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The culture wars are seeping out of the real world and infiltrating our pages and stages.  Art has always traversed unfamiliar and even dangerous territory. But with recent calls to boycott cultural institutions, donors pulling funding, and the cancellation of works and talent, are some discussions too fraught to engage with? Louise Adler is the Director of Adelaide Writers' Week. She has spent over 30 years in the culture business and continues to be committed to the dissemination of dangerous ideas. Brook Garru Andrew is an artist, curator and writer who is driven by the collisions of intertwined narratives emerging from the mess of the “Colonial Wuba (hole)”. His practice is grounded in his perspective as a Wiradjuri and Celtic person from Australia. Violette Ayad was born on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja to Palestinian and Lebanese parents. She is now based on Gadigal land where she works as an actor, writer, director, and voice artist.  Gil Beckwith has a significant career in the Arts and Not For Profit industry in senior finance and administration management roles. Her working career spans over 40 years and includes working for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Festival, the Victorian AIDS Council, and most recently CEO of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Declan Greene is a playwright, director, and dramaturg. As a director he has worked for many of Australia's major theatre companies, including Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse, Belvoir, and Griffin Theatre Company.  Emile Sherman is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning film and television producer who co-founded See-Saw Films in 2008. Based in Sydney and London, See-Saw Films has worked with many of the world's leading filmmakers and actors.  Chaired by philosopher and Executive Director of The Ethics Centre, Simon Longstaff.

This week started with the sad news that longstanding activist and Founding President of the Victorian AIDS Council (now Thorne Harbour Health) Phil Carswell OAM died peacefully at his home in Brisbane. Phil leaves behind a remarkable legacy of advocating for the health, wellbeing, and the rights of our LGBTIQA+ communities. In particular, Phil played a vital leadership role in Australia's role in responding to HIV and AIDS. Joining Cal Hawk in the studio for this episode is Dr Adam Carr. Both Adam and Phil were a part of the Community Living Legends series last year as Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian AIDS Council) celebrated 40 years. Adam speaks to his 50-year friendship with Phil and reflects on Phil's legacy as we listen to clips of Phil's speech at the Ruby Red Ball in July of 2023 as well as part of his interview on JOY. Click here to hear Phil's full interview as part of the Community Living Legends series.  Click here to listen and watch Phil's speech at Thorne Harbour Health's Ruby Red Ball. 

Monday 18 March – On Sunday morning, longstanding activist and Founding President of the Victorian AIDS Council (now Thorne Harbour Health) Phil Carswell OAM died peacefully at his home in... LEARN MORE The post Remembering Phil Carswell OAM appeared first on JOY Breakfast.

"Advocacy never stops. It keeps going". We were treated to conversing with the lovely Ricki Spencer this week. Ricki is a trans woman, mental health and disability advocate from Footscray who has endured some really rough treatment in her life and she continues to hold her head up high. Ricki tells us that she was stigmatised and bullied throughout primary and high school for being different and she learned very quickly that there was no support for her in society: from the police, doctors and family. Ricki went on to study Community Development and volunteered with the Victorian Aids Council. She and her community were stigmatised most severely during the AIDS crisis. Ricki holds a Bachelor and Masters of Education and is now partway through her PhD on unconscious, binary, heteronormative bias among the teaching population. Ricki has found it close to impossible to secure teaching work despite being more than qualified. Ricki also uses her time as a mental health advocate and co-design practitioner in digital health for broad access needs. Ricky says that finding connection with others and listening to how others have endured adversity has built her self-confidence. She says it is important to build allies. We thank Ricki so much for joining us on the blower from Footscray this week. Thank-you, Ricki.

Dr Adam Carr was a founding member of the Victorian AIDS Action Committee in 1983 and later served as President of the organisation in 1986-87 when it was the Victorian AIDS Council - today known as Thorne Harbour Health. He worked in gay community media from 1979 to 2001, including as editor of OutRage magazine. Adam talks to Cal Hawk about his role in the community response to HIV and AIDS as well as his time in community media. This episode is part of the Community Living Legends series, reflecting on a legacy of community-driven action to improve our health and wellbeing as Thorne Harbour Health celebrates its 40th Anniversary. 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.

