Helpful links

Immunisation for the flu on the Better Health Channel

Stay Well This Winter hub, with cold, flu and COVID information

The Australian Immunisation Handbook providing clinical guidelines for healthcare professionals and others about using vaccines safely and effectively.

Down an’ Dirty – with guides in sex and pleasure, and adventurous or kinky practices (NSFW) with info on sex and  Mpox and COVID

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on the Better Health Channel

* This episode originally aired Thursday, May 9 2024 on JOY *

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

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 at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

This week’s podcast photo is by CDC on Unsplash

This episode was recorded on the lands of the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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Themme Fatale is an award winning, sideshow-slinging drag artist, known locally and internationally as a genre-blending and gender-transcending performer, producer, and creator with an eye for works that emphasise accessibility and foster riotous Queer joy (with an emphasis on riot). On stage, they serve high skill, high camp circus absurdism and dangerous sideshow stunts –  putting the “sin” in “sincere expression of queer identity”, the “ass” in “class conscious”, and their body on the line for their art.

Resources

Themme Fatale on Instagram

Information about long COVID from the Victorian Department of Health

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

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 at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

This episode was recorded on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung peoples. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

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The project entailed an online survey of experiences and online interviews with dog owners, shining new light on the so called ‘pet effect.’

Find out more about the project here.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

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 at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

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We discuss who the survey is for, and who it serves – and changes that help us navigate emerging issues like COVID and MPOX.

MARCH WITH US AT THE 2023 PRIDE MARCH IN OUR 40th YEAR!

Thorne Harbour Health is turning 40 years young and we are kicking things off with our biggest pride march EVER!

With the theme, WE ARE FAMILY, Thorne Harbour Health invites you, your family and friends to march with us and show your PRIDE! We will be debuting the biggest pride flag ever seen this side of the hemisphere, spanning a whopping thirty plus metres to marchthrough the streets of Melbourne! Along with other special bits and pieces, this will be our most spectacular pride entry ever to be seen and we would love you to join us!

Everyone that marches with us will be provided with a Thorne Harbour Health commemorative 40^th anniversary t-shirt, a commemorative pin and be treated to a special fully catered picnic in Catani Gardens.

We have lots of special things planned for this history making march, so stay tuned and register now!

REGISTER TO MARCH WITH US  https://thorneharbour.typeform.com/to/MP7CZgTv

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To read the full report and see more information, you can go here.

If any of the content in this podcast impacts you or is distressing, please get in touch with QLife or other support services included on JOY’s support page: joy.org.au/support/ 

QLife
QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships.
Phone: 1800 184 527 – 3pm-midnight every day Web chat: qlife.org.au

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BARBA is an all-inclusive, sex-positive queer collective run by queer people of colour (POC) and showcasing some of the finest queer talent from Australia and across the globe. BARBA aims to be bring people together by giving opportunities to LGBTQ+ people to party together, create art, express themselves and break free of societal constraints.

The BARBA collective and followers are a diverse mix of LGBTQ+ individuals and POC, some of them who were born overseas, whether international students, migrants or refugees. BARBA has a strong brand identity and is seen as trusted influencer and community leaders in the Queer Artist and multicultural LGBTQ+ communities.

When COVID hit, a lot of the members felt disconnected from their tight knit community. BARBA decided to create the campaign STAY HOMO to support their friends through the isolation of COVID with practical steps to manage their mental health, social health and overall wellbeing.

Click here to check out the STAY HOMO campaign

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Photo by Cassiano Psomas on Unsplash

Michael and Cal catch up with Thorne Harbour Health CEO to unpack what Victoria’s new roadmap out of restrictions looks like for our LGBTI communities. Later Joseph Tesoriero from Prepped Smart and Healthy discuss their milestone $1 million donations to support PrEP users to access affordable medication.

Thorne Harbour’s community events online at thorneharbour.org/calendar 

Down an’ Dirty LIVE events for kink and fetish communities (18+)  at downandirty.org

Rainbow Connections

Prepped Smart and Healthy

Health Smart Pharmacies 

Can’t listen? Grab the transcript for this show 

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Later, we catch up with Elliot to talk about ADMIN – a new Thorne Harbour Health peer support group for transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people looking to better manage their alcohol and other drug use.

Contact Fitzroy Legal

Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm 0434 136 501
or; enquiries@fls.org.au

The joint legal advice website covidpolicing.org.au

ADMIN

Call to register on 9865 6700

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We later catch up with Associate Professor Garret Prestage, HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the Kirby Institute about the FLUX study – and how the study normally focusing on gay and bisexual men’s relationship with substances and sex has pivoted to include COVID-19.

thorneharbour.org/facemasks

flux.org.au

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Some things we discussed this week:

Carers Gateway

Support for Carers

‘Conversations With Carers‘ Zoom videocast

Carers Victoria + LGBTI Carers information

Positive Caring Handbook via Living Positive Victoria

Conquering COVID

Rainbow Connection service

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