Hide & Seek

They say when used correctly PrEP is 99% effective at preventing HIV transmission. Recently in the Victorian PrEPX trial a participant has tested positive. Tim & Andrew chat to Michael from PrEPaccessNOW, Chris from PREP’D for Change & Joel from Living Positive Victoria about the implications of this latest discovery.

The Melbourne Rubber Man 2017 competition is fast approaching and reigning Rubberman Liam joins Andrew and Ben to bring them up to date on all things SLICK.

On this week’s Hide N Seek Tim & Ben explore some interesting fetishes…Hugh literally makes food porn and Craig has a thing for pinching used jocks. Join the boys as they explore some different ways people get their rocks off.

Lawrence Akers is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and creator of the podcast series OUTthink.  He joins Dean and Ben to shed light on exactly what he does in his clinic and why he started his own mental health podcast for LGBTI people.  Follow Lawrence on twitter @Release_Hypno and find out more about his services or the podcast at http://releasehypnosis.com.au

How is your quality of life? How do you measure someones quality of life?  HIV impacts the lives of those who have it, but its difference for everybody. How do you measure something that’s different for everybody?  Fortunately that nightmare has been handed to Dr Graham Brown, Senior Research Fellow at ARCSHS, but he needs your help so if you are HIV positive and live in Australia, DO IT NOW…Please!  Find out more here.

Then Craig and Adam from the Positive Leadership Development Institute discuss their work and how it helps leaders to evolve from with in the HIV community. The Positive Leadership Development Institute (PLDI™) offers people living with HIV the opportunity to develop skills for leadership and resilience.

We chat with Taylor this week in the lead-up to the inaugural Australian Pup & Handler competition held in Melbourne in May 2017.

The Hide & Seek team are joined by some special guests to highlight why we still need JOY, Australia’s only LGBTI community broadcaster. Whereever you are in the world we ask you to support JOY by becoming a member or making a donation at www.joy.org.au

Tim and Ben chat to several community members about their experiences dealing with stalking, sexual harassment and self preservation in the age of social media and hookup apps.

Straight from Parent Teacher Night to the JOY studios for Hide and Seek, Nathan (Mr.) Smith gives Dean a lesson or two about High School in 2017.  Granted it’s been 30 years since Dean set foot in a high school – and clearly much has changed….

A teacher at an Eastern Suburbs public high school, Mr Smith explains how respect and diversity have formed the foundation of a safe learning for all students and a better working environment for teachers too.

The ABC’s You Can’t Ask That series aims to provide a voice to marginalised Australians. Two Hide & Seek favourites – Darby and Liam – were recently part of an episode about S&M. This week we check in about their experience in recording the series and the reactions they have received.

View the series here.