The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and well-being hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

On this episode, we chat to Kai Noonan, Director of Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention at LGBTIQ+ Health Australia. We also chat with Ben Bjarnesen, an out gay former Queensland police officer who in 2020 founded the LGBTQ Domestic Violence Awareness Foundation.

In this episode, we discuss domestic violence in LGBTQ communities. We’re using the term domestic violence to refer to violence in intimate relationships or between partners or ex-partners. Domestic violence can include any behaviour that is threatening or controlling where one person tries to exert power and control over another.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or family violence or sexual assault, you can call the Rainbow Sexual Domestic and Family Violence Helpline on 1800 487 212 or 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732. Say It Out Loud is another amazing resource, encouraging LGBTQ+ communities to get help for their unhealthy relationships. You can visit the Say It Out Loud website to learn more and seek support.

For information about financial abuse, including resources and support that’s available, visit ComBank Next Chapter. If you’re worried about your finances because of intimate partner or family violence or coercive control, you can contact ComBank’s Next Chapter team on 1800 222 387. Even if you’re not with ComBank, this service is available to everyone who needs it no matter who you bank with.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOY’s services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and well-being hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

On this episode, we chat with Anthony Venn Brown, founder of Freedom2b and founder and CEO of Ambassadors and Bridge Builders International.

Anthony had previously been a leader in the Assemblies of God and a high-profile preacher in Australian churches. He’s also authored best seller autobiography A Life of Unlearning – a preacher’s struggle with his homosexuality, church and faith. Anthony joined us to discuss his book, as well as advocating for the LGBTIQ+ community within faith spaces.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and well-being hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

On this episode, we chat with Maria Thattil, Miss Universe Australia 2020, contestant on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, media personality, writer, speaker, and digital creator. Maria joins us on The Latest to talk to host Triana about bisexual representation and advocacy as well as her recently released book Unbounded.

The two delve into Maria’s past, her family life, and why she felt so empowered to come out publically. They discuss the challenges facing the bisexual community and what steps the individual can take to advocate for change even if that’s just amongst their personal circles of influence.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and wellbeing hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

On this episode, we chat with Rev. Dr Josephine Inkpin, a minister in the Uniting Church of Australia and the first openly trans person inducted into a mainstream Australian church. She leads the Pitt Street Uniting Church in Sydney, a congregation notable for its affirmation of LGBTIQA+ people and focus on social justice. Dr Inkpin holds a PhD in theology from Durham University, taught history and theology at Oxford University and was an ordained Anglican priest in the Church of England and the Anglican Church of Australia for nearly 34 years.

Josephine shares her wisdom on the intersection between faith and LGBTQ+ community. She discusses the changes happening within the church, overcoming barriers as a trans woman, and her 30 year relationship with wife Penny.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and wellbeing hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

On this episode, we chat with Jelly O’Shea, the Community and Communications Manager for Intersex Aotearoa. She also holds an executive role on the IPSA (Intersex Peer Support Australia) Board, among other positions.

Jelly shares details on her work with intersex advocacy. She discusses issues related to the intersex community, discusses medicine and health policies, cultural impact, and much more.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and wellbeing hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

The National Suicide Prevention Office is a new branch within the National Mental Health Commission – with a dedicated team responsible for working with those with lived and living experience of suicidality to develop a National Suicide Prevention Strategy, setting priorities for suicide prevention research and knowledge sharing around Australia, and leading the development of a national outcomes framework for suicide prevention.

On this episode of The Latest, Triana is joined by the head of the National Suicide Prevention Office, Dr Michael Gardner.  Dr Gardner has extensive experience in government, academic and in-community service provisions in mental health and suicide prevention, and his work is also heavily informed by his own lived experience of suicidality.

Dr Gardner speaks about his work, this new division, as well as the National Suicide Prevention Strategy – and how it’s focussing on suicide and suicidality within the LGBTQIA+ community.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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The Latest in LGBTIQ+ Health and Policy is a podcast that brings you the health and wellbeing hot topic discussions that matter to LGBTIQ+ people.

In December the Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society or ARCSHS, and the Living with Disability Research Centre at La Trobe University, released a report entitled “Violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of LGBTQA+ people with disability: a secondary analysis of data from two national surveys”. The report is a sobering reminder of the significant challenges and disparities that LGBTQA+ people with disability experience, especially when other intersections of marginalisation are considered.

On this episode of The Latest, host Triana Butler is joined by Associate Professor, Adam Bourne (he/him), the Acting Director of ARCSHS, and Margherita Coppolino (she/her), a disability and inclusion consultant.

This podcast episode explores themes and issues that may cause distress. If this episode raises any issues, you can contact QLife which provides Australia-wide anonymous, LGBTIQ+ peer support. QLife services are free and available over the phone or on webchat: call 1800 184 527 or visit qlife.org.au.

Alternatively, you can contact the Blue Knot National Counselling and Referral Service for support on issues surrounding the Disability Royal Commission on 1800 421 468 or visit blueknot.org.au.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation. For more information about JOYs services, visit joy.org.au/services

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Mon Schafter (they/them) is a Walkley Award-winning journalist, producer and presenter who has told countless stories for ABC TV’s 7:30 and Hungry Beast, and a wide range of documentary projects. They are the content lead for the ABCQueer platform and also a non-executive director of LHA member Twenty10, who provide support for young LGBTIQA+ people in New South Wales.

If this episode raises any issues for you, or if you need any support across the holiday season or any time, you can contact QLife 1800 184 527 or visit qlife.org.au.

The episode also discusses LGBTQIA+ Conversion Practices – if you need support, you can find resourses and support services at abbi.org.au/conversion-therapy

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation.

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Pride and Pandemic is a study conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, in conjunction with LGBTIQ+ Health Australia, exploring the experiences of the LGBTIQ+ community during the pandemic. It will explore mental health and wellbeing impacts, and personal, interpersonal and community strategies to mitigate these impacts.

This podcast was produced by JOY Media – Australia’s Rainbow Community Media Organisation.

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She has a PhD in lesbian and bisexual women’s health, and has clinical interests in lesbian and bisexual women’s health, fertility and pregnancy care, and the health of trans and gender diverse people.

An Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Dr McNair is an active voice in LGBTIQ+ policy and community development.

Host Triana and Dr McNair talk about why a focus on LGBTIQ+ communities’ health and wellbeing is so important, trends in the health needs of our communities, and what general practitioners can do to provide safe and appropriate care.

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