Well, Well, Well
601 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsJoin Michael, Cal, Rachel and Jacinta on Well, Well, Well each week to get all the latest on mental health, HIV & sexual health, and the overall health and wellbeing of our LGBTI communities on JOY 94.9 and on podcast. A service for our LGBTIQA+ community proudly supported by JOY and Thorne Harbour Health.
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Skin Cancer and Sun Protection
January 02, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBSummer is well and truly underway. Our LGBTI communities are getting out in the sun for the festival season. SunSmart's Justine joins Cal Hawk in the studio. They talk through sun protection, who's at risk of skin cancer, and how you can continue to care for you skin. Before that, Cal talks to Steven Farley-Odgers, one of the newest board members of Thorne Harbour Health. They discuss Steven's involvement with the community-controlled organisation and reflect on where we're going in addressi...
Looking Back, Looking Forward
December 26, 2019 12:01 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBMichael takes stock of Well Well Well over 2019 and reflects on a few key subjects we've covered in the past 12 months. First, We look at HIV trends in Jessie + Venetia's show Latest HIV Trends & Gay Community Periodic Survey with Martin Holt from the Gay Community Periodic Survey and Dr. Andrew Grulich from the Kirby Institute. Next, Michael's update on the PrEP Guidelines in his show with Tex Removing Barriers to PrEP Access speaking with Dr. Darren Russell about changes to how we talk a...
LGBTI & HIV Legal
December 05, 2019 11:02 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBTwo current legal changes will soon impact the lives of our LGBTI communities - and people living with HIV. Michael catches up with Fitzroy Legal's Paul Kidd to discuss the Berejiklian NSW government altering consent laws. The law may better protect those assaulted who are unable to clearly rebuke consent. However, the 'communicative model of consent' may impact people who consent with non-verbal communication - especially those in kink and BDSM communities. Later, Michael discusses how peo...
World AIDS Day 2019
November 28, 2019 11:01 - 40 minutes - 93 MBIt's almost December 1 - and that means we're approaching World AIDS Day Tex and Michael are in the studio chatting with Max Niggl and David O'Keeffe from Living Positive Victoria. It's new beginnings at LPV as David takes the reigns of the Positive Speakers Bureau - formerly helmed by Max. We're lucky to be joined by Max to share his 20 years of expertise and lived experience in the role, as well as to share David's vision moving forward. We discuss what the themes of World AIDS Day mean to ...
Trans and Gender Diverse in Community Health
November 14, 2019 11:01 - 44 minutes - 71.8 MBIt's Trans Awareness Week! Dr Julian Grace from Thorne Harbour Health joins Amelia and Cal on the show to talk about trans and gender diverse health and wellbeing. From their time at Equinox gender diverse health clinic to the Trans and Gender Diverse in Community Health (TGDiCH) Consortium, Dr Julian talks through some the work being undertaken to build the capacity of GPs and health service providers to offer affirmative practice that support and better serve trans and gender diverse clients.
Living Well with Diabetes and HIV
November 07, 2019 11:02 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBHow do we manage living well with HIV and diabetes? Michael and Tex sit down with Cynthia Ziebel from Diabetes Victoria to discuss how diabetes affects our communities in Victoria. We look at risk factors, testing, and how to manage diabetes to live well. Later we are joined by HIV activist and friend of the program David Menadue to explore his lived experience as a person living with both HIV and diabetes. We discuss early HIV treatments, balancing treatments, and looking after yourself. Don...
Breast and Chest Cancer Screening
November 07, 2019 04:46 - 23 minutes - 27.7 MBDuring this episode of Well Well Well, guest Ashleigh Sternes (Diversity and Inclusion Project Manager) from BreastScreen Victoria (BSV) comes on the show to talk about free breast and chest screening. We chat about Rainbow Tick and the changes BSV have made in working toward LGBTI-inclusive practice. During the show, we also discuss risk factors and things to be aware of for trans men and trans women in relation to breast and chest cancer screening. For information about screening and elig...
Northside Bizarre 2019
October 17, 2019 11:02 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBNorthside Bizarre is upon us once again Michael and Tex catch up once again, to talk about Northside Bizarre - coming this Saturday 19th October. The community fundraiser is, as always, graciously hosted by the Laird Hotel who create an all-inclusive space supporting the David Williams Fund and JOY. Michael and Tex are joined by Brett and Mark from the Laird to talk about the history of the event, and just what we're all going to be up to on Henry St in Abbotsford on Saturday. We are also jo...
