Well Well Well

10 Oct 2019

Coming Out and Mental Health

Mental Health, Trans & Gender Diverse

 This week on Well, Well, Well, Amelia and Jessie are joined by Sara from Alphabet Soup and Adrian from Minus 18 who come on to discuss mental health and coming out. Sara shares her personal experience of coming out later in life as a transwoman and Adrian speaks of his coming out process as a young gay man as well as some of the work he’s doing with young people in this space. A deeply moving and honest discussion on a very complex, layered topic that does not get enough attention – our mental health.

Have a listen or download the podcast below.

Useful links:
Alphabet Soup
A safe meeting place for all members of the LGBTIQ community.
www.facebook.com/alphabetsouptrans

Minus 18
Youth-driven network for LGBTIQ Youth
www.minus18.org.au

Switchboard Victoria
Confidential phoneline LGBTIQ support
1800 184 527

Q-Life
Anonymous free LGBTI peer support and referal web chat & phoneline
qlife.org.au
1800 184 527

This show, Episode #692 originally aired Thursday 10th October 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

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:20 — 67.8MB) | Embed

Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Deezer | RSS

19 Feb 2026

Jimpa and intergenerational conversations in our communities

Advocacy and Activism, HIV, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Director Sophie Hyde and actor Aud-Mason Hyde unpack the new film, Jimpa, tracing the story’s roots to Professor Jim Hyde. Jim was ...

12 Feb 2026

Lunar New Year with Gay Asian Proud

Advocacy and Activism, Community, Health, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

How can we strengthen community ties with a queer Lunar New Year celebration? James Tapa from Gay Asian Proud (GAP) joins ...

6 Feb 2026

Heated Rivalry and Queer Ice Hockey in Melbourne

Advocacy and Activism, Community, Sport, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

We dive into the TV series Heated Rivalry, exploring how the show portrays LGBTQ+ athletes in a mixed‑gender ice‑hockey setting. Kade ...