Systemic barriers
Tracks
Track 2
| Tuesday, April 9, 2024 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
| Room 6 |
Speaker
Ms Rebecca Galdies
Strategy And Government Relations
Sa Rainbow Advocacy Alliance
Session Introduction
4:00 PM - 4:05 PMBiography
Mr Tobias Bolton
Housing Coordinator
Thorne Harbour Health
The Harbour: establishing an LGBTIQA+ focused social housing project.
4:05 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Toby Bolton is a community worker with over 10 years of experience in housing, support, program design and management. He has a particular interest in LGBTQIA+ housing equity and has led the design and implementation of The Harbour, an LGBTQIA+ long-term housing project.
Dr Bernard Gardiner
Vice President
Queensland Council For Lgbti Health
A new narrative emerging in regional and rural Queensland
4:15 PM - 4:25 PMBiography
Dr Bernard Gardiner is a 78er with over 40 years involvement in the community-based response to HIV in Australian, and globally via Red Cross. His PhD explored ageing with HIV in regional and rural Queensland. Bernard represents central Queensland on the QC Board and is the Vice-President of QC.
Dr Megan Sharp
Lecturer
The University Of Melbourne
Queer labour: Work, employment and the socio-economic determinants of health
4:25 PM - 4:35 PMBiography
Megan is a Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Melbourne.
Her areas of research include work, youth and queer theory. Megan’s research explores institutional practices of exclusion based on gender and sexuality, as well as the affective and dynamic practices of resilience and solidarity found in marginalised groups.
Ms Velissa Aplin
Coordinator Variations In Sex Characteristics Psychosocial Service
Canberra Health Services, ACT Government
Variations in sex characteristics: Legislative and psychosocial reforms in the Australian Capital Territory – A new era
4:35 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Chairperson
Rebecca Galdies
Strategy And Government Relations
Sa Rainbow Advocacy Alliance
