Our 2023 Annual Report is now available! This report is a lasting record of the Centre's achievements, research, events, awards, funding, publications and more for the last calendar year.

latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/publica…

Considering Rainbow Tick? Want to find out more about workplace LGBTIQ inclusion? Join our Rainbow Tick info session on Thu May 23 to find out how to help your health & human services work safe and inclusive for LGBTIQ people. All welcome! latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A shout-out to our Secondary Students and Sexual Health study on this great episode of ABC Melbourne's The Conversation Hour on respectful relationships, from our YACVic colleague Laura Crozier!

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The 2024 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is on May 19, 5pm at Docklands Library event space. The event is held to raise HIV awareness & remember the friends and family we have lost to AIDS, along with all people who continue to live with HIV. lpv.org.au/event/2024-int…

Researchers at ARCSHS are looking to speak to LGBTQ+ Victorians who have experience difficulties with their drug use, and have sought out professional support for it!
Register your interest at: redcap.link/FOSINT

ARCSHS' Natalie Amos and Shakara Liddelow-Hunt of Telethon Kids Institute swung by Joy Breakfast this morning with Rach and Dean this morning to discuss the findings of our new Rainbow Realities report - listen now:

joy.org.au/joybreakfast/2…

Interested in addressing #BBV and #STI -related stigma in healthcare? Our toolkit and implementation guide offer tips and strategies for healthcare organisations seeking to review inclusive care practices and processes. Download these new resources free: latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/work/th…

A fantastic presentation today at ARCSHS from guest academic Nathaniel Tran 🏳️‍🌈 of Vanderbilt University Department of Health Policy's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, 'Access and quality of health services for LGBTQ+ older adults in the United States'.

A new chapter from Adrian Farrugia in the Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education explores how issues related to sex are addressed in drug education. The chapter identifies drug education as an unrecognised site of sexuality education: link.springer.com/referenceworke…

Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! Our research gives key insights into lesbian & same-sex-attracted women’s health & wellbeing in Aus. Download Private Lives 3, Writing Themselves In 4 & Rainbow Realities reports for the latest facts & figures on LBQ women:

latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/publica…

Are you, or do you know someone who is:

•18-25
•Parents born overseas
•Chinese background
•Australian born or lived in Aus since before age 12?

We want to hear about your experiences of sex ed! Interview/focus group, $50 voucher (valid in Aus only):

shper.org/participants-w…

Young men and women understand enthusiastic consent - but are they using it? A new article from Dr Andrea Waling, Alexandra James and Lily Moor:

Internalised homophobia is related to mental health for LGB people - but is that it? @‌TKianJin & @‌joelmelb explore how feeling guilty/shameful about sexuality can help explain the relationship b/w internalised homophobia and MH for LGB Asian Americans. mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/4…

A paper co-authored by ARCSHS staff reveals young LGBTQA+ people with a disability experience verbal, physical or sexual harassment or abuse based on sexual orientation or gender identity at higher rates than participants without disability. Natalie Amos
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Dr Ruby Grant Dr Ruby Grant stopped in at ABC Shepparton and ABC Goulburn Murray ABC Australia this morning for Breakfast with Sandra Moon to talk about vaping, including findings from our QSOX study and more broadly - listen now, from 41:00:

abc.net.au/listen/program…

Listen back to the latest ep of Well Well Well on JOY Media as ARCSHS' Natalie Amos discusses the recently launched Rainbow Realities report: an in-depth analyses of large-scale (20,000+ participants) LGBTQA+ health & wellbeing data in Australia joy.org.au/wellwellwell/2…

A new article led by Sean Mulcahy explores the experiences and concerns of people with lived experience of hepatitis C on the subject of health data privacy, particularly regarding stigma, breaches and new laws widening access to health records.

Congrats to the ARCSHS and Rainbow Health Australia team members at the LGBTIQ+ Health Australia Health in Difference Conference #HID24 on a huge 10 presentations, plus the launch of Rainbow Realities, a comprehensive report on Australian LGBTQA+ people's health & wellbeing: latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/work/ra…