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Cal speaks with Dr George about the Ass Class he gave at GEAR'd Adelaide 2023, the Leather, Kink, and Fetish Festival. Dr George goes into detail on douching, anal sex positions, ass training, and more. 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 Rachel speak to Themme Fatale about their experiences of long COVID and the scientific and social comparisons of HIV and long COVID Themme Fatale is an award winning, sideshow-slinging drag artist, known locally and internationally as a genre-blending and gender-transcending performer, producer, and creator with an eye for works that emphasise accessibility and foster riotous Queer joy (with an emphasis on riot). On stage, they serve high skill, high camp circus absurdism and dangerous sideshow stunts -  putting the “sin” in “sincere expression of queer identity”, the “ass” in “class conscious”, and their body on the line for their art. Resources Themme Fatale on Instagram Information about long COVID from the Victorian Department of Health   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

Rachel and Jacinta sit down with poet Tuesday Atzinger ahead of the Wise Words event in February. We discuss Tuesday's writing and performance about themes of Afro-blackness, disability and queerness. Tuesday Atzinger is a poet and emerging writer. Their work explores and celebrates Afro-blackness, queerness, disability and feminism. They peddle in discomfort and their primary goal is to fling words together to make you squirm. They have performed spoken word with Quippings for the Melbourne Writers Festival and were a part of ACNH Fringe at Melbourne Fringe 2020. Resources For more information about Wise Words, visit Thorne Harbour Health's calendar    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. This episode was recorded on the lands of th

SMART Groups are made for LGBTIQA+ people in Adelaide interested in managing addiction, including changing their relationship with alcohol and drugs. SMART Recovery groups help people to build and maintain motivation, cope with urges and cravings and to lead a balanced life. Alcohol and other drug peer worker at Thorne Harbour SA Scott Walker joins us to explore our our community works towards managing addiction. Catch our other episodes as part of out Harm Reduction Summer Series on Drug Checking and Party Harm Reduction  SMART Groups and other alcohol and drug programs in South Australia https://thorneharbour.org/south-australia/aodsa/ Connect with Thorne Harbour SA https://linktr.ee/thorneharboursa   Photo by AllGo - An App For Plus Size People on Unsplash 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 Vi

QUIT Victoria Director Rachel Anderson shares with us about vaping and new reforms reducing harm in our communities. Changes to vaping importation and access were brought in on 1 January, and further changes to come into effect from March 1. We discuss tools and tips for LGBTIQA+ communities looking at vaping and smoking cessation, and dispel some vaping myths. Resources QUIT quit.org.au QUIT's Vaping Facts campaign vapingfacts.org.au UNCLOUD uncloud.org Catch our other episodes as part of out Harm Reduction Summer Series on Drug Checking and Party Harm Reduction  This weeks image by Antonin FELS on Unsplash 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. This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung

Linda Cowan from the PARTi Project and SeshEd shares with us how to keep safe over our summer pride festival season, and the importance of harm reduction interventions that are peer led. The Sesh.ed 2024 Survey can be completed here: tr.ee/hDpDMbhVUk The PARTi Project on Facebook facebook.com/PARTiproject/ Sesh.Ed on Instagram instagram.com/sesh.ed Drug Reagent Kits drugpolicy.org.au/shop Sesh.ed 2024 Survey: https://tr.ee/hDpDMbhVUk Alcohol and Drug resources Alcohol and Drug Services at Thorne Harbour Health including Rainbow Recovery, Walk In Program, and  TAPS thorneharbour.org/services/alcohol-and-other-drug-services-aod HRV and the Dancewize program hrvic.org.au/dancewize  ADF Drug Facts adf.org.au/drug-facts The Loop wearetheloop.org Touchbase touchbase.org.au HIV Drug Interactions Checker, including HIV treatment and PrEP: hiv-druginteractions.org/checker   Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there’s something you’d like us to explore on the sh

James from Victorian Alcohol & Drug Association (VAADA) helps us navigate drug checking and minimising drug related harms for LGBTIQA+ communities. In light of the Greens, Legalise Cannabis, and Animal Justice Party's proposed bill on drug checking and harms at summer festivals, we're thankful to James and VAADA for their time. VAADA works to prevent and reduce Alcohol and Drug-related harms in the Victorian community by ensuring the people experiencing those harms, and the organisations that support them, are well-represented in policy, program development and public discussion. Find VAADA online at vaada.org.au Facebook: facebook.com/VictorianAlcoholandDrugAssociation X / Twitter: twitter.com/vaadaenews Alcohol and Drug resources Alcohol and Drug Services at Thorne Harbour Health including Rainbow Recovery, Walk In Program, and  TAPS thorneharbour.org/services/alcohol-and-other-drug-services-aod HRV and the Dancewize program hrvic.org.au/dancewize  ADF Drug Facts adf.org.au/drug-facts Th

