Keep up to date with us as the US election is only six days away, Emily Johnson provides us with a breakdown of everything you need to know with one of the most intense second debates in American history.

Beau Driscoll brings us a report on trans and diverse mental health issues and speaks to members of the trans community about their experience being a trans person during the pandemic. For trans support services go to Trans Pride Australia.

Elderly LGBT people are one of the most vulnerable communities especially during the pandemic who experience isolation and loneliness. Switchboard Australia has been working for half a decade to address this issue with its program Out and About.

Switchboard Australia CEO Joe Ball tells us more about this program and why it matters.

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Macca is also one of the two hosts of Saturday Magazine, JOY’s longest running current affairs program.

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Arion Potts spoke with Canadian Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch about her new book: Because Internet – Understanding the New Rules of Language.

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Now, producers from the Our One Story LGBT docuseries are looking to find the guys in the photos and return the pictures to them. Arion Potts joins on their quest.

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Her book Just a Mum chronicles her decades of tireless work that culminated with marriage equality in 2017. The Informer’s Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery asked Shelley about the life of activism that went into this book.

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Earlier this year Dean Arcuri spoke to lesbian mother Fiona Newton and Anne from Rainbow Fertility about the ‘social infertility’ of LBTIQ women in same-sex relationships, and the often prohibitive cost of fertility clinics when starting a family.

Chris and Robert shared their experience with gay conversion therapy, and the damage it causes to vulnerable gay people, and Tom Morgan and Dean Arcuri sat down with Senator Janet Rice to talk about how parliamentarians could legislate against this harmful practice.

This episode of The Informer was hosted by Rachel Tyler Jones and aired on July 31^st, 2018.

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It is important for us to listen to the experiences of survivors of this so called therapy, since marriage equality, gay conversion therapy and transgender issues have continued to move forward in Australian media, and we need to do more than just agree, we need to listen, advocate and support.

If you would like to sign a petition to outlaw gay conversion therapy, simply click here.

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It is important for us to listen to the experiences of survivors of this so called therapy, since marriage equality, gay conversion therapy and transgender issues have continued to move forward in Australian media, and we need to do more than just agree, we need to listen, advocate and support.

If you would like to sign Chris’ petition to outlaw gay conversion therapy in Australia, click here.

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Rainbow Families QLD is re-launching after several years in hiatus, and it’s going to be FABULOUS!

LGBTQIAP families from all over Queensland will be converging to re-launch Rainbow Families QLD. Regional groups across the state will also be celebrating on the 22nd of July, with community picnics planned in areas from Cairns through to Mackay and the Fraser Coast.

Rainbow Families Qld represents LGBTQIAP families in Queensland regarding advocacy, legislation reform, and educational resources. The organisation also runs social events, an annual camping trip, and fertility information sessions for the LGBTQIAP community, and helps coordinate monthly get-togethers in both Brisbane and across regional Queensland.

Dean Arcuri spoke to the convener of Rainbow Families Queensland, Holly Zwaif to find out all about it.

The Rainbow Families Queensland re-launch is on July 22nd will have something for kids of all ages. From crafts stations, to drag story time and even a singalong cushion corner.

Rainbow Families QLD are in the process of establishing two weekly playgroups in Brisbane, one northside and one southside, as well as a playgroup on the Sunshine Coast, in conjunction with Accessible Playgroups Qld. There are also plans to start groups on the Gold Coast, Ipswich, and Toowoomba in the near future.

You can find out more about their launch event at the East Brisbane Bowls Club on July 22nd as well as reaching out to them by heading to their facebook group, Rainbow Families Queensland Community, or find more details at Rainbow Families Queensland on Facebook:

http://www.rainbowfamiliesqld.org https://www.facebook.com/groups/588556338178494/?ref=br_rs

https://www.facebook.com/Rainbow-Families-Queensland-283222031719411/?ref=br_rs

This segment aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 10th July 2018 & was hosted by Dean Arcuri.

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