Have you seen the articles in the news about the male hump back whales captured for the first time having sex?

Well…Rach did a deep dive, and its not the same sex moment you think!

Get ready to kick off your Mardi Gras weekend in off style at Oxford Village, who are hosting a pre-parade celebration on Saturday March 2nd, at the corner of Oxford & Pelican St in Darlinghurst. 

Rach and Dean find out all the fabulous things taking place to kick your Mardi Gras Parade Day up a notch, including a Glitter bar & face painting station, fun food giveaways, sidewalk cabaret, performances a selfie booth and more.

The release of a landmark survey dedicated to Victorian women’s health has confirmed what women already know: their pain is real – and regularly overlooked.

Cal from Well Well Well joins Rach & Dean on JOY Breakfast ahead of tonights show as they look at what is chronic pain, why we have undercooked women’s health needs, and where we go next.

Subscribe to Well Well Well’s podcasts here.

A Leap Year, which is the 366th day (or 13th month) is added to our calendars to keep the it synchronized astronomically & seasonally – which for some means it’s a day where anything can happen!

Do you have a plan this leap year?

And how many seconds are we out per year?

Rach and Dean find out how we are spending our extra day.

With lip synching for your legacy, werk room shenanigans and a whole lot of hair spray, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is back and we couldn’t ask for a better representation of Aussie Drag than the fabulous Hannah Conda.

She may be as tall as a hobbit with a mouth your mother would wash out with soap, but she has a face so gorgeous she shines brighter than the sun and, to use her own words, we think she is kicking it dick when it comes to the second season of the show – and she joins Rach and Dean on JOY Breakfast to tell them all about it.

As part of their business projections, Clarity Clinic have become proud JOY Business members offering their inclusive and affirming care to the LGBTQIA+ Community in St Kilda East.

Located on Dandenong Rd the clinic is an inclusive, safe and easily accessible place for all members of the community.

Rach and Dean chat with Dr Nick Rhodes to find out more about the clininc and the services they offer for the community.

Every month, Rach and Dean delve into the world of finance with JOY Breakfast Finance Guru Angelo Baronnessa from Divergent Wealth,  and last month they had so many questions about superannuation that it needed another segment.

This month they dive into the nitty gritty around Super for when it serves its purpose, during retirement, so that it can give us a more financially healthy future.

 

 

The Matilda’s are playing at Marvel stadium this week in an Olympic Qualifier VS Uzbekistan, so Rach and Dean welcomed back their favourite sports nut Demetra Giannakopoulos to find out how their chances are.

Will they take the win?

You may know Mama Mish (Michelle Shepphard) from her past time volunteering here on the JOY airwaves, her advocacy work not only for trans people in the workplace but equality and visibility for all within our rainbow communities, or her work at Victoria’s Department of Transport.

She joined Rach & Dean on JOY Breakfast ahead of International Women’s Day next Friday, to discuss how we can build on the momentum of existing strategies and programs to inspire and increase women’s inclusion across an array of workplaces.

Here at JOY we are proud to create avenues of communication between our communities and Victoria Police, with regular spots on air with a representative from the organisation, but we also appreciate that that isn’t the case for all in our communities.

This morning on JOY Breakfast, Rach & Dean have our monthly segment with Victoria Police LGBTIQ portfolio manager Jeremy Oliver, and while we feel that it is important to acknowledge instances that occurred here in Victoria at Midsumma Carnival and Pride March, we also acknowledge that these also require debriefing and consultation with Midsumma itself.

So this morning, Jeremy is joining them as they do a wrap of Victoria’s pride season to date (because it is far from over) and find out about all the peri-urban, rural and regional events Victoria Police have been invited to.