Where do I fit in?
with RICKI MENZIES Working out where, in the many identity sub groups of the LGBT community, people fit can be confusing, for some it can …
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Healthy Communities
with RICKI MENZIES Training & Development Coordinator Booze bit me Are you wanting to cut down on the booze after flogging it over the holiday …
Diversity training for the aged care sector
The Australian government is currently reforming the aged care sector. For the first time, the unique concerns and challenges faced by older LGBTI people are …
New HIV Testing Point “quick and easy”
The new Testing Point initiative by the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities has been up and running for about three weeks to favourable community reaction …
Transgender Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who were killed due to hatred or prejudice of transgender people. The day aims …
New LGBTI research network for Queensland
The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) has announced the formation of a new LGBTI network for Queensland researchers and institutions with a particular interest …
Healthy Communities starts HIV testing trial
Healthy Communities is launching a new service called Testing Point, aimed at to providing free after hours peer-based HIV/STI testing to the LGBT community once …
Fighting back with the help of volunteers
It’s been more than five months since the defunding of Healthy Communities was announced, and our volunteers are kicking ass. People volunteer for Healthy Communities because …
Advocacy is a tool for health
PAUL R MARTIN Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has placed a ‘gag order’ on non-government organisations he funds. Any that receive more than 50 percent …
Healthy Communities “will survive”
Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) has felt the full effect of recent government defunding with 22 staff made redundant on Friday, but it vows …