In Ya Face

December 17 is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a day to remember those lost this year and renew commitments to the ongoing struggle for empowerment, visibility, and rights for all sex workers. James speaks with Sam Elkin, Victoria's first dedicated LGBTIQ+ Outreach lawyer, about the LGBTIQ Legal Service, a partnership between St Kilda Legal Service and Thorne Harbour Hea...

Activist Rodney Croome discusses the latest political developments regarding the Religious Freedom debate in Australia. Ari Milecki and Lara Gerrand from Women's Health East in Melbourne discuss Women's Health Promotion and current campaigns, including The Speaking Out Program, The Together For Equality and Respect Partnership and 16 Days of Activism. Since our interview with Rodney Croome, the Mo...

James speaks with Dr Chris Lemoh, an infectious disease physician at Monash Health and president of the Victorian African Health Action Network (VAHAN), about the importance of HIV prevention in African communities, the stigma and the isolation experienced by PLHIV, the strategies used to increase access to HIV treatment and support, and the World AIDS Day 2018 Community Forum. World AIDS Day 2018...

Chris Williams discusses his new site about sexual health and well-being for men who have sex with men.  Robin Litvin Salter from Queerspace discusses the We Deserve project.  Fleassy Malay chats in the studio about her album Unhear This. We also play some of Fleassy's tracks, including Witches.

Damien Stevens-Todd from Thorne Harbour Health chats on the line from Bendigo in regional Victoria about LGBTI health. Documentary filmmaker Sam Matthews chats with James in the studio about her documentary Unboxed, screening at the TILDE film festival in Melbourne.

Rodney Croome discusses the Ruddock Review, the politics of Religious Freedom in Australia after the Wentworth by-election and reflects on Australia's Marriage Equality campaign.  Simon Ruth from Thorne Harbour Health discusses Living with HIV policies during Victoria's state election campaign.

Musicians Yoann Pareja, aka Yvon Raphael, and Alex Dubois, aka HeartAttracks, discuss their music and we play their respective tracks Riddick and CCTV.Dr Noah Riseman discusses Serving In Silence, the book he co-authored with Shirleene Robinson, documenting experiences of LGBTIQ folks in Australia's military. Veteran LGBTIQ community activist Janet Jukes discusses religious freedom politics in Aus...

DJ, rapper and Yes Rave music label producer Simo Soo talks about their album Very Pretty.  Brenton Geyer discusses the extraordinary life of Melbourne LGBTIQ community icon Yvonne Gardner.https://yesrave.bandcamp.com/

Former Mr Australasian Bear Patrick Greber discusses the refusal of his permanent residency application in Australia. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli discusses new book Living And Loving In Diversity. Joel Murray from Positive Life NSW discusses HIV news from the ASHM Conference in Sydney.

Actor Andy Johnston discusses his play Twink Ascending at Melbourne Fringe. Chilean actor Nathalie Kozak discusses her play Julia A Lesbian at Melbourne Fringe. Jarryd Bartle, the Reason Party candidate for the seat of Albert Park at Victoria's election, discusses his policies.

Actors Katie McIntosh and Andy Millington discuss their Melbourne Fringe Festival play The Adam and Eve Protocol. Actor and Director Philip Soliman discusses his interactive Melbourne Fringe play Together. Felicity Marlowe from Rainbow Families Victoria and Dan Christie from Fostering Connections discuss LGBTIQ foster caring.

Today is Wear It Purple Day and International Overdose Awareness Day. We speak with Brock Galway, general board member with Wear It Purple, about the significance of Wear It Purple Day, its history, why it's vital to acknowledge the day, and how it empowers young LGBTIQA+ folks' sense of solidarity. We discuss the notice of intention by the Australian government to deny a visa to American activist...

We speak with Dr Maurice Nagington, a researcher at the University of Manchester in the UK, about his research paper ‘The paradox of chemsex: bringing people together and breaking the gay community apart’. We discuss the cultural representations of sex and drugs as they relate to gay men in film, literature and artwork, and how chemsex impacts on gay capitalism and the gay scene. Content/ trigger...

Musician Alex Dubois aka HeartAttracks chats with James in the studio about their music and we play two of their new tracks.  Jane Green from Vixen Collective discusses sex workers' rights and campaigns in the lead-up to Victoria's state election.

Martin Gladman from Thorne Harbour Health in Bendigo and the Loddon Mallee Region discusses their local peer support group for the transgender and gender diverse community.  Zero Scar from Crucible Tattoos in Melbourne discusses tattooing in a safe space for the trans and gender diverse community.  3CR broadcasts from the lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovreignty was never ceded.

James speaks with writer, journalist, and co-creator of Queers Podcast(link is external) Benjamin Riley, about queerphobia(link is external), hook up apps(link is external) like Grindr and Scruff, intimacy, U=U/ HIV transmission, and about the creation of Queers Podcast, a fortnightly podcast tackling questions in queer politics and culture. More at queerspodcast.com(link is external). James speak...

Rachel Cook and Felicity Marlowe discuss the VAC and ACON Women's Conference in Melbourne.  Phoebe Le Brocque discusses the Queer Collaborations conference in Queensland.

Jax Jackie Brown and Sally Goldner discuss It's More Complex That Yes, a Queerspace video they feature in that documents the experiences of queer folks during the marriage equality postal survey campaign in Australia. Author Margaret Merrilees chats with James about her new novel Take Big Rough Stones, a lesbian comedy set in Adelaide.

Nic Holas from the Institute of Many discusses the U=U Campaign and the science that people with undetectable HIV viral loads cannot pass on HIV.  Veteran activist Alison Thorne discusses the politics and activism surrounding the original uprising at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 and Radical Women's forum Reviving The Spirit of Stonewall to commemorate its anniversary. 

Em from queer Adelaide duo Winter Witches chats about their music and we play their tracks Knightsbridge and Lightly.  Dr Ruth McNair from the University of Melbourne discusses their study about same-sex attracted women and alcohol.

Max Niggl from Living Positive Victoria discusses this weekend's International HIV/AIDS Candelight Memorial in Melbourne.  Mark Camilieri from QHealth at Queerspace talks about LGBTIQ alcohol and substance use issues. 

Terry Jaensch joins us on the line from Castlemaine to talk about the Insert Self Here Festival this weekend.  Lucy Foley from Queerspace at Drummond Street Services chats with James about IDAHOBIT.

Musician and Yes Rave label producer Simo Soo chats with James in the studio about their music and we play some of their new tracks.  Counsellor Jackson Fairchild from the Victorian AIDS Council (now Thorne Harbour Health) chats about their programs that focus on LGBTIQ intimate partner and family violence recovery. 

Anouk Madorin from the University of Potsdam in Germany discusses the surveillance technology used in Europe to monitor refugees.  Sex work performance activist Queenie Bon Bon joins James and Yvette in the studio to talk about her show The Mystic Hole. Content warning: this episode includes music with coarse lyrics that may offend.

Lenka Vodstrcil from the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre discusses their research about Bacterial Vaginosis.  Filmmaker Philip Soliman discusses his documentary about gender diversity, Not Done Yet, created for Transgender Day of Visibility.