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Every year on May 17th we celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia, the day that homosexuality was declassified as a mental illness by the World Health Organisation.
In this special episode, Maeson chats with Ashara Wills of Let's Queer the Air, to clear the air on what this day means, it's significance, and how we can all show up to support the LGBTQIA+ community.

This episode will be part one of two in our IDAHOBIT series, so keep an eye out for part two coming out before the month is over!
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Have you ever wondered what it's like working in the music industry? Or how you can get into it as a young person? Check out this week’s episode of YChats to find out!

This episode we throw it back to our previous host of the podcast, Alana who chats with Brodie of Y HQ and Heaps Cool Music. Brodie gives a behind-the-scenes look into the music industry, telling us how she started working in the industry and giving advice to young people considering a career in it themselves.

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YChat's is back! After a long hiatus, a little rebranding, and a new host - your favourite podcast is back with a new episode.
In this episode, we're asking why - Why do we need youth voice?
New host Maeson talks to two young people about their experience in advocacy, young people's place in decision-making, and the barriers we face to having our voices heard. 
This episodes guests are Alicia from Perth, WA, and Remi from Ballarat, Victoria.
Alicia is a third year university student studying Political Science, International Relations, and Anthropology. They are dedicated to social justice, being involved in many social causes. Alicia is currently co-directing and co-producing a short documentary that looks at youth homelessness. 
Remi is a mental health, disability, and LGBTQ+ youth advocate. He is studying to be a radio host alongside creating music with his friends. He listens to pop punk and emo music, draws, plays video games, makes fantasy stories, creates and paints his own clothes, and doom-scrolls the internet in his spare time. He has always loved singing and dreams to perform on a huge stage one day. 
Let us know what your thoughts are on youth voice and this episode!
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Trigger warning: sexual assault
This week Alana sits down with psychology student and cofounder of Young Women Against Sexual Violence (YWASV), Joey Lim.
Joey talks about her choice to start YWASV after experiencing sexual violence with the goal of creating a safe space for women to share their stories of sexual violence, to know they are not alone, to be supported and believed, whilst encouraging the community to reflect on what healthy relationships look like.
Young Women Against Sexual Violence:
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Most of us experience poor body image at some stage.
This week, Alana sits down with Director of Higher Degrees (Coursework) at UWA and a body image activist Dr Marilyn Bromberg to chat all things body image, how our expectations of our bodies have been impacted by social media, and what needs to change.
If you’re struggling with body image, know that you’re not alone. If you need someone to talk to, you can reach Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Would you delete TikTok if you knew some big company had access to your data? Would you even care if that happened?
This week Alana sits down with app developer and data expert Alexander Karan to chat all things data, what it means and why you should care about it.