Coming Out and Mental Health
October 10, 2019 07:49 - 42 minutes - 67.8 MBThis week on Well, Well, Well, Amelia and Jessie are joined by Sara from Alphabet Soup and Adrian from Minus 18 who come on to discuss mental health and coming out. Sara shares her personal experience of coming out later in life as a transwoman and Adrian speaks of his coming out process as a young gay man as well as some of the work he's doing with young people in this space. A deeply moving and honest discussion on a very complex, layered topic that does not get enough attention - our ment...
Removing Barriers to PrEP Access
October 03, 2019 12:02 - 44 minutes - 71.6 MBTime to PrEP? New guidelines are set to make getting HIV prevention drugs easier than ever. In the fight to end HIV transmissions, the new tool on the block is pre-exposure prophylaxis. PrEP is an effective way at preventing HIV - yet barriers to folks accessing the drugs abound. However, The new ASHM guidelines for prescribing PrEP medication are aiming to remove barriers and make prescribing it more clear cut. This week, Michael and Tex chat with Dr. Darren Russell, a Cairns sexual health ...
Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration & Exile
September 26, 2019 12:00 - 33 minutes - 76.7 MBThis week Cal talks to Renee & Tina Dixson, conveners of Queer Displacements: Sexuality, Migration & Exile. The upcoming conference is the first of its kind in Australia as it looks at LGBTIQ people seeking asylum and refugees on 14-15 November at Australian National University in Canberra. Renee & Tina talk through how the conference has come about, the Queer Sisterhood Project, and the unique challenges faced by LGBTIQ people seeking asylum. During the episode, a few ways to get involved w...
ASHM 2019 and HIV & Ageing
September 19, 2019 12:01 - 36 minutes - 58.9 MBChris Williams from emen8.com.au talks to Cal from ASHM 2019 This week Cal is joined by Gerry from Taking Charge, the HIV & Ageing project from Thorne Harbour Health and Living Positive Victoria for people living with HIV 50 years old and over. Then Chris Williams from Emen8 calls in from the 2019 Australasian Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Conferences (ASHM2019) in Perth. Chris talks through the latest sexual health news coming out of the conference including interviews with: Madeline from ...
Bisexual Health
September 12, 2019 12:02 - 51 minutes - 47 MBThis week Venetia and Amelia chat with Josh, a psychologist, and Nat, sexual health educator with Family Planning Victoria, about all thing Bi+ health, pride and visibility. Some Bi+ things we talked about this week... Melbourne Bisexual Network Big Bi+ Bonanza Bi Manifesto Triple Bi Pass Family Planning Victoria This show, Episode #688 originally aired Thursday 19th September 2019. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite ...
Queer Fertility Series – Part I
September 05, 2019 12:05 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBWell, Well, Well - Queer Fertility Series Claire wants to have a baby and Amelia wants to talk about making babies. What a pair! Well, Well, Well’s Claire and Amelia from Thorne Harbour Health are creating their own baby – a Fertility Series that will be your one-stop podcast for all things LGBTIQA+ and rainbow families. In this first episode, we hear about some fertility treatment terms, some common fertility tests and what we can expect from the rest of the fertility series. Terms we can u...
Latest HIV Trends & Gay Community Periodic Survey
September 03, 2019 07:04 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBLatest HIV trends & Gay Community Periodic Survey The landscape of HIV epidemiology is one of the fastest-changing landscapes closely affecting our communities. Professor Andrew Grulich, head of the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program at Kirby Institute, gives us a snapshot on the rates of HIV infections in Australia. The discussion explores HIV acquisitions in more detail and how we can work together better to end HIV. Our second guest Professor Martin Holt from the Centre for Social R...
Overdose Prevention
August 22, 2019 12:05 - 54 minutes - 86.6 MBOverdose Prevention This week on Well Well Well, Ginny McKinnon, coordinator of the Overdose Prevention Program at Uniting ReGen, joins Jessie & Venetia on the show to chat about what different types of overdoses look like and how to prevent them. The discussion covers stimulant overdoses, opioid overdoses and dangerous combinations such as GHB/GBL/1,4,B and Ketamine. Whether you work at a venue, take part yourself, or have friends that do, Ginny also gives us some practical take-home tips o...