Chris Gill was a founding member of the Victorian AIDS Action Committee back in 1983. As the organisation became the Victorian AIDS Council, Chris went on the worked in a number of volunteer and paid roles until the mid 1990s, including as foundation Manager of the People Living With AIDS Program and as Campaigns and Community Relations Officer in the Education Program. Chris also served as editor or the Melbourne Star Observer for 3 years from 1988 and was a Co–Convenor of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby (now the Pride Lobby).  In the early 2000s, he helped set up the philanthropic Gay and Lesbian Foundation of Australia (now the Pride Foundation). This episode is part of the Community Living Legends series, reflecting on a legacy of community-driven action to improve our health and wellbeing as Thorne Harbour Health celebrates its 40th Anniversary. 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.

Phil Carswell OAM is a longstanding community advocate. Forged in the fires of gay and lesbian liberation, Phil was the Founding President of the Victorian AIDS Action Committee, later the Victorian AIDS Council, and today - Thorne Harbour Health. Phil worked tirelessly in leading the community response to HIV and AIDS in Australia both within community organisations and while working in government health departments Phil represented the Victorian AIDS Council on the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Council which he also co-founded and was appointed as one of two gay community representatives to the National Advisory Council on AIDS chaired by Ms Ita Buttrose. In 2015, Phil received a Medal in the Order of Australia for services to public health, particularly for people with HIV/AIDS. This episode is part of the Community Living Legends series, reflecting on a legacy of community-driven action to improve our health and wellbeing as Thorne Harbour Health celebrates its 40th Anniversary. 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.

The relationship between substance abuse and trauma works in close tandem. While trauma increases the risk of developing substance abuse, substance abuse in turn increases the likelihood of being re-traumatised by engaging in high-risk behaviours. Traditionally, substance abuse treatment programs have held the belief that addressing trauma could trigger traumatic responses, leading clients to relapse. However by integrating trauma treatment into the substance abuse treatment process, simultaneous treatment has proven to be effective. This week's guest Simon Ruth is CEO at Thorne Harbour Health, formerly known as the Victorian AIDS Council. Simon has spent most of his career working in, or managing, alcohol and drug programs with organisations including the Salvation Army, YSAS, Monash Health and Peninsula Health. He was the recipient of a Victorian Traveling Fellowship to investigate older adult alcohol and other drugs treatment in the USA and Canada. Stay tuned as Simon chats with me about the role trauma can play in preventing and treating addictive behaviours.

We're continuing our conversations about the findings of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System. These findings will reshape mental health services, not just in Victoria but potentially across Australia.  The focus of this episode is on the recommendations for reform specific to LGBTQ+ mental health services. For the LGBTQ+ community, there's “diversity within diversity” – also called intersectionality – for example First Nations queer people, queer people with a disability, and those from culturally diverse backgrounds. To provide genuine help, services need to understand and support this diversity. Reform is even more pressing with the COVID-19 pandemic further highlighting the urgent need for a redesign of Victoria's mental health system that is co-designed by the people who use it.  We invited Karen Field, CEO Drummond Street Services, which also incorporates Stepfamilies Australia and Queerspace and Carolyn Gillespie, Director of Clinical Services at Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian AIDS Council) to talk about what reform means for mental health care for the LGBTIQ+ community.  Services like Drummond Street Services and Thorne Harbour Health see firsthand that LGBTIQ+ people experience higher rates than the general population of mental health issues like anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation, and that the mental health service system currently in place is not always a system that's safe for them.   In fact, Karen Field says that during the past 12 months there was a trebling of the acute mental health and suicidal ideation presentations at Drummond Street Services compared to the previous financial year – an experience that has been seen across LGBTQ+ health care providers. The co-host for this episode is Karenza Louis-Smith, CEO of ermha365.  CONTENT NOTE: If you've been affected by anything you've heard in this episode you can phone Qlife on 1800184 527 (3pm to midnight 7 days) or Lifeline on 13 11 14.  For more info on LGBTQ+ services:   Queerspace - supports focused on relationships, families, parenting and young people Thorne Harbour Health - a community-controlled organisation, governed by its members, and working for sex, sexuality and gender diverse communities.Rainbow Door - a free service for the LGBTQ+ community, you do not need a referral to use this service.  ermha365 provides a range of mental health services designed to help people experiencing mental health challenges to thrive in the community. 

