphoria health services to meet the rapidly growing demand from Victoria's transgender and gender diverse population.
Gender dysphoria is when people identify with a gender other than their birth-assigned gender, and want to make their body match their affirmed gender, either through counselling or transitioning.
The $6.4 million in new funding will be allocated specifically to Monash Health- an agency that is struggling to treat the one hundred-plus patients who seek out its services every year.
Last year's budget gave additional funding to the Royal Children's Hospital for gender dysphoria treatment for children aged 5 to 17, which they say doubled their capacity and halved their waiting list.
The funding will help Monash Health expand their gender dysphoria clinic and deliver a more comprehensive multidisciplinary psychiatric and psychological assessment service, additional counselling services plus education and training to build clinical care for transgender Victorians.
The Government aim to roll out gender dysphoria services in the new Pride Centre, once it's up and running.
"Victoria is doing what every other state government should be doing - and what the Commonwealth should be doing," said Victorian premier Daniel Andrews.
Andrews is a strong supporter of the LGBTI community and an advocate for same-sex marriage. He told BuzzFeed News his aim is to turn Victoria into the progressive capital of Australia.
"Everyone in our state should have the right to feel respected and safe in being exactly who they are," he said.