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Dean is joined by Mamma Mish and Work Experience Jack as we drive into the QUILTBAG and see what Rainbow Story we have to share with the JOY listeners this morning.



First Festivals: Pride by Abbey Bryant



Discover the celebration of Pride with this bright, interactive lift-the-flap book! Featuring simple text, gorgeous illustrations and satisfying lift-the-flaps, this book explores the festival of Pride and helps young children understand the importance of this special LGBTQIA+ celebration.

Lift the flaps to reveal homemade costumes, the different identity flags and see what happens during a Pride parade.

Find out more here.

Dean has decided he is getting serious about dating, but how hard can it be to set up and online dating profile?

Luckily he has Craig, Mamma Mish and Work Experience Jack on hand to help him… now how does he find his passwords?

Direct from Sweden, The Choir by ABBA The Museum have come down under and are doing a series of performances supporting The Equality Project, kicking off tonight and ending with a MASSIVE ABBA Day Down Under in Hobsons Bay.

Johan, Sophie & Joakim from the ABBA Choir and Jason from The Equality Project joined Dean, Mamma Mish and Work Experience Jack as we found out why ABBA connect communities and what a massive week of shows they have ahead.

Catch them this week performing at the Athenaeum Theatre.

and/or

Join them Sunday for a day of films, singing, dancing and music all for the love of ABBA in Williamstown.



 

Better Together is a national LGBTIQA+ Conference that took place last week in Geelong, bringing together community leaders, groups, activists, thinkers, allies and engagers from not only around the country, but the world, to talk, listen, learn and engage.

Jason from the Equality Project joined Mamma Mish, Work Experience Jack & Dean on JOY Breakfast along with Johan, Sophie and Joakim from The ABBA Choir (more about that later), to look back on this years Better Together Conference, this was the 6th year, was it the biggest it has ever been?

 This Saturday something special is coming to the Victorian Pride Centre, as The Pride Fund partners with the Australian Academy of Music for a second year to present their second annual concert, ANAM with Pride.

So good this fundraiser returned for a second year.

Mark Debeljak from The Pride Fund joined the JOY Breakfast crew as we found out all about it, and how good the acoustics are at The Pride Centre.

Find the details of the event here.

It’s not long until the Olympics take place in Paris next month, and as out and proud Rock Climber Campbell Harrison gets ready to show the world what he’s got, Dean had him come onto JOY Breakfast as they discuss prepping for the Olympics, owning your queer identity, Climbing QTs and more.