  This week Cal and Michael dial in with Phil Carswell, the inaugural President of the Victorian AIDS Council (now Thorne Harbour Health) to discuss the very first AIDS Candlelight Memorial - and the importance of understanding and remembering our HIV history. We take a moment to reflect on Patti LaBelle's Oh, People.  The memorial will connect us digitally on Sunday 17th May 5-6pm. Head to Living Positive Victoria's website for more details Later, we connect t with two Thorne Harbour Health volunteers, Alberto and Andrew in the lead up to National Volunteers Week next week. They share with us how they are staying actively engaged in their volunteer roles during COVID, and what motivates them to volunteer with Thorne Harbour. Before we sign off we discuss some changes (and possible hurdles) to PrEP access and look forward to getting physical again as restrictions start to ease in Victoria. Volunteer with Thorne Harbour Health  The AIDS Candlelight Memorial Rainbow Connections at Thorne Harbour Health  Queer Fiction in Strange Times - LGBTI Women's writing workshop: Sunday May 17 Conquering COVID: Starting May 19   This show originally aired Thursday 14th May 2020. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform – or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour’s LGBTI health and well-being services

Tex McKenzie has been at the forefront of Thorne harbour Health (Formerly the Victorian Aids Council) for the last 30 years. In the last 30 years Tex has watched technology change not just the way […] http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.au/wordforword/wp-content/uploads/sites/135/2019/08/Tex-McKenzie_FINAL_EDIT.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:55 — 76.8MB) Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The post Tex McKenzie appeared first on Word for Word.

'Stonewall Forever' - a living monument Cal and Michael consider the impacts of community activism in the week of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. We talk with Phil Carswell who has a history of activism with ACT UP as well as being the first Thorne Harbour Health President in it's early days as the Gay Men's Health Centre and the Victorian AIDS Council. Phil talks about the first National Homosexual Conference held during a time of homosexuality criminalisation and early mobilisation. We speak with Co Convenor of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, Janet Jukes. Janet speaks with us about early LGBTI rights events like Mardi Gras and later Tasty nightclub raids informing the work of policy and activism in Young Gay and Proud by the Gay Teachers and Students Group Stonewall Forever Who Threw the First Brick at Stonewall? Let’s Argue About It - via The New York Times online The Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives (ALGA) This show, Episode #676 originally aired Thursday 27th June 2019. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform - or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour's LGBTI health and well-being services Thorne Harbour is social! facebook: facebook.com/thorneharbour  |  twitter: @ThorneHarbour  |  instagram: @thorneharbour

Tonight on Done By Law it's our Midsumma special! We chat with Lee Carnie, Director of Legal Advocacy at the newly established LGBTIQ+ legal advocacy and human rights organisation Equality Australia. www.equalityaustralia.org.auWe’re also excited to be chatting with Victoria’s inaugural LGBTIQ+ outreach lawyer Sam Elkin, who works for the LGBTIQ Legal Service, a health justice partnership between St Kilda Legal Service and Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian Aids Council). www.skls.org.au/legal-help/lgbtiq-outreach-service We discuss how their services support LGBTIQ+ communities, the recent launch of Equality Australia, andask Sam for some some advance tips from their upcoming LGBTIQ inclusive legal practice training session for community lawyers this Thursday.

Peter shares stories about his spirituality and otherworldly happenings. Peter Waples-Crowe is an award winning Ngarigo queer visual and performing artist whose work has featured in many spaces throughout Victoria. His art practice plays at the intersection of his experiences as an Aboriginal queer man and his work with community health and community arts organisations such as The Torch, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and his current role at the Victorian AIDS Council. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktopia. To support Queerstories, become a patron at www.patreon.com/ladysingsitbetter And for gay stuff and insomnia rants follow me - Maeve Marsden - on Twitter and Instagram.   See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Sam Elkin runs Victoria's first dedicated LGBTIQ legal service, which is a partnership between St Kilda Legal Service and Thorne Harbour Health (formerly the Victorian Aids Council). We talk to Sam about the challenges and successes of the service. 

