13D. ASRH Invited Speaker Session: Social, political & cultural aspects: Resistance: Transgender sexual & reproductive health
Tracks
| Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| 3:50 PM - 5:20 PM |
| Element |
Speaker
Mx Budiadi Sudarto
Research Officer (Part Time)
Monash University
Trans Resistance and resilience
3:50 PM - 4:10 PMBiography
Budi Sudarto (they/them) is a part time Research Officer at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and the Director of Ananda Training and Consultancy. Budi is a former international student with extensive experience in sexual health promotion, program design and delivery, and delivery, ad qualitative research. Budi is a non-binary queer.
Dr George Parker
Senior Lecturer In Health Service Delivery
School Of Health, Victoria University Of Wellington
Trans inclusion in perinatal care
4:10 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
George Parker (they/them) is a queer and non-binary midwife and Senior Lecturer in Health Service Delivery at Te Puna Hauora School of Health, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington in Aotearoa New Zealand. George is lead investigator of Warming the Whare, a three-year Health Research Council of NZ funded participatory action research project working in collaboration with perinatal services to build their capability for trans inclusion. George is a parent of four children in a blended extended queer family and lives on the beautiful Kāpiti Coast.
Prof Darren Russell
Sexual Health Physician/GP
Kardinia Health
SHP in gender affirming care
4:30 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
Darren is a sexual health physician and the former Director of Sexual Health in Cairns. He currently works at Kardinia Health in Geelong and is also a co-director of Prism Health, a telehealth clinic providing gender affirming hormone therapy for adults and adolescents around Australia. He has been working with trans folk for 35 years.
ASRH Conference
13D. Questions & Discussion
4:50 PM - 5:20 PMBiography
Session Chair
Daile Kelleher
CEO
Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia
Linda Kirby
Nurse Practitioner
Queensland Sexual Health And Education Institute (QSHEI)