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17 Oct 2017

The AFL & Hanna Mouncey, is it fair? Anxiety treatment for people living with HIV & The Laird, from men only to a space for CIS and Trans Men who identify as men : 17th October 2017

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On this episode of The Informer, we hear from Monday nights panel discussion in Melbourne about the history of the marriage equality movement in Australia, as well as find out about the evaluation of a world-first treatment that is being trailed in Sydney and helps the anxiety and depression  that people living with HIV suffer. If you would like to find out more information, click here.

The Laird in Melbourne is one of Australia’s longest running gay-owned and operated venues. In 1998 The Laird and Club 80 were granted ‘Male-only’ status by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in deference to their history and service to the gay community.

While that is still a status they maintain to this day, The Laird has progressed over the years to become a haven, meeting place and party space for same-sex attracted CIS and Trans males, catering to a wide range of men who identify as men both locally and around the world. Joining us now is Brett Lasham, Co Owner of the laird Brett Lasham speaks to The Informer about this updated policy and how it came about.

But most importantly, just before we went to air,  it was announced that the AFL has told transgender footballer Hannah Mouncey that she is not eligible to be selected at tomorrows AFL womens  draft. Mouncey began transitioning in 2015 and played eight games in the Canberra Women’s competition. The AFL said in a statement that Mouncey would have had an “unreasonable advantage” over other AFLW players. The AFL has made a decision that the physical disparity between Hannah and other AFLW players is significant, in that it would have an effect on the AFLW competition and give rise to an unreasonable advantage.

We discuss the fairness of this, but as it is breaking, this will be explored more in depth on the next episode of The Informer.

Ian and Dean are your hosts for this episode.

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