Suicide Prevention & Affirmative Practice Training
August 08, 2019 02:39 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBSuicide Prevention Thoughts of suicide and poor mental health outcomes are things that affect the LGBTIQ community more than the general population. Why is this? What do we need to change in order to shift this reality? Our guest Amelia, an LGBTI+ Suicide Prevention Training Officer at Thorne Harbour Health, comes on the show to discuss these issues. She brings light to the things that rarely gets a media platform to do so. She also shares with us some of the work she is doing in affirmative...
AWOL: Community Leadership in Leather Communities
August 02, 2019 01:42 - 38 minutes - 87.5 MBTime to go AWOL! In August The Laird celebrates ten years of A Week of Leather and Fetish (AWOL) with Australia’s premier series of geared-up and stripped-down events for gay, bi, and queer men. Michael takes some time to talk to two community leaders in the leather, fetish, and BDSM communities. Stephen Morgan, Laird Leatherman 2015, shares his passion for community and using leadership positions to fundraise and impact change in our wider LGBTI communities Current reining Laird Leatherman...
International Non Binary Peoples Day
July 11, 2019 11:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MBThe term non-binary is still relatively new in our community. For many outside of the community can gender diversity can seem like an alien concept. In recognition of International Non-Binary Peoples Day on July 14th, we decided well well well would be a great place to discuss what the term Non-Binary means and how that can mean different things to different individuals. There's no one size fits all approach to gender expression. Renee Talks with Bowie Stover and Tonie Field about pronouns, h...
Art & Healing in Aboriginal Culture
July 09, 2019 09:32 - 49 minutes - 68 MBThis week on Well Well Well, Jessie leads the show on the topic of Art & Healing in Aboriginal Culture. Art plays a very significant role in Aboriginal culture, or as we will together learn, that even our understanding of "art" may be misguided as a post-colonial concept and that these components are really just part of culture and their way of life. Susannah Day joins us as our guest this week to talk about The Torch which is a project that essentially helps men and women in prison through...
Equinox – Reporting back on Trans and Gender Diverse Health
July 04, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 62.1 MBThis week, Thorne Harbour Health released An Evaluation of Equinox Gender Diverse Health Centre taking a closer look at the unique services provided to by Equinox for the our trans and gender diverse communities. Joining Cal in the studio for this episode are Gabe and Peter from Equinox as well as a Keira, a client of the service since the day it opened in 2016. Gabe, Peter, and Keira help shed some light on why Equinox has been so successful, how we've seen the landscape of trans and gender ...
Community Activism
June 27, 2019 12:01 - 46 minutes - 74 MB'Stonewall Forever' - a living monument Cal and Michael consider the impacts of community activism in the week of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. We talk with Phil Carswell who has a history of activism with ACT UP as well as being the first Thorne Harbour Health President in it's early days as the Gay Men's Health Centre and the Victorian AIDS Council. Phil talks about the first National Homosexual Conference held during a time of homosexuality criminalisation and early mobili...
Kink Community Beyond Gay
June 21, 2019 01:41 - 39 minutes - 68.5 MBMichael explored our kinkster communities outside the realm on gay, bi, and queer men and the spaces we create to support other queer communities, as well as non-LGBTI folk. Michael is joined by Di from Oz Kink Fest - the premier annual festival for the alternative and kink community. Later, we discuss community education, events, and supporting healthy sexualities. Oz Kink Fest runs Sept 13 - 23, 2019 For those looking for support and peer-led and above all evidence-based health informati...
Men’s Health Week – Testicular Cancer and Mental Health
June 13, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 64.8 MBFor Men's Health Week 2019, Cal is joined in the studio by two of Movember's Global Directors to talk testicular cancer and men's mental health. Sam Gledhill, Movember Global Director of Testicular Cancer, chats through the types of testicular cancer, who it affects, how to screen, treatment and support options, and what it still being investigated when it comes to testicular cancer. For more info on testicular cancer and how to 'know thy nuts' - head to Movember's website. Later, Brendan ...
