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Michael and Jack chat with disability advocate and self-described 'bisexual menace' Ruby Mountford about the development of resources for LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities navigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).



 



For more information, check out these resources

Find the resources at: https://thorneharbour.org/lgbti-health/disability/disability-resources/

Listen to Ruby on Triple Bi-Pass: https://joy.org.au/triplebipass/

Find out more about Inclusion Melbourne: https://inclusionmelbourne.org.au/

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Jack sat down with Gary Spence, Educator at Hepatitis SA ahead of World Hepatitis Day - today! They discuss the impacts on the liver, and health and wellbeing, symptoms, and the work Hepatitis SA does to support community.



For more information, visit the World Hepatitis Day and Hepatitis SA websites.



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Jack and Rachel discuss the recent launch of the Rethink the Drink health promotion campaign.



They talk about how the campaign came to be as well as their experiences with risky drinking.



We also hear from people at the launch event held at the Victorian Pride Centre.



The 'Couldn’t Have Done That with a Hangover’ campaign saw us engage with women from local sporting clubs to produce a series of inspiring images of LGBTIQ women doing what they love.



For more information, visit the Rethink the Drink website.



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For International Nonbinary People's Day, Jack and Jacinta speak with SJ Matthews who is the co-founder of DocDir, an online directory for LGBTIQA+ safe health clinicians all around Australia. They tell us about the importance of accessing affirmative health care for nonbinary people, and how clinicians and LGBTIQA+ people looking for safer health care services can get involved. 



SJ also talks about recently becoming a parent, and what being trans nonbinary is like during this process, and connecting with support groups.



For more info, check out:



DocDir website where you can find and also recommend LGBTIQA+ safe clinicians



You can also email hello@docdir.org.au



For nonbinary parenting support, the following groups have been suggested:



“Non-binary parenting pregnancy and parenting support” group on Facebook



“Non-Bio LGBTQ Parents” group on Facebook



“Trans, Gender Diverse, and Nonbinary Parents - Rainbow Families QLD” group on Facebook



Rise nonbinary peer workshop runs monthly as part of THH’s Peer Ed program



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For International Nonbinary People's Day, Jack speaks with Varo who is a nonbinary person in Adelaide, and is Chair of the South Australian Rainbow Advocacy Alliance or SARAA.

Varo speaks about projects that SARAA have recently worked on, and their experience as a nonbinary person, including the process of changing their gender and legal name under South Australian law.



For more info, check out:



SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance (SARAA) website and Facebook



Rise nonbinary peer workshop runs monthly as part of THH’s Peer Ed program



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Join us this NAIDOC Week to hear from change-makers in local LGBTIQA+ Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communities. Tarsha Jago, a proud Palawa queer woman talks about supporting her communities, the important history of NAIDOC and the ongoing fight for justice and how allies can support queer mob this week and every week. She also reflects on being involved in the upcoming Public Cervix Announcement campaign, and queer health at Aboriginal community health services.



For more information about the topics discussed in this episode:



naidoc.org.au



Tarsha Jago's Queerstories episode



Listen to our recent episode about Public Cervix Announcement here, and keep an eye out for the next campaign going live soon.



RSVP and find out more about the Rethink the Drink LGBTIQA+ women's campaign launch event.



 



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