The Informer

The reality is that many LTBIQ women face social infertility, because making a family comes at a literal financial cost. With women already on the lower financial bracket in the work place, the cost of starting a family for women in our communities can be a big surprise.

So when do we start talking to young LTBIQ women about preparing for a career and the costs of starting a family?

Dean Arcuri investigates, as he spoke to lesbian mother Fiona Newton about what it was like planning to be a mother when you are accessing fertility treatments.

This segment aired on The Informer on the 8th March 2018

This episode aired on International Womens Day and this years theme is ‘Leave no women behind’.

The focus of tonight’s show is issues & stories about for women from our diverse communities as we look at women living with HIV, what it’s like being a woman in spaces we presume are for men who have sex with men and when should we start talking to young LTBIQ women about the cost of fertility, because when your socially infertile, it can be pretty expensive.

Be sure to take a moment today to think about & acknowledge the women we are surround by who work to make all our lives better & also those who aren’t afforded the same privileges you may be.

This episode of The Informer was hosted by Ruby Susan on JOY 94.9

This year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade was filled with colour and excitement. Acknowledging the evolution from protest to pride.

After watching the SBS coverage, many people commented that the community where overshadowed by the corporate floats. We decided to ask those who were marching how they felt about it.

What do you think about corporate vs community when it comes to our pride parades?

This segment of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 on 7th March 2018.

Are you ready to go bush this weekend?

Chillout Festival is painting Victoria’s Hepburn Shire Rainbow in four days of regional pride.

Dena Arcuri caught up with Chillout’s Festival Director, Merryn Tinkler to find out what all the fuss was about.

This segment of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 on 7th March 2018.

No one wants to feel harassed in the workplace, especially for your sexuality. Now on The Informer we speak to a Victorian man who alleges homophobic discrimination from his former workplace, as he tells us how he feels let down by an employer, and a legal system, that is meant to protect him.

Timothy Bye’s hunt for a lawyer to represent him continues, his costs continue to mount as he manages his PTSD. His three-day hearing is scheduled for May.

If you can lend support, you can contact him via his crowdfund page.

https://www.gofundme.com/timbye

This segment of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 on 7th March 2018.

On this episode we hear from a Victorian man who alleges homophobic discrimination from his former workplace, as he tells us how he feels let down by an employer, and a legal system, that is meant to protect him.

We touch base with the Chillout Festival painting the Hepburn Shire rainbow this weekend as it celebrates turning 21.

And it’s corporate vs community when it comes to the mardi gras parade, sure things didn’t look even, but is that really a bad thing? We ask those in the parade how it made them feel.

Dean Arcuri hosted this episode of The Informer on JOY 94.9.

The newly formed will this year march in the Kana Parade, a first for the Colac Festival.

Rainbow pride is something that is not normally associated with Colac, or so we think.

Dean Arcuri investigates.

That Colac Kana Festival takes place on March 17th where the Colac Otway Pride & Diversity Group will be marching with pride as a part of their community.

This aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 6th March 2018.

What is in a name?

Quite a bit when it comes to the intersex community.

At a special general meeting on the fourth of march of Organisation Intersex International Australia, members approved a change in the name from OII Australia to Intersex Human Rights Australia.

Morgan Carpenter from Intersex Human Rights Australia spoke with Dean Arcuri about what this change means for the organisation.

This aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 6th March 2018.

From Protest to Pride was the slogan of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on its 40th Anniversary. Culminating in a fabulous parade of remembrance and celebration, it wasn’t all smooth sailing this year.

Queer Refugee activist group, the Department of Homo Affairs intervened & disrupted the Liberal Party marching in this years parade, in the spirit of the original 1978 Mardi Gras.

Dean Arcuri spoke with Officer Cunstable Nicole Curby from The Department of Homo Affairs about their protest.

This aired on The Informer on JOY 94.9 on 6th March 2018.

On this episode of The Informer we hear from The Department of Homo Affairs, the queer activist group who disrupted the Liberal Party Floats smooth transition down the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on the weekend.

We head to Colac, where the Colac Otway Pride and Diversity Group will this march for the very first time in Colacs Kana Parade, and we speak to OII Australia which has been renamed to Intersex Human Rights Australia about what this change means for the Intersex Communities.

This episode of The Informer aired on JOY 94.9 and was hosted by Ruby Susan on 6th March 2018.