Melbourne's pride festival, Midsumma, is just around the corner! Jack and Michael chat with Tex about the Gay, Bisexual, Queer + Community Periodic Survey. Most folk complete the survey at the flagship Carnival event, and the results help government departments and health organisations respond to our community's evolving needs. We discuss the No Pride in Racism event, an exploration of the impacts of racism in our LGBTIQ+ communities of colour, culture, and faith. Rachel joins us to talk about Wise Words, featuring a line-up of some of Australia's most prominent and talented intergenerational LGBTIQ+ writers, performers and activists talking about their experiences of what it is to be a queer woman. We're also joined by John Hall to discuss the AIDS Memorial Garden, a treasured resource and place of quiet reflection on the grounds of the old Fairfield Hospital in light of the upcoming AIDS Memorial Garden Walking Tour. Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing. If there’s

Jack and Cal are joined by Chris Williams from Emen8 to discuss 2023's hot topics and the most popular sexual health articles. 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.

The whole team is in studio for our year-in review to reflect on some of the issues affecting and conversations surrounding the health and wellbeing of our LGBTIQ+ communities and people living with HIV in 2023. Listen back to the full episodes mentioned in this episode: Susan Stryker talks Somatechnics, Queer Monstrosity, and Trans Politics Research shaping today’s response to HIV with Dr Jason Ong Married with Children – Fathers and coming out Trans Visibility in the Arts with Mama Alto Women in Leadership – Fiona Patten and Rachel Payne MP 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.

How can LGBTIQ+ folk better manage their mental health or alcohol and other drug use over the stressful holiday period? Venetia Brissenden from Thorne Harbour SA and Joe Ball from Switchboard Victoria give us useful tips to help with Holiday Health. 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.

What's kept Adelaide's LGBTIQ+ communities busy this year, and what advocacy work is there left to do? We head to Adelaide's Picnic in the Park to hear from community health organisations and sport groups: Anne Bainbridge, CEO at Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA) Tamsin Anspach from Rainbow Labor SA Brett McAlone, Community Engagement Officer at the SA Rainbow Advocacy Alliance Brendan, President of the Adelaide Dolphins We also head to GEAR'd Adelaide to chat in with Storm, Vic and Miss Behavin about the event and more broadly our leather, kink, and fetish communities. 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.

Jack speaks with Sam Dengate about T Generation Gyms and 2023's Trans Take Over. Trans and gender-diverse people have been gatekept from showcasing their strength, resilience, and power in the sporting world. T Gen Gyms were created to change that narrative, especially after recent rulings in the elite sporting world. 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.

Rachel and Jacinta chat with author, documentary filmmaker and superstar academic Susan Stryker about Somatechnics, Queer Monstrosity, Trans politics, and more. Susan Stryker, Ph.D., is the author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution, co-director of the Emmy-winning documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, co-editor of the multi-volume Transgender Studies readers, and was founding executive co-editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. A collection of her essays, When Monsters Speak, edited by McKenzie Wark, will be published next year by Duke University Press. 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.

In our 900th episode, we speak with people involved with Well Well Well over the years as well as the AIDS Memorial Quilt project. John "Jack" Hall, David Menadue, Alison Thorne and Phil Carswell join Cal for this episode airing the day before World AIDS Day 2023. In light of World AIDS Day, we also spoke with doctors with expertise in HIV/AIDS care and research, alongside community members who were part of Thorne Harbour Health's new HIV Still Matters campaign. You can watch their stories 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.

As a clinician, epidemiologist, and a health economist, Dr Jason Ong specialises in sexual health and has tackled a wide array of projects and he’s particularly passionate about addressing HIV and sexual health more broadly amongst marginalised communities. Jason speaks with Jack about his work as well as what’s on the horizon with regard to the future in HIV. In light of World AIDS Day coming up on Dec 1, we're speaking with doctors with expertise in HIV/AIDS care and research alongside community members who were part of Thorne Harbour Health's new HIV Still Matters campaign. You can watch their stories 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 Jenny Hoy joins Cal to discuss her experience working in Houston, Texas early on in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the impact of Fairfield Hospital's closure on the community, the Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) study, and more. In light of World AIDS Day coming up on Dec 1, we're speaking with doctors with expertise in HIV/AIDS care and research alongside community members who were part of Thorne Harbour Health's new HIV Still Matters campaign. You can watch their stories 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.

In the lead up to World AIDS Day 2023, Marc and Mayette from Thorne Harbour Health's upcoming HIV Still Matters campaign speak on the show about their experience filming for the campaign, how it was for Marc to disclose to his family, and more. Watch the new HIV Still Matters campaign 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.

In the lead up to World AIDS Day 2023, Clint and Nathan from Thorne Harbour Health's upcoming HIV Still Matters campaign speak about their experience living with HIV. 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.

In the lead up to World AIDS Day 2023, Dr David Bradford joins the shows for the first episode in a three part series featuring doctors who have been involved in the response to HIV and AIDS over the past four decades. 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.