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PrEP as a Memory Pill

joel.parker@joy.org.au — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 05:17:26 +0000

Cal and Joel chat to Benjamin Riley from ASHM about his Master’s thesis: ‘PrEP as a Memory Pill, Gay Men and Generational Imaginaries.’

Ben’s research focused on how PrEP created sexual freedom for a generation of men who had been living under the threat of HIV.

Ben explores the unique perspectives of this group and discusses the differences between gay men who lived pre and post HIV.

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

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Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at thorneharbour.org and in South Australia at samesh.org.au.

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PrEP Shortage

rachel.cook@joy.org.au — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:17:11 +0000

This week Michael and Rachel speak to Cal about the PrEP shortage, how we can access PrEP online, the and what strategies we can use to keep ourselves protected like using PrEP on Demand – and everything in the HIV toolkit.

Resources

You can find out more about PrEP and HIV by heading to Emen8 , PAN (PrEP access now) and What Works

Read Emen8’s article ‘How to get PrEP in Australia during a supply issue’

Check out PAN’s map of pharmacy availability, or check out PAN’s guide on how to buy PrEP quickly and easily online if your pharmacy is out of stock.

This year marks a decade of PrEP in Australia! Read more about PrEP’s history in the article ‘10 Years of PrEP in Australia’

This week’s podcast image supplied by Canva Premium

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.

This episode originally aired Thursday, September 12 2024 on JOY.
Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing.
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Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH

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International AIDS Conference 2024

Jack — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:29:59 +0000

Jack and Cal discuss the International AIDS Conference 2024 in Munich, Germany, and hear from:

IAS President Dr Sharon Lewin giving an overview of the landscape HIV exists within today
Executive Director of UN AIDS Winnie Byanyima speaking to the progress around the global respond to HIV, including a significant increase from 47% of PLHIV in treatment 9 years ago, to 77% on treatment today
Andriy Klepikov, AIDS 2024 Regional Co-Chair & Ukranian Advocate discussing the hybrid war being waged in the region including on the LGBTIQ+ people, drug users, TGD communities and science more broadly
Jay Mulucha, Fem Alliance Uganda Executive Director discussing the harsh realities of people a trans man living with HIV in Uganda in the shadow of their recent Anti-Homosexuality Laws enacted earlier this year as the first trans man to speak at the opening ceremonies of an International AIDS Conference
Dr Christian Gaebler giving a summary about the 7th person effectively cured of HIV
Dr Troy Grennan from the British Colombia Center for Disease Control looking at the efficacy of 100mg daily for the prevention of STIs, and
‘Maria’ Groot Bruinderink from Public Health Service Amsterdam on PrEP for HIV Prevention with less frequent monitoring to help reduce the burden of frequency of doctors visits from every 3 months to every 6 months

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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Women and PrEP usage – Striving for HIV Elimination for all

Jacinta — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 21:00:04 +0000

Rachel and Jacinta speak with two researchers from the University of Wollongong, Associate Research Fellow Kate Manlik and Associate Professor Catherine Mac Phail, about the latest research project about HIV risk for women, prevention requirements, and use of PrEP. While the very limited research on this topic is all about heterosexual women – Kate and Catherine are working hard to change that! We chat about the significant issues around PrEP access for women who are at risk of HIV and what the future may hold.

If you would like to take part in the study see details in the flyer below and access the survey 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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Gay Community Periodic Survey 2022

Jack — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 22:00:05 +0000

Jack and Michael are joined by Martin Holt to discuss the Gay Community Periodic Surveys.

Melbourne’s survey is held annually around Midsumma, and Adelaide’s upcoming survey will be held around FEAST Festival.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on HIV, COVID-19 and queer 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

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Lockdown Update

Michael — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:01:43 +0000

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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Stealth Health and Pausing PrEP at AIDS 2020

Michael — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 12:01:11 +0000

This week Cal is joined by special guest host, Chris Williams from Thorne Harbour Health and ACON’s Emen8 Project and co-founder of PrEP’D For Change.

First, Cal and Chris speak with Dr Dean Murphy, Research Fellow with UNSW’s Kirby Institute + Alfred Health about his poster presentation Anticipated and actual experiences of discontinuing PrEP reflect the ‘imagined futures’ and everyday concerns of gay and bisexual men, rather than HIV risk: Implications for service provision and health promotion.

Later Cal speaks with Chris about his poster presentation for the virtual conference, Stealth health promotion: the benefits of ‘undercover’ HIV and sexual health education through digital communication innovation.

PrEPMe, Government LGBTIQ Strategy, and Therapeutic Services

Michael — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:01:26 +0000

Michael and Cal are first joined by Commissioner for Gender and Sexuality, Ro Allen. Ro speaks about the new whole-of-government LGBTIQ strategy, and weaving in equality through various government portfolios.

Judy Armishaw from the Alfred’s new PrEPMe service joins us to talk about medicare ineligible MSM accessing PrEP for free.

Finally, Venetia phones in to talk about changes to services at Thorne Harbour Health , and how our community is keeping well as we look to exit isolation.

Michael and Cal also cover a number of upcoming events including:

Pridesolation

PrEPMe

Call 1800 889 887

Email: prep@alfred.org.au

or head to www.pan.org.au/no-medicare

For PEP head to getpep.info

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Sex Work, PrEP, and Community Events

Michael — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:01:21 +0000

Michael and Cal sit down with two Fiona Patten, leader of the Reason Party representing the Northern Metropolitan Region in Melbourne. We discuss the Review Into Decriminalisation Of Sex Work. We also sit down with Max Arion to talk about the current state of sex work during COVID-19, after we caught up together at the beginning of the pandemic.

Michael and Cal also talk about new announcements about PrEP for people without Medicare, and the state of play for community events on the horizon.

Emergency Support Fund for Sex Workers in Australia via Chuffed

Black Lives Matter – Melbourne Rally on Saturday 6th June @ 2pm

PrEPMe Clinic for Medicare ineligible PrEP access

Pride-solation – Online regional pride Saturday 20 June 12pm – 6pm

Northside Bizarre – Saturday 14 November, Henry St Abbotsford

This show originally aired Thursday 4th June 2020.

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Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour’s LGBTI health and well-being services

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Michael — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:01:27 +0000

Michael takes stock of Well Well Well over 2019 and reflects on a few key subjects we’ve covered in the past 12 months.

First, We look at HIV trends in Jessie + Venetia’s show Latest HIV Trends & Gay Community Periodic Survey with Martin Holt from the Gay Community Periodic Survey and Dr. Andrew Grulich from the Kirby Institute.

Next, Michael’s update on the PrEP Guidelines in his show with Tex Removing Barriers to PrEP Access speaking with Dr. Darren Russell about changes to how we talk about and prescribe HIV prevention drugs.

Lastly, Cal and his guest host Max Arion scoured the country in their two part Australian Sex Work series for an idea as to how our sex workers lives and access to services differ by region.

Of course, we tackle how these three topics might change or develop as we look forward to ringing in 2020.

We’ll be back next week talking about skin cancer with Cal as we move in to the summer party season.

This show, Episode #702 originally aired Thursday 26th December 2019.

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Head to www.thorneharbour.org for more information about Thorne Harbour’s LGBTI health and well-being services

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