Prof Jim Hyde at AIDS 2014 Members Event for Thorne Harbour Health (then the Victorian AIDS Council). For the recent Legacy Series on Well, Well, Well, Cal Hawk talked to a handful of living legends about the community response to HIV and AIDS in Australia. Sadly, the community lost one of those legends with the passing of Jim Hyde. While a portion of Jim's interview was included in the legacy series, additional content never went to air — until now. This Jim Hyde tribute episode features clips with Jim about coming to Melbourne in the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, community leadership, and coming out. The episode also includes stories and memories from other HIV/AIDS and LGBTI community health advocates, including: David Menadue, Jamie Gardiner, Bruce Parnell and Janet Jukes. And be sure to check out "The Political Landscape of HIV and AIDS", episode three in the Legacy Series in the lead up to the 35th anniversary of the Victorian AIDS Council and their recent transition to become Thorne Harbour Health. This show, Episode #633 originally aired Thursday 23rd August, 2018. Grab this and other podcasts from the Well, Well, Well team on iTunes | Spotify | or your favourite podcast platform - or head to joy.org.au/wellwellwell Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour's LGBTI health and well-being services Thorne Harbour is social! facebook: facebook.com/thorneharbour  |  twitter: @ThorneHarbour  |  instagram: @thorneharbour

Musician and Yes Rave label producer Simo Soo chats with James in the studio about their music and we play some of their new tracks.  Counsellor Jackson Fairchild from the Victorian AIDS Council (now Thorne Harbour Health) chats about their programs that focus on LGBTIQ intimate partner and family violence recovery. 

 Part Two: Undercurrent Panel Disscussion looking at transformitive Justice. Anthony Kelly is executive officer from the Flemington Kensington community legal centre & Ada Comroy works with Male perpetrators and supports violence against women. Anthony Lekkas is a councilor with the Victorian AIDS Council.

They say leaders are born, not made.  Well in this episode we explore what made John Manwaring the leader he is today.  Having volunteered and worked for both Living Positive Victoria and the Victorian AIDS Council while studying law, John has just been appointed key policy adviser on HIV matters for the Victorian Government.

Today’s episode is part 2 of the report from the Australasian HIV Medical Conference – ASHM 2016.  If you missed part 1, you can check it out at insideHIV.net or download it from itunes.On the AFAO community stage, a special symposium featured many of the most exciting developments happening, for positive people.Launching Australia’s first national campaign specifically designed to improve the lives of positive people was Aaron Cogle, CEO of the National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA).  Aaron explains the evolution of the Good Quality Of Life campaign.NAPWHA also played a part in the development of a world first.  MyLife+ is a smart phone app that helps positive people manage their health and wellbeing. Oonagh Rocks, Community Affairs Manager at ViiV Healthcare details the development of the app, before introducing Bill Patterson, NAPWHA’s Operations Manager. Bill highlights the importance of integrating the lived experience of positive people into something as technologically advanced as the MyLife+ app.This symposium was where insideHIV.net and this podcast series for positive people, launched. Caleb Hawk, the Communications Coordinator of the Victorian AIDS Council, provides some background before Dean Beck launches the project.We also discover the difficulty Doctors have in defining the relationships of men who have sex with men (MSM).  Dr Vincent Cornelisse from Melbourne sexual Health Centre reveals some fascinating findings from his research. 

This week on ep 556 Tex and John chat with Rory O'neill aka Panti Bliss about the documentary "The Queen of Ireland" focusing on the historic referendum on marriage equality in Ireland. David Butler, is in the studio to talk about a VAC fundraiser "Whose Eyeliner Is it AnyGay?". Also, Deirdre and Tim from the HIV Services program at the Victorian AIDS Council working out of our Positive Living Centre discuss Art Therapy.

Jeffrey Kelly is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years experience in public mental health and private practice. He currently works in his own private practice and as a supervisor to staff at the Victorian Aids Council. During Jeffrey’s early student placements he was introduced to CBT and Psychodynamic therapeutic approaches simultaneously which he says informed his entire approach to practicing, so have a listen to the episode to find out why! Jeffrey completed his Master of Clinical Psychology at Latrobe University in Melbourne in 1999. He began working for the Waiora Community Mental Health Service in 2001, part of the Alfred Hospital’s Community Psychiatry Program, and stayed for 7 years. Much of his time at the Alfred was spent coordinating a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Program with clients with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Jeff has extensive experience as both a clinician and supervisor and brings a wealth of advice and tips for early career psychologists. So let’s see how we all wear it differently with Jeffrey Kelly. Visit the website for show notes and Jeffrey’s best self care tip!

On today's show, Jack and Murray discuss the upcoming International AIDS Candlelight Memorial for 2015 with Max Niggl, Speakers Bureau Coordinator at Living Positive Victoria. Jeremy Wiggins, counsellor with the Victorian AIDS Council, chats to the boys about IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia) with a broader emphasis on queer/trans phobia.

