Lifeline WA and Community TAB are seeking LGBTIQ+ people and their loved ones who will help inform an upcoming project. The co-design workshop will explore ways to better connect rural and regional LGBTIQ+ communities in Western Australia. The project, funded by Community TAB, seeks to support and empower LGBTIQ+ people in rural and regional areas […]
Health workers in Bulgaria have teamed up with dating app Grindr rolling out an innovative program that aims to get more people testing for HIV. New cases of HIV are soaring in the socially conservative country, so to reach out to their target audience a charity offered free self testing kits to anyone who wanted […]
The WA AIDS Council are hosting a free brunch for same-sex attracted, trans and gender diverse, and intersex men to support the launch of the WA Men’s Health and Wellbeing Policy. The Health Department document examines the health disparities faced by men in Western Australia and proposes changed that will positively impact the health and […]
Researchers at Edith Cowan University are looking to find out more about people who identify as LGBQ who have worked as Fly-in – Fly-out (FIFO) workers in the mining industry. Whether you’ve experienced discrimination, stigma, heterosexism or whether your experiences have all being positive, researchers would like to hear from you. Researcher Lesley Brown is […]
Are you a gay or bisexual man who has experience of using crystal methamphetamine? The Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) is producing a series of podcasts, in partnership with ACON, Thorne Harbour Health, South Australia Mobilisation + Empowerment for Sexual Health (SAMESH) and the Western Australian AIDS Council (WAAC), exploring crystal methamphetamine use among […]
The latest data showing a continued decline in HIV transmission rates in NSW has been welcomed by the state’s leading HIV prevention and HIV support organisation, ACON. The NSW HIV Strategy Data Report – Quarter 1 shows that in the first three months of 2019, there were 22 per cent fewer HIV notifications compared to […]
Royal Perth and Bentley Hospitals marked International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHoBIT) last week with a flag raising ceremony. Health Minister Roger Cook and federal WA senator Louise Pratt were in attendance to do the honours of raising the flag at the Bentley campus. Earlier this year the mental health inpatient services […]
A research project covering relationships and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is seeking participants who are willing to take part in an upcoming round of interviews in Perth. The Re:PrEP Study is seeking men who use PrEP and who have primary partners (boyfriend, partner or husband) to take part an in interview about their relationships and […]
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The WA AIDS Council is welcoming Expressions of Interest from a HIV Positive community member for appointment to a representative role on the Board of Management. The position is for the individual to represent the broad WAAC HIV community in accordance with organisational strategy and the MIPA principles (Meaningful Involvement of PLHIV […]
Have you recently come out and shared your sexuality with other people for the first time? Are you keeping your sexuality to yourself at this point, or questioning your sexuality? Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast are looking into the experiences of people who are over 25 but not have not come out, […]
