Symposium: Diversifying genders and sexualities: Implications for the HIV and sexual health sectors
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM |
Speaker
Mx Hayden Moon
PhD Candidate
Sydney University
First Nations perspectives on diversifying genders and sexualities
Biography
'Hayden Moon is a Wiradjuri Brotherboy who advocates for the Transgender, Disabled and First Nations communities through his roles in various activist groups and organisations. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and a Pinnacle Foundation scholar
Mr Peter Locke
Director of Services (HIV, Clinical & Community Support)
Thorne Harbour Health
Diversifying genders and sexualities in clinical services
Biography
Peter Locke is Manager of Clinical Services at Thorne Harbour Health. He manages services catering to gender and sexually diverse communities including The Centre Clinic, offering HIV care, sexual health and LGBTIQ health services, Equinox, a general practice that for the trans, gender diverse community and PRONTO!, a peer rapid HIV and STI testing service.
Dr Son Vivienne
Trans Lead, Peer Support & Training
Thorne Harbour Health, Transgender Australia
Diversifying genders and sexualities in surveys
Biography
Son Vivienne is currently Trans Lead at Thorne Harbour Health in Training and Capacity Development and convenes the Transcripts seminar series. They also hold a part time position in the Peer-Support Program at Transgender Victoria. They are a Board Director at LGBTQI+ youth advocacy NGO, Minus18, and Secretary of Transgender Victoria with particular interest in Access & Inclusion and Peer Support. Son has a background in media production and a PHD in digital self-representation, storytelling, online activism for and by queer identities. Their work on digital storytelling is published as Digital Identity and Everyday Activism: Sharing Private Stories with Networked Publics (Palgrave, 2016). Son’s less-verbose, more-embodied projects include cultivating abundance in their garden, and generosity in their children. More info at Son’s website: www.incitestories.com.au or Twitter @sonasterisk
Prof Martin Holt
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Diversifying genders and sexualities in research and behavioural surveillance
Biography
Professor Martin Holt specialises in HIV prevention research with gay and bisexual men. He has worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health since 2003. Over the last 10 years he has researched the impact of biomedical HIV prevention on community norms, attitudes and practices.
Professor Kath Albury
Professor of Media and Communication
Swinburne University of Technology
Diversifying genders and sexualities in dating apps
Biography
Kath co-leads the Digital Inclusion Program in Swinburne's Social Innovation Research Institute and is an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She led the ARC Linkage 'Safety, Risk and Wellbeing on Dating Apps', in partnership with ACON and Family Planning NSW.
Mr. Daniel Comensoli
Policy And Research Coordinator
National LGBTI Health Alliance
Diversifying genders and sexualities in health policy and advocacy
Biography
Daniel has extensive experience in policy consultation, research, analysis, and development. Prior to joining the Alliance, Daniel was actively involved in party politics, campaigning at the national and state level, and worked for a federal MP. He is passionate about evidence-based policy and advocacy that achieves practical change for LGBTI communities.
Ms. Elizabeth Duck-Chong
Health Promotion Officer
ACON (TransHub), Twenty10, writer/broadcaster
Diversifying genders and sexualities in sexual health education by and for young people
Biography
Elizabeth Duck-Chong is a health promotion and peer worker, health researcher, freelance writer, and filmmaker, whose essays and non-fiction have been published widely. In her role at ACON she was the content and development lead for TransHub, an Australia-first health resource. Liz's pronouns are she/her.
Co-chair
Teddy Cook
Director, Community Health
ACON
Christy Newman
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Speaker
Kath Albury
Professor of Media and Communication
Swinburne University of Technology
Daniel Comensoli
Policy And Research Coordinator
National LGBTI Health Alliance
Elizabeth Duck-Chong
Health Promotion Officer
ACON (TransHub), Twenty10, writer/broadcaster
Martin Holt
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Peter Locke
Director of Services (HIV, Clinical & Community Support)
Thorne Harbour Health
Hayden Moon
PhD Candidate
Sydney University
Son Vivienne
Trans Lead, Peer Support & Training
Thorne Harbour Health, Transgender Australia
Support Staff
Brooke McClune
Touchpoint
Linda Starke
Event Coordinator
ASHM
