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To coincide with the release of their ground-breaking new report, in this our second to last episode of SpeakEasy for 2020, Carla and Annie speak with the totally amazing Assoc. Profs Christy Newman and Myra Hamilton about their work on the 'my health, our family' project – an ambitious and important multi-year research project documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. It’s a ‘must hear’ show as we roll ever closer to the holiday season and encounters of the family kind…

Here is the main project page:
https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/our-projects/my-health-our-family

Literature review on families affected by blood borne viruses
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4352783

How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112620

Viewpoint article on queer families
https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1468032

In this episode of SpeakEasy, Annie & Carla take a deep dive into the ‘PhD journey’ with Carla interviewing Annie about her recently published paper, the first from her PhD research, focusing on issues of drug user representation and political legitimacy in UN drug policy settings over the past 3 decades.

50 days of free access to the article via IJDP: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1b~JF3PEroSnMY

In celebration of International Drug Users Day on 1 November, in this episode Annie & Carla have a chat to Jake Agliata from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) all the way from Philadelphia in the US about being young and political in the States, about the true racist history behind global drug policy and about how a group of young people turned a UN hallway into ‘a corridor of power’. Oh… and we also do a special shout-out to Jake’s mum for being so excited about him being on SpeakEasy!

For INPUD International Drug Users Day campaign go to www.inpud.net and https://www.facebook.com/INPUD

In this episode Annie & Carla speak with legendary drug user activist and all-round amazing woman Jude Byrne about the early days of drug user organisations in Australia, the importance of peer involvement in research and why she is so damned proud of her community.

INPUD documentary: Taking Back What's Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs
Report: https://www.inpud.net/sites/default/files/Taking%20back%20whats%20ours%20-%20interactive.pdf
Oral history site: https://www.inpud.net/en/taking-back-whats-ours-oral-history-movement-people-who-use-drugs
Australia and NZ film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYRpHmXmC0&feature=youtu.be

Annie and Carla are back in the salubrious surrounds of the SpeakEasy after an enforced hiatus due to a big deal with a little name called “COVID”. In this return episode, Annie and Carla catch up on what they’ve been doing during “the Rona”, hot topics that are exercising their minds and the value of a good murder mystery in #iso.

NUAA/NADA resource - Language Matters
https://www.nuaa.org.au/language-matters

INPUD resource - Words Matter
https://www.inpud.net/en/words-matter-language-statement-reference-guide

Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce – Strategy to Address Stigma
https://drugdeathstaskforce.scot/media/1111/stigma-strategy-for-ddtf-final-290720.pdf

INPUD COVID-19 Survey Research reports on the Health & Human Rights Of People Who Drugs in a COVID-19 Environment: https://www.inpud.net/en/covid-19-survey-reports-health-rights-people-who-use-drugs-covid-19-environment

Religious freedom or smokescreen for bigotry? In this episode, Annie and Carla dive into the ‘hot mess’ that is the draft Federal Religious Discrimination Bill and speak with Jonathon Hunyor (PIAC) and Daniel Comensoli (LGBTI Health Alliance) about their organisations’ work and views on this super important topic for the Australian community.



https://piac.asn.au/about-us/



https://lgbtihealth.org.au/



Submissions and resources to get involved:

https://equalityaustralia.org.au/freedom-from-discrimination/



https://lgbtihealth.org.au/submission-religious-discrimination-bill-second-exposure-draft/



https://piac.asn.au/tag/religious-freedom/



https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/religious-freedom-bills



Find your electorate and MP

https://electorate.aec.gov.au/

https://www.aph.gov.au/senators_and_members/members



Research:

The Impact of Institutional Discrimination on Psychiatric Disorders in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations: A Prospective Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820062/