Career Queers
June 05, 2019 11:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBDiversity and Inclusion in the workplace with Claire and Renee. We spend more time at work than we do with our lovers, partners, family and friends. Being able to be yourself at work is so important. What does it mean to you to be a Queer and have a career? We're going to unpack this a little and chat with our guest Ryan Phillips, who's an out trans man working in a management role within the public sector. Links: [email protected] www.fittedforwork.org www.lgbtjobs.com.au ...
LGBTIQ & Diverse SOGIESC Community Inclusion in Humanitarian Efforts
May 16, 2019 11:00 - 42 minutes - 67.8 MBIn the lead up to IDAHOBIT 2019, Cal is joined in the studio by Emily Dwyer from Edge Effect - an organisation focused on supporting humanitarian and development groups to work in genuine partnerships with sexual and gender minorities (aka people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, and sexual characteristics (SOGIESC), or LGBTIQ+ people). Emily also shares an exciting announcement with the launch of 42 Degrees - a new NGO working in this humanitarian sector. Plus, we...
Rainbow Mums
May 10, 2019 00:06 - 55 minutes - 98.6 MBRainbow Mums We're discussing mums and women in rainbow families this week, with Felicity Marlowe from Rainbow Families Victoria. Michael is joined by Felicity to discuss the state of play for egg donation, surrogacy, IVF and options for creating rainbow families. This week's episode is a companion piece to an episode on Dads and Donors you may like to visit to hear about men and dads experiences starting their own rainbow families. Rainbow Families Victoria on Facebook This show, Episode ...
PrEP On Demand
May 03, 2019 00:10 - 37 minutes - 85.2 MBPrEP on Demand Most folks familiar with pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) would know it as a daily pill to prevent HIV. Michael chats with some community and clinical experts around a relatively new way to use the power of PrEP around special 'events'. First, we talk with Michael Traeger - PhD student at the Burnet Institute who worked on the Victorian PrEPX study. We discuss the PrEP 101's. Next, Community advocate and early PrEP adopter Jeff Montgomery speaks from a community perspective ab...
Lesbian Sex and Sexual Health
April 25, 2019 12:00 - 33 minutes - 13.6 MBIn the wake of Lesbian Day of Visibility (April 26th) Renee chats with Dani and Ellie about being lesbian, being visible and being sexual. They touch on sex, coming out, Lesbian bed death, female ejaculation, sex toys, sexual health & then some! This show, Episode #667 originally aired Thursday 25th April 2019. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform - or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorne...
Trans and Gender Diverse Inclusion in Sport
April 18, 2019 11:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBThis week on Well, Well, Well, Cal Hawk is joined in the studio by Proud2Play's Bowie Stover to take a look at inclusion of trans and gender diverse players in sport. Offering her perspective from an elite level is Australian national team handball player and Australian Rules Football player Hannah Mouncey. Meanwhile, Kew Football Club player Carter O'Regan offers some insight at the community sport level. This episode is also the first to feature our Volunteer Spotlight in the lead up to Na...
Ageing LGBTI Community
April 11, 2019 12:05 - 57 minutes - 91.8 MBGetting older is something we all have to think about eventually in our lives. The experience can be confronting, but it can also be quite pleasant. Loneliness is something that disproportionately affects the ageing population, so it's important to stay connected to community. There are so many options in ageing gracefully, so if this is you, have a think about what works for you. This week's episode on Well Well Well, Jessie and Tex are chatting to Kim Burns again from the Dementia Centre f...
LGBTIQ Folk and Rehab
April 04, 2019 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBAccessing rehabilitation services for LGBTIQ folk can be a bit of a minefield. Friends, family and lovers of people with substance use issues also wonder how they can best support their loved ones within this space. Claire and Renee discuss the different types of rehab as well as the steps to take in order to access such services for LGBTIQ people. Thorne Harbour Health's very own volunteer Craig who has lived experience of accessing rehab comes on the show to share his own experience. If y...
Trans Health
March 28, 2019 10:01 - 38 minutes - 78.4 MBThe state of play for trans health in Victoria and Australia - with Dr. Ada Cheung March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility and is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. In the lead up to the day Michael talks with Dr. Ada Cheung from Trans Medical Research at the University of Melbourne. Dr. Cheung currently leads a research group to improve health outcomes through medical research, education and advocacy. He...
