The Informer

So how do we create true diversity amongst the future leaders of our communities? Even within our LGBTIQA+ spectrum, there are large pockets of further marginalization and dialogue that can have people speaking for members of those communities instead of giving them a voice.

Do these people just need to step up and be more visual, are they shouting to be heard or are we simply not listening and talking over them?

Dean Arcuri and Jacob Thomas explore how we can create a stronger and more diverse pool of leaders to help navigate our LGBTIQA+ future and truly create a more inclusive narrative against the mainstream.

This segment aired on JOY 94.9 on 28th March 2018.

 

Bisexual Health Awareness Month was launched on social media 5 years ago in March, and is happening right now, providing a space for greater conversation, understanding and for raising greater awareness about the Bisexual Community. People in the Bisexual community face all the same challenges as lesbians and gay people, but are also subject to erasure and invalidation, and suffer poorer physical and mental health.

So how can we change that? Tonight we speak to Ella Buczak who has conducted research on bi+ men in rural areas in Australia, as we explore what it is like for them, and how research data about the Bi+ community can not just make a difference socially, but personally as well. Just because the month is over soon, doesn’t mean we won’t stop sharing stories and information about the Bisexual community, so if you have something you want to say or think needs to be focused on, be sure to let us know.

This segment aired on JOY 94.9 on 28th March 2018.

Supporting Victoria’s next generation of LGBTI community leaders through a ground-breaking new leadership program, the Andrews Labor Government have launched the LGBTI Leadership Program, which will build a network of emerging community leaders.

Dean Arcuri spoke to Victoria’s Gender & Sexuality Commissioner Ro Allen, about why the program is so important and what advantages it can provide for future leaders in our communities.

If you are interested in being one of Victoria’s LGBTI Leaders, then head to www.leadershipvictoria.org.

This segment aired on JOY 94.9 on 28th March 2018.

 

On this episode of The Informer, we look at if we are creating true diversity within our communities, as we explore whether our LGBTIQA+ leaders are really creating space for the next generation or further marginalised people to really step into.

We speak to Victoria’s Gender and Sexuality Commissioner Ro Allen about Victoria’s LGBTI Leadership Program, an initiative that is helping to elevate many voices in our communities for future generations, and as part of our segments for Bisexual Health Awareness Month, we speak to Ella about the importance of language and identity, as we discuss what it is like for men in rural areas who are bi+.

This episode of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 and was hosted by Tom Morgan.

 

On this episode of The Informer we pop by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and have a chat after they released an analytical article today, highlighting the population characteristics of the 1,260 people who gave an intentional and valid sex and/or gender diverse response in the 2016 Census.

We continue our conversation with Misty Farquhar from Perth who is doing a PhD study on Living Outside the Binary in Australia: Fence-Sitter or Bridge-Builder? As we continue to explore the realities of visibility and understanding of our Bisexual Community as part of Bisexual Health Awareness Month.

And we discuss consent education at universities as we talk to the team from YEAH. Campus-based sexual harassment and assault is a huge issue across Australian universities, and they are helping young people navigate healthy sexual relationships with a focus on affirmative consent. We find out how.

This episode of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 and was hosted by Dylan Joel

In 2016, the Census of Population and Housing took an important step towards collecting Australian statistics on sex and gender diversity. They made it possible for all Australians to report their sex in a way that was not limited to either ‘male’ or ‘female’. Today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released their findings in an analytical article highlighting the population characteristics of the 1,260 people who gave an intentional and valid sex and/or gender diverse response in the 2016 Census.

Dean Arcuri spoke to Phillip Wise the Director of Census Dissemination from the ABS about what the data can tell us about these parts of our communities.

This segment of The Informer aired on 27th March 2018.

Bisexual Health Awareness Month was launched on social media 5 years ago in March, and is happening right now, providing a space for greater conversation, understanding and for raising greater awareness about the Bisexual Community.

People in the Bisexual community face all the same challenges as lesbians and gay people, but are also subject to erasure and invalidation, and suffer poorer physical and mental health.

So how can we change that?

Last night Dean Arcuri spoke with Misty Farquhar about coming out as bisexual and what it means to help elevate the visibility of the bi community, who are often left behind.

We continue our conversation with Misty tonight as we explore thinking outside the binary and intersectionality. Misty is doing a PHD study on on Living Outside the Binary in Australia: Fence-Sitter or Bridge-Builder? And has received a strong response from Australia’s bi community.

Dean Arcuri and Misty discussed why and how this came about, as we not only look at intersectionality, but definition as well.

This segment of The Informer aired on 27th March 2018.

Founded in 2005, YEAH has built Australia’s largest ever online and face-to-face engagement connecting young people with sexual health information and supporting young people to take control of

their sexual health through participation and leadership and they join us tonight to talk consent.

Campus-based sexual harassment and assault is a huge issue across Australian universities, especially during O Week where incidents of assault see a significant spike YEAH help young people navigate healthy sexual relationships with a focus on affirmative consent. But how do they do that?

With selected universities addressing the issue by rolling out sexual consent courses and initiating the Respect.Now.Always. campaign. We spoke to YEAHs Peer Educators Kassy and Chris about what it means to educate people on consent and how it is improving communication about being safe and respectful during sex.

This segment of The Informer aired on 27th March 2018.

Presentation isn’t everything, or is it?

When it comes to our communities, how a person presents can define how there are NOT choosing to express themselves rather than how they are, but what is in a snapshot of ourselves?

A recent study on DatingScout.com.au, compared 22 million profile­ pictures of online dating users from 13 countries, including 1.9 million from Australia and discovered that

* Nearly 75 per cent of photos roller blading are from lesbian online daters.

* 95 per cent of pictures with bagpipes are from men.

* More than 60 per cent of photos with kettlebells go to gay online daters.

* 100 per cent of photos with bacon are uploaded by men

* Gay men took the highest share when it comes to pictures with kanagroos. More than 30 per cent of all pictures with these Aussie marsupials to the gay male.

* 67 per cent of all fairy themed pictures are from women older than 45.

* Australian gay men don’t like leopards it seems with no leopard themed pics from them but 40 per cent from straight men…

* And there are more pictures of surfboards than people actually surfing.

If you took a pic of yourself, would you be presenting the way that you want people to see you?

And I am not talking about online dating, I am talking about real life.

When you outward appearance doesn’t fit in the binary, or when your expression doesn’t fit the label around you, what does that mean for you?

Max, a gender non-conforming gay man, who presents very androgynously in his fashion and aesthetic shared his story with Dean Arcuri about growing up and finding his voice to express who he, and what it meant to stand out amongst the crowd, even in a queer environment, just by being himself.

This segment aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 26th March 2018.

On this episode of the Informer, Max McRae shares what it means to show your outward identity proudly, even in queer spaces. Are we really being as inclusive to all as we can?

Also, as part of Bisexual Health Awareness Month, we head to Perth as we speak to Misty Farquhar from the Bi Community there who was part of establishing the Bisexual + Community Group online in Perth, and create greater visibility for a part of our community that often gets forgotten.

This episode of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 and was hosted by Chris Tait.