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We speak with Thorne Harbour's SA Therapeutic Services Manager Venetia Brissenden experience as a bisexual person in queer spaces in light of Bisexual Awareness Week.



Jack and Jacinta also chat with her about Thorne Harbour Health's new LGBTIQ+ Mental Health Service in Adelaide.



Venetia will be delivering a workshop on Bisexuality at the upcoming LGBTIQ+ Women's Health Conference. Find out more here.



Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.



If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au



Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Frances Brennan is a neurodivergent speech pathologist, mentor, trainer and disability advocate, and she joins us to discuss queer autistic masking.



Frances currently operates her own holistic neurodiverse-affirming speech pathology clinic in outer Melbourne, The Speech Tree.



Jack and Jacinta chat with Frances about the clients they work with, as well as the emotional and psychological impacts of masking for queer women in particular.



Frances will be delivering a workshop on this topic at the upcoming LGBTIQ+ Women's Health Conference. Find out more here.



Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.



If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au



Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Dr Sarah Ashton joins us to discuss the collective trauma experienced by LGBTIQA+ women contributed to dyspareunia (painful sex).



Sarah is the director and founder of Sexual Healthy and Intimacy Psychological Services (SHIPS) and is passionate about challenging public discourse around sex.



Jack and Jacinta also discuss with her how the experiences of queer women can be pathologised as problems.



Dr Ashton will be delivering a workshop on this topic at the upcoming LGBTIQ+ Women's Health Conference. Find out more here.



Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.



If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au



Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Jacinta speaks to educator and researcher Professor Braden Hill about his extensive work on Indigenous LGBTIQA+SB health, student equity and access, and his recent advocacy videos about the Voice to Parliament Referendum.



Professor Braden Hill is a Nyungar Wardandi man from the south-west of Western Australia and the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Equity and Indigenous portfolio Edith Cowan University, and is the Head of Kurongkurl Katitjin, ECU’s Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research. Braden has significant experience in Aboriginal education, and leading equity work in universities, and has lead significant research about LGBTIQA+SB Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, most recently being involved in the Walkern Katatdjin report about mental health for Indigenous LGBTIQA+ youth.



For more information about Walkern Katatdjin and support services available, please head to rainbowknowledge.org



To see Braden's videos about the Voice Referendum, you can find him as Braden Hill on TikTok.



Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.



If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au



Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Jacinta and Jack kick-off sexual health month by speaking to Amelia and Tilly from the Sexual and Reproductive Health team at Women’s Health in the North (WHIN).



Tilly and Amelia talk about what kind of work WHIN does in the northern metropolitan region of Melbourne, the current barriers and gaps that they see in sexual and reproductive health, especially for LGBTIQA+ people.



We also discuss WHIN's Freedom, Respect and Equity in Sexual Health (FRESH) plan, which aims for "all women and gender diverse people [to] freely exercise their rights to positive,pleasurable and affirming sexual and reproductive health outcomes."



Tilly Mahoney is a cis bisexual woman, and is the Sexual and Reproductive Health Coordinator at WHIN.



Tilly has a Master of Public Health, and is passionate about freedom of choice, gender equity and LGBTQIA+ rights.



Amelia Arnold is a cis bisexual queer woman who works primarily in health education, research, training and advocacy.



Amelia oversees the sexual and reproductive health capacity building work at WHIN, and also works as a research associate with the Growing Queer Families Alliance at Monash University.



Amelia is also on the Board at Switchboard, volunteers with Rainbow Families Victoria and is an ex radio girlie, co-hosting the Triple Bi Pass podcast.



You can see Amelia and Tilly representing WHIN alongside GenWest at the LGBTIQ+ Women's Health Conference in Melbourne, 24-25 October 2023.



You can find out more about the Freedom, Respect and Equity in Sexual Health (FRESH) plan on the Women's Health in the North website - whin.org.au



Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.



If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the show, send through ideas or questions at wellwellwell@joy.org.au



Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

Michael catches up with James Seow, faciltator of Thorne Harbour Health's Gay Asian Proud (GAP) about events that support social connection for same sex-attracted Asian men. Gay Asian Proud holds regular art workshops, health talks, group discussions, yum cha lunches, team sports, and film nights for and by queer Asian men and occassionally other Asian identified LGBTIQ+ people and their partners, and allies.



James and Michael discusses HIV and other health disparities for queer Asian men, and the importance of peer education and community develop in building resiliance and forming peer networks. How does a peer act as an authority figure when disseminating health information? How does filial piety (an emphasis on respect for and devotion to one's parents and ancestors) impact how queer Asian men move throughout the world?



The next GAP event will be held at the Ice House on 16 September - for more information join the GAP mailing list where you can stay up to date and be invited to the events by visiting https://forms.gle/o5uGLy6rUQ3wtGWS9 



Find out more about Gay Asian Proud via Thorne Harbour - https://thorneharbour.org/services/multicultural-health/gap-gay-asian-proud/ 



If you have any questions or wish to provide feedback, please email gap@thorneharbour.org



This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.



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