Anal Cancer Awareness Day
March 21, 2019 10:01 - 33 minutes - 53.5 MBAnal Cancer Awareness Day Anal Cancer Awareness Day aims to raise awareness of cancer and break down some of the associated stigmas. did you know that anal cancers affect some in our communities more? During the show Associate Professor and sexual health physician Dr Jason Ong joins Cal in the studio to talk about bum health. We discuss how it relates to the HPV, risk factors, prevention, screening, treatment. During this episode, Cal and Jason touch on a few resources including: The Bott...
Mental Health Royal Commission
March 17, 2019 22:50 - 40 minutes - 83.4 MBMichael and Tex are joined in the studio this week by Thorne Harbour Health CEO Simon Ruth, Manager of Thorne Harbour Health's Counselling services Venetia Brissenden, and CEO of Switchboard Jo Ball. We are talking about the Mental Health Royal Commission, and which will examine the effect of mental health on peoples ability to prosper in the community and workplaces. We take a look at the Royal Commission from an LGBTI perspective, and the mental health services available for our communitie...
Conversion Therapy
March 07, 2019 10:01 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBConversion Therapy The practice of gay conversion therapy will be banned in Victoria after the Health Complaints Commissioner found overwhelming evidence it does serious and long-term harm to those who receive it. in 2018, a landmark report conducted by La Trobe University and the Human Rights Law Centre highlighted disturbing testimonies from people who went through a form of gay conversion therapy — some willingly, others by force — in an attempt to become straight. This week, Michael spe...
LBQ Women and Internalised Homophobia
February 28, 2019 10:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBRenee and Claire speak with Alex Storey the facilitator of Thorne Harbour Health's new therapeutic group Fearless, for LBQ women. The show explores manifestations of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia for Lesbian, bisexual, Queer, trans, GNC and asexual people. For more information on Fearless and counselling services, contact Thorne Harbour Health on 03 9865 6700 or [email protected] This show, Episode #659 originally aired Thursday 28th February 2019. Grab this and other p...
Drug Harm Reduction – Pill Testing
February 21, 2019 02:18 - 40 minutes - 56 MBHarm reduction around the use of recreational drugs has always been a controversial topic to discuss. This week on Well Well Well we look at the facts, the health benefits and the reduced harms associated with drug harm reduction, in particular, pill testing. Dr. Matthew Dunn, a drug and alcohol researcher who focuses largely on substance use and harm joins us today to share his valuable insight. We explore policies, attitudes, misconceptions and behaviour of substance use in Australia. We a...
Polyamory
February 14, 2019 09:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBRenee chats with Jenna Trostle, a Queer feminist relationship anarchist who runs a counselling business called Spectra Counselling, supporting nonconformists, such as kinksters, sex workers, polyamorous folk and people under the rainbow umbrella who challenge the status quo. She is one of the moderators of PolyVic discussion groups and "I think I might be polyamorous, now what?", a panel run every two months bringing a variety of poly perspectives to newbies. She also hosts workshops on bound...
Australian States of Sex Work Pt. 2
February 07, 2019 10:01 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBGuest Host: Max Arion joins Cal for this two part series. Cal Hawk is back in the studio with adult film performer and male sex worker Max Arion (Twitter: @MaxArionxxx) as his guest hosts for part two in this series exploring the state of the sex industry across Australia. This podcast also features the extended interview with Max that was too big to to fit in our regularly scheduled programming. Plus, we take on the rest of the country to talk to individuals working to support sex workers a...
Australian States of Sex Work Pt. 1
January 31, 2019 10:01 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBGuest Host: Max Arion joins Cal for this two part series. Adult film performer and male sex worker Max Arion (Twitter: @MaxArionxxx) guest hosts the first in this two-part series with Cal Hawk exploring the state of the sex industry across Australia. Exploring legal status, health issues, support systems, and the various ways sex work is conducted - this first episode talks to individuals working to support sex workers and improve their health and wellbeing in Victoria, South Australia, Tasm...
Dads and Donors
January 24, 2019 10:01 - 51 minutes - 104 MBDads and Donors and More! Oh my! This week on Well, Well, Well Michael and Tex are talking Dads and Donors! Surrogacy and sperm and egg donations are an important part in creating many LGBTI rainbow families. Tex and Michael talk to Dad Owen about using surrogacy with his partner to bring their daughter Indigo into the world, and their family. Michael talks with special returning Well Well Well co-host Liam about donating sperm altruistically and anonymously. Tex also shares his experience i...
