Better Together

Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

This workshop will explore how we can use conversations and resources to build strong and supportive cultures in our workplaces. It explores using the workplace to build solidarity towards LGBTIQ+ people at work and beyond. 

Listeners will come away with practical skills to feel confident initiating conversations with their colleagues and management toward safe and strong LGBTIQ+ cultures at work. We will explore what solidarity looks like, and how we can take control as workers to challenge workplace cultures that are unsafe and unsupportive for LGBTIQ+ people. 

Speakers: Catherine Story (Union Organiser with the PSA of SA) 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

This session will look at how our service has looked to help community members find connection in the face of isolation, how we adapted to the sudden changes brought about by COVID-19, as well as the solutions we have implemented in facing these challenges. 

Participants will gain a better understanding of the impact that COVID-19 brought upon trans & gender diverse community members in South Australia, and how services such as the Gender Wellbeing Service and Gender Connect Country SA have adapted to meet those needs. Participants would walk away with more ideas regarding the support of isolated trans and gender diverse community members. 

Speakers: Kaidan Dibbins (Peer Worker, Shine SA), Brynn McAveney (Senior Peer Support Worker with Gender Connect Country SA) 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

Speakers: Jenny Scott (Volunteer, COTA, SA Rainbow Hub) 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

There is a lack of knowledge that is peer informed in the phalloplasty space around processes, support needs and the interface of social and emotional implications of supporting trans people specifically undergoing phalloplasty or lower surgery related processes.

Looking past the myths and misinformation to a new future horizon. 

Speakers: Max Mackenzie (Director, Resilience Enterprises), Liam Devlin 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

When the Marriage Equality debate was on in 2017, LGBTIQ elder Malloy Rolfe and her partner Natalie were involved in a local Catholic parish group that met once a month for a free lunch for people who were isolated. One day the chairperson of the pastoral council came to the group and handed out fliers about not voting for politicians that supported Marriage Equality in the Federal Election, and gave a speech in Italian. This was followed by Malloy attending her usual weekly masses and being subjected to similar fliers in the Church. 

Malloy and Maria made a complaint to the Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council and it took almost two years of phone calls, emails and gaslighting before the Chair sent an email saying that he had traditional views. In the meantime, Malloy and Maria had filed a complaint with the Cathedral’s Professional Standards board and several meetings with a priest and a Complaints Officer happened before the Chair’s backhanded apology and refusal to meet with Malloy, Maria and the Complaints Office to discuss ways forward. Soon after, he stood down from his position although we were never told why. 
 
In this presentation and discussion, and in the light of the current Religious Discrimination Bill, we will be discussing what we learned, what we would do differently, and what we would recommend to other LGBTIQ persons of faith. We will reflect on the significance of intersectional factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, language, class and migration.

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

This session offers education to older LGBTQIA+ people about how to navigate the aged care system and informs providers about inclusive care. 
The session explains: who the Navigators are, what makes effective aged care system service navigation for older LGBTI people; what service providers need to know and what they can do; provide education/information to older LGBTI people about their rights, choices and how to engage with the aged care system. 

Speakers: June Lowe, Amanda Hill, Olivia Hogarth and Jackie Wurm 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9. 

This presentation from an asexual elder, defines the hidden nature of this orientation and addresses the myths, problems, and complex personal journal towards ‘coming out’. Important outcomes are on storytelling and co-operation with like-minded communities to achieve and address areas of inequality and exclusion. 

Introducing Josephine Wundersitz: This author and historian has an extensive career and background in education, arts, administration, public speaking, and as sport/remedial massage practitioner. 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9. 

This 90-minute session, hosted by Brave Network and SOGICE Survivors, explores the latest developments in the fight to end LGBTQA+ conversion practices in Australia. Participants will hear a range of survivor stories, be introduced to world-leading legislation, and gain insight into the latest findings from Australian research into the conversion movement. 

Speakers: Chris Csabs (SOGICE Survivors), Nathan Despott (SOGICE Survivors) 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

Is the health care system really supporting the needs of trans and gender diverse children and young people?

The South Australian health care system has been identified as a first of port call for families with a child who is gender questioning. The Commissioner for Children and Young People’s ‘First Port of Call’ report states the experience for families seeking out help is “hit and miss”. It’s time for a health check, to see how well health care services are working for young people. 

Facilitator: Jane Russo (Transcend Australia), Matthew Wright-Simon (Ecocreative).  

Speakers: Zac Cannell, Helen Connolly, Dr Jemma Anderson. 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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Welcome to the 2021 Better Together Conference Podcast. Recorded live at the Adelaide Convention Centre on the 18th and 19th of June, 2021. These sessions were proudly recorded and produced by JOY 94.9.  

Using narrative therapy to foster connection between gender diverse young people and their loved ones.

This presentation will demonstrate the ways that Narrative therapy informed by queer theory can support trans and gender diverse young people and their loved ones when they are impacted by transphobia and rigid, binary constructs of gender.

Speakers: Zan Maeder (Narrative Therapist, RAD Counselling) 

To listen back to other sessions from the Better Together Conference, visit: https://joy.org.au/bettertogether/  

For more information on future Better Together Conferences, please visit: https://www.theequalityproject.org.au/ 

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