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With the latest edition of Star Observer out today, Melbourne based journo Matthew Wade joins Dean with the latest. Online group STOP SAFE Schools Coalition wants to prevent LGBT youth...
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Attracting over 150,000 visits annually The Sustainable Living Festival engages with hundreds of organisations and individuals to stage Australia’s largest sustainability festival. The Festival’s Director Luke Taylor joins Dean to...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Deputy Manager of Opposition Business and Shadow Attorney-General the Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC, MP joins Dean to express his outrage at the Australian Christian Lobby’s attempts to “override”...
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Matthew Wade from Star Observer jumps on the end of the blower to bring us all up to date with the latest in LGBTI news. Some parents have spoken out...
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The Victorian Government is introducing a bill into parliament aimed at stopping unregistered health practitioner who profess to cure homosexuality. The crack down on ex-gay crack pots will not stop...
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The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) has appointed Darryl O’Donnell as Executive Director coinciding with the departure of Rob Lake who has led the organisation for the past 5...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Victorian AIDS Council (VAC) today announced the launch of its first Trans and Gender Diverse Advisory Group, which will provide advice to the organisation on supporting and promoting the...
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Not one but TWO of Star Observers journos, both Shannon Power and Matthew Wade join Dean for a chat about the biggest news stories for the LGBTI community. Victorian Government...
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Dean Beck and Shannon Power take a look at two mistakes that should have been avoided, which caused HIV Stigma. This week Star Observer journalist and Dean’s Pride March co-host...
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Last week The Stirrer’s Doug Pollard revealed that the national peak body for our communities health and well-being, LGBTI Health Alliance was being defunded by the Federal Government. In a...
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Matthew Wade from Star Observer joins Dean for the Weekly News Wrap. Unfortunate comments from the Queensland nominee for Australian of the Year Catherine McGregor. A homophobic sticker appeared in...
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‘Schools Out for Midsumma’ is a FREE premier event in the Midsumma program especially for teachers, parents, young people and community members interested in the education of LGBTI young people. Dean is joined by Adam...
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Following the discovery of homophobic stickers placed on Chapel St South Yarra near Chasers Nightclub, a social media outcry condemning the message of hatred has erupted. The stickers were...
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The National LGBTI Health Alliance is in crisis with the Federal Government refusing to provide ‘core funding’, placing its future in doubt. Federal Government tendering processes have pitched HIV organisations...
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Each year Dean Beck complies a collection of interviews gathered during Carnival Day. In 2016 the Melbourne turned on a stunning day our the LGBTIQ Communities came out in full turning...
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The Melbourne journo for Star Observer, Matthew Wade joins Dean in the studio for the weekly news wrap. Melbourne will once again host Australia’s biggest LGBTI Sports Festival Australia’s first...
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Prior to the special board meeting which saw Midsumma appoint John Caldwell as its new President, he joined Dean with a few words of advice to the 2016 Midsumma Champions.
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Ahead of Midsumma Carnival this Sunday, Dean is joined by Festival Director Tennille Moisel to walk through the festival program. The Victorian AIDS Councils sell out Hypothetical last year will move...
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For his first bulletin in 2016 the delectable Matthew Wade drops by for the Weekly News Wrap. PrEPAccessNow met with the Minister for Health yesterday to discuss PrEP in Victoria....
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Following the announcement of the RAPTURE Initiative – (a plan for Australia to become the first country in the world to achieve zero new HIV infections by 2020 through a...
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On The Line Exclusive: Could Australia be the 1st country in the world to achieve ZERO new HIV infections by 2020? Recently Lord Mayor Robert Doyle announced Melbourne as...
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From time to time there is a young man that joins Dean on his little show to discuss what is going on in the world. His name is Matthew Wade….and...
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Lefteris Patlamazoglou is currently doing his PhD research in Psychology at Monash University and he is investigating the Bereavement Experiences of Same-sex Partners. The aim of the project is to...
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Next week Facebook will change their policy regarding ‘adopted’ names. This follows criticism of their previously inflexible policy of name verification which saw many people from LGBTIQ communities unable to...
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With his weekly round up of all things in LGBTI news, Matthew Wade joins Dean in the studio. Victorian Government will provide guidelines to enable GPs to prescribe PrEP Melbourne...
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It’s December and Yvonne Gardner is in the JOY 94.9 studios which can only mean one thing – she is doing Christmas lunch AGAIN. A true living treasure of Melbourne’s...
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Love in full colour, a documentary from Melbourne filmmaker Suzi Taylor about Australia’s largest Same Sex Formal and the experiences of 12 LGBT teens growing up, falling in love and...
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JOY 94.9’s Executive Producer of World AIDS Day 2015 and host of On The Line has called for Victoria’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy to resign following her poor performance during...
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Star Observers Man about town Matthew Wade joins Dean Beck and Paul Kidd with the weekly news round up: The Safe Schools Coalition and Minus18 have released a new LGBT...
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Dean is joined by Paul Kidd who shares some of his insights regarding 30 years lived experience with HIV. Paul was called upon to comment in the mainstream media following...
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