Your Voice Matters – Surveys for PLHIV, MSM & LBQSSAW
January 11, 2019 02:11 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBAs a community organisation, the voices of the communities we serve matter to us. Surveys are conducted so we can better understand your needs - to improve our services, programs and inform policy. This week, Henry von Doussa from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society (ARCSHS) chats to us about the HIV Futures 9 Survey - A national survey of people living with HIV. He talks about some of the things we have learnt from past surveys and how the information gathered can improv...
Looking Back on 2018
December 27, 2018 10:01 - 38 minutes - 88.4 MBAs 2018 comes to a close, Michael, Caleb, Tex, and Jessie from the Well Well Well team back over some of the years most memorable shows, and keystone moments for Thorne Harbour Health - and the health and well-being of our LGBTI communities. Our highlights include; Tex: Travelling with HIV featuring David Menadue Jessie: LGBTIQ Youth Homelessness with Ren Grayson and Garth Parkhill from Thorne Harbour Michael: PrEP Approved for Australia’s PBS and Victoria’s Hep A Outbreak and Sexual Assaul...
Healthy Holidays
December 20, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBChristmas by choice, Not by proxy... As we enter into the holiday season for another year, we reflect upon some of the discomforts that come up for our community when expectations arise around spending time with family. Self-care and knowing your boundaries are really important during this time. Some of us don't have family and some of us have chosen families. We're often out of our comfort zone and routine which can cause some unexpected emotions. Thorne Harbours Claire Noone joins Renee to ...
PLHIV Red Carpet Advocate – Karl Schmid
December 14, 2018 04:19 - 49 minutes - 79.1 MBAustralian-born TV presenter Karl Schmid can be regularly seen on the Hollywood red carpet as well as ABC news in the US. Earlier this year, Karl found himself the subject of international headlines as he shared a social media post that disclosed he was living with HIV. Since disclosing his status, Karl has quickly become a role model for other people living with HIV and a community advocate for U=U or 'Undetectable = Untransmittable' - meaning that people living with HIV with an undetectable...
World AIDS Day 2018
November 29, 2018 11:05 - 19 minutes - 45.1 MBThe theme of World AIDS Day 2018 is "Everybody Counts". This reminds us that HIV affects everybody and that we must not forget the intersections of minorities within minorities. In the show leading up to World AIDS Day. Max Niggl, coordinator of the Positive Speakers Bureau from Living Positive Victoria, comes on to talk about stigma & discrimination. Max bravely shares with us his personal experience as a gay man, openly living with HIV. The discussion continues around how we can combat sti...
One Year Since YES!
November 15, 2018 10:01 - 42 minutes - 68.2 MBPhotography by Michael Woods How marriage equality has impacted our LGBTI health Acknowledging the one year anniversary since Australia voted YES for marriage equality, Cal Hawk invites Lee Carnie from the Human Rights Law Centre and longstanding LGBTI community advocate Jamie Garner back into the studio to reflect on the impact of achieving marriage equality on the health and wellbeing of our LGBTI communities. Plus, the 2018 Victorian State Election is underway and the announcement of a na...
LGBTI Priorities – Education
November 08, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBAcross every education setting, there are children and young people who identify as members of the LGBTI+ Communities. Tex and Renee discuss the recent document around LGBTI priorities in the lead up to the state election on November 24. Felicity Marlowe from Rainbow Families and Dale Park from the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby contributed to the "Education" priorities document chat about what they believe is important going forward. In our final segment, special guest Georgie Gorm...
HIV Election Priorities
November 01, 2018 11:00 - 52 minutes - 104 MBPriorities for HIV & AIDS for the Victorian State Election It has been 35 years since Australia’s rst Human Immunode ciency Virus (HIV) diagnosis. It was a time when fear was pervasive, knowledge of HIV was limited, and initial treatment, once developed, was relatively ineffective. Little could be done to prevent the progression of HIV toAcquired Immunode ciency Syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related illnesses, yet faced with fear anduntold misery, we rallied. Community members, volunteers, resear...