The MindOUT! Project is working with beyondblue to survey the opinions and ideas of gay, bisexual, trans and intersex men’s about how to encourage men to reach out for help when they are depressed. Your opinions will help inform a new national campaign aimed at men that is being developed by beyondblue. The aims of [...]
Singer Alicia Keys has launched a new HIV awareness program targeted at women in the USA. Keys, who has a substantial record as a philanthropist and activist in the area of HIV/AIDS awareness, launched the new public awareness campaign called ‘Empowered’ to help bring awareness to the urgency of HIV/AIDS. The campaign is directed at women who account for 20% [...]
Late last month LGBT advocate Ash Beckham spoke at Ignite Boulder 20 about the mis-appropriation of the word gay. Beckham’s lighthearted speech is peppered with funny moments but ultimately makes the case for only using the word ‘gay’ for people who identify as same sex attracted or people who are feeling quite happy. Presented in [...]
Partying and drugs are becoming more and more synonymous. Party environments can mean party attitudes – letting down your hair and sometimes your guard; particularly letting down your guard when it comes to your decisions about sex. The combination of drugs and a partying has the potential to lower our inhibitions, cloud our judgment or [...]
My partner keeps accusing me of criticising him. There are things that he does that I don’t like and sometimes it annoys me. But don’t I have the right to tell him when this happens? Why should he think that I’m criticising him? John Gottman, of the renowned Gottman Relationship Institute, says that certain kinds [...]
I am feeling quite depressed. My girlfriend is such a wonderful person, everyone loves her; she is brilliant and funny. She tells me that she loves me but I don’t know why – I am the exact opposite of her. I’m certainly not clever at anything and people don’t think I’m funny. I would [...]
There has been an unquestionable increase in the popularity and regularity of running events in Western Australia over the past decade. This could be because on the whole we’re better educated and more proactive when it comes to looking after our individual fitness needs. Many participants are experienced runners but there are also countless unprepared [...]
I have a big problem with my partner. I am happy in our relationships and also happy to think that we are in it for the long run. However, I want to save money so that we can have an investment portfolio for our later years. My partner objects to having a sizeable savings plan. [...]
I need help. I’m going bonkers. My boyfriend did something awful, he betrayed my trust. I had told him something a few months ago that was very private about me and he promised he wouldn’t tell anyone. And then he did – he told another guy, perhaps the one person I didn’t want to know [...]
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reports alarming statistics when it comes to LGBTQI individuals suffering hate crimes. A recent study showed that over 80% of LGBTQI participants had experienced public insult, 70% verbal abuse, 20% explicit threats and 13% physical assault. More accurate figures may be higher still, given that violence is often under [...]
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