Well Well Well

1 May 2025

The Abortion Project

Advocacy and Activism, Community, Health, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC), Women's Health

The Abortion Project is a peer support network for people of all genders and sexualities who have had abortions.

It aims to create a safe space where people with lived experiences of abortion can sit down, have a chat, and not feel constrained by pigeonholing their experiences into any binary. In their own words “We are here for the grey area, the uncomfortable and the diverse”.

While abortion is often assumed to be a straight women’s issue, it’s something that plenty of people in the queer community have experienced. In fact, research suggests that queer people with uteruses are as likely or more likely to have had an abortion than cis-heterosexual women.

Jordan speaks with co-founder Lily and lead facilitator Hannah about The Abortion Project, queerness, abortion and peer support.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing at joy.org.au/wellwellwell.

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 and South Australia at thorneharbour.org and samesh.org.au.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:53 — 28.6MB) | Embed

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

29 Jan 2026

Pill Testing at Street Party

Alcohol & Drug Harm Reduction, Community, Midsumma, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Sarah Hiley, Drug Checking Director at The Loop Australia joins Jack to discuss the Victorian Pill Testing Service and its ...

22 Jan 2026

THH Vogue Night and St Kilda History Walk

Art, Community, Drag, Midsumma, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Jack speaks with Julai Diesel ahead of the THH Vogue Night event running during Midsumma and discuss what the ballroom ...

15 Jan 2026

Wise Words and Midsumma Carnival Cancer Screening

Advocacy and Activism, Art, Health, Midsumma, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

Wise Words returns this Midsumma to feature a line-up of some of Australia's most prominent and talented LGBTIQ+ women (trans ...