Jack, Carlos and Anthony are in the studio today along with a number of guests including Craig from the Melbourne Chargers rugby team and Disco from the Melbourne Surge water polo team. Simon Ruth, the CEO of the Victorian AIDS Council, is also filling us in on the next hypothetical event happening, Does Dracula Have AIDS? as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

Carlos, Jack and Anthony have the mic today and they'll be chatting to Jeremy & Patrick from the Alcohol and Other Drugs Services (AOD) at the Victorian AIDS Council about their role in the community. Tom also joins us on air to talk about the upcoming event Brotherhood of the Sacred Phallus which is part of the Midsumma Festival.

With the Victorian State Elections fast approaching, we are going to introduce: “HIV/AIDS: What your Government can do?” a document that the Victorian AIDS Council and Living Positive Victoria put together for the general public addressing 10 specific issues and recommending actions to the next Victorian Government in regards to responding effectively to the HIV epidemic in Victoria.

On today’s show we highlight various areas of the work of the Victorian AIDS Council. Carlos, Adam and Tex discuss a new counselling service for women with issues drinking; we have a look at the Positive Living Centre; our Outreach Project; and, the forthcoming Northside Bizzare fundraiser for JOY and the VAC David Williams Fund.

Simon Ruth, president of the Victorian AIDS Council, introduces and explains what the VAC does.

Tonight Adam and Jason are joined in the studio by collegues, Christine Barker and Kieran O'Loughlin from the Victorian AIDS Council Gay Mens Health Centre. Christine and Kieran will be discussing the counselling services offered by the organisation.

Talking Poofy (Scott Brennan, Adam Richard, Toby Sullivan) present The Poofcast 62 (S4E1) featuring Sexpert Colin Batrouney and Special Guest Star Wes Snelling as Hilary Whitney. The band is back together and the Poofcast is back with all-new episodes for 2012. Welcome to Season 4. First up, our resident Sexpert, Colin Batrouney from the Victorian AIDS Council, attempts to engage us in a discussion about homobhobia, which somehow veers off into talk about Glee, crocodiles and Captain Cook's cottage. Wes Snelling attempts to create a segment that is even worse than Where's Wes? and you can join in by emailing poofcast@talkingpoofy.com.au and giving him a Truth or Dare. Is that a Thing? returns to discuss client/server databases (we don't get it either) and we try to define just what kind of perverse thing a Sandilands might be. Grunty McFarkring returns before the rest of us get to the studio, and the results are distressing, to say the least. All this, and a blooper! WARNING: The Poofcast contains coarse language, sexually explicit discussion and Wes Snelling in his underpants. The Poofcast 62 (Season 4 Episode 1) The Poofcast 62 (Season 4 Episode 1) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guest Stars Colin Batrouney and Geraldine Hickey The Gay to Zed this week, for some reason, involves us drinking alcohol during The Poofcast and getting a bit too messy for our own good. Our resident sexpert, Colin Batrouney from the Victorian AIDS Council, attempts to impart to us the importance of regular testing. We catch up with a rather confused drag queen by the name of Prue Lapse. Geraldine Hickey helps us out with our Grand Final edition of Top or Bottom. All this, and so much less, in The Poofcast Episode 11. On top of our regular warning of Explicit Content (Adult Themes, Coarse Language and Drug Use) this week we also must warn you that we flagrantly abuse alcohol and may, by example, encourage binge drinking. This podcast is not so much a "how to..." as it is a "please don't." The Poofcast Episode 11 The Poofcast Episode 11 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Guests in Episode 4: Colin Batrouney (Health Promotion Manager, Victorian AIDS Council) who helps us decipher the GLBTIQ acronym, and Melinda Buttle (Best Newcomer Nominee, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2010) who helps us decipher who is Top or Bottom in the world's most visible lesbian relationship. Poofcasting from the Pride March planning meeting, this week the Gay to Zed and The Chafe both cover the same ground - D for Diversity. Inclusive versus exclusive, sexuality versus gender identity. We may not be very sensitive about some of these topics, hence the thankful intrusion of our expert, Colin Batrouney, in The Carrie Bickmore Experience. We also cover a rather frightening and tragic phenomenon that is devastating the lesbian scene, as well as our regular segments Gaydar of the Week and Top or Bottom (with Melinda Buttle, The Bottom Whisperer). The Poofcast Episode 4 The Poofcast 4 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.