Australia's largest and longest-running queer film festival, MQFF presents more than 100 films from across the world, showcasing the best in LGBTI features, shorts and documentaries over 12 days each March at Melbourne's world-class Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) located in Federation Square.

Executive Director Dillan Golightly joins Adam and Tex in the studio to discuss the festival's history and what we can expect to see this year.

This week the team are joined by Vikki Ryall, the head of clinical services at Headspace and Seb from a queer group on the Peninsula in Frankston as they chat about mental health and LGBT young people.

Jessie and Tex ask Vikki and Seb about Headspace, where the organisation started and find out about all the great work that they do as well as the services they provide to the youth of Australia.

Cal is joined by special guest host John Manwarring in this episode focussing on mental health issues in regional and rural areas. Alison from National Centre for Farmer Health joins the discussion. Daniel Witthaus talks about NICHE which helps young LGBTI people in rural and remote areas of Australia.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing difficulty please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyondblue on 1300 22 4636. Also, Switchboard is a freecall on 1800 184 527 between 3pm to midnight seven days a week.

With Mardi Gras coming up, Jack and Jessie look at some of the ways to keep safe during the festival season. Fair Play is an LGBTIQ community initiative to help party-goers understand their legal rights and how to keep safe during the Mardi Gras Festival.

Sarah from Straight Arrows discusses Phoenix: a new forum available to women who have been recently diagnosed or living with HIV for some time and are ready to connect in a safe and confidential environment.

This week Jessie and Carlos host a follow-up show once again focusing on mental health.  Shaun Staunton, the LGBTI Communities Project Manager at beyondblue comes in to talk about services tailored towards our community.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing difficulty please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyondblue on 1300 22 4636. Also, Switchboard is a freecall on 1800 184 527 between 3pm to midnight seven days a week.

Adam and Tex are joined by Ben to discuss the role IT plays in mental health and how people can benefit from the services that are available online. Beacon is a research website to help you find online applications for mental and physical disorders.

If you or anyone you know is experiencing difficulty please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyondblue on 1300 22 4636. Also, Switchboard is a freecall on 1800 184 527 between 3pm to midnight seven days a week.

Coming up to another Valentine's Day, where do we stand? Ivan Hinton the Deputy Director of Australian Marriage Equality discusses the current parliamentary position and the proposed plebiscite.

Associate Professor Edwina Wright speaks with Jack & Cal about the expansion of the PrEPX Trial.

PRONTO! Program Manager, Peter Locke updates us about the additional services that are available.

This week is all about surging seals and aquatic sports! Steve Blunt President of Victorian Seals and Ash McMaster President Melbourne Surge join Tex and Cal to discuss the NWPL Pride Cup. It's on Friday Feb 5 at MSAC centre and Tickets are available at Ticketmaster or at the door.

If you missed out on filling in the Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey it is now available online for a limited time.

Carlos and Adam are back to feature the fabulous Midsumma Mooning 2016 coming up at the Laird Hotel on 29 January. Brett from The Laird chats on the phone about this very popular fundraiser night and what we can expect this year.

The David Willams Fund is the benefactor of this charity event and Linda is in the studio to discuss the fund's history and how it works.

This week Jessie and Carlos discuss upcoming exhibitions as part of Midsumma 2016.

OJ from the Arts Collective WRUFFnTumble comes into discuss Red Meet. Featuring the work of David Lee Pereira, this exhibition is sponsored by ENUF. Showing now at Off The Kerb Gallery.

Company Of Men opens 21 January 2016. Rogan and Kia were commissioned by VAC to explore masculinity in the GLBTI community. Please note the change of venue to BRIGHTSPACE.