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Navigating Non-Binary Fashion In A Binary World

Dr Antimony Deor — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:11:57 +0000

Given all the contradictory expectations we have for clothes, it’s easy to get your kickers in a twist, but finding the right clothes as a non-binary person challenges those expectations. ...

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Your Guide To Enjoying Transmasculine Sex

Dr Antimony Deor — Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:40:01 +0000

I could be biased, but sex with transmasculine people is fantastic. A warning up front: this article is not safe for work, unless it’s your very first day at the ...

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Gender Neutral Blood Donation Comes With Sting In Its Tail

Rodney Croome — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 00:52:51 +0000

The blanket ban on blood donation by gay men, and bisexual men and transgender women who have sex with men (GBT people), is one step closer to being lifted. The ...

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Start 2021 Fresh With These 12 New Year Resolutions

Shibu Thomas — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:00:44 +0000

December 31, 2020 at 11.59 pm – across the world there was a collective sigh of relief that the ‘lost year’ is truly behind us. The end of a year, ...

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Stay safe online

Rita Bratovich — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:52:54 +0000

STAY SAFE ONLINE With much of the real world now having been uploaded into cyberspace, the amount of time and number of things you do online has probably increased dramatically. ...

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How to stay healthy during quarantine

Rita Bratovich — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:23:30 +0000

Eat well With isolation comes the three Bs: boredom, bingeing, and (can’t be) bothered. The evil accomplice of all three is comfort eating. While snacks and treats are okay now ...

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Social distancing need not mean social isolation

Shibu Thomas — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 01:46:50 +0000

Social distancing, shelter-in-place, lockdown, quarantine: the global coronavirus outbreak has made these terms part of daily usage. Governments and health organisations across the world are recommending social distancing. It is ...

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LGBTI people can get a free breast screen with BreastScreen Victoria

Dean Arcuri — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:06:43 +0000

This Thursday and Saturday, BreastScreen Victoria is providing free LGBTI specific mammogram sessions to women and trans and gender diverse people over the age of 40, as part of their ...

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Sydney’s iconic City Gym gets $1.5 million makeover

Mike Hitch — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 08:28:24 +0000

Sydney’s iconic City Gym in Darlinghurst is open for business after a $1.5 million renovation. The gym, which opened in 1978—the same year the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ...

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Planning a family with donated sperm

IVF Australia — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 05:20:44 +0000

Choosing to start a family is one of the biggest choices a couple can make. IVFAustralia charts the challenges and pitfalls for women couples making this important decision. The desire ...

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My Health Record: Remain in or opt out?

Positive Life — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:28:35 +0000

We all need to be fully aware who has access to our health data, when they can access it, what it’s being used for and the potential implications.

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Ask Ash: Sex therapist answers tough reader questions

Staff Writers — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:16:53 +0000

I’ve been with my partner for three years and our sex life has suddenly died. Is it normal and how long should I go before I start questioning it? If sex ...

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The path to achieving family dreams

Star Online — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 23:10:42 +0000

FOR the first time ever, LGBTI Australians seeking fertility and IVF treatment will be able to attend newly-opened centres designed especially for rainbow patients and their families.

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A PrEP trial of epic proportions

Matthew Wade — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 07:21:35 +0000

On World AIDS Day last year, the NSW Government announced an expansion of a trial to make PrEP available to 3700 people in the state. Known as EPIC NSW, it is expected to reduce new HIV diagnoses by 50 per cent or more in two years. Matthew Wade found out more.

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Prostate Cancer is different for gay and bisexual men

Star Online — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 01:10:30 +0000

20,000 Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. Research conducted by Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA), the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, at La ...

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Bottoms up

Liam Barrett — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:14:59 +0000

Many of us slave away at the gym and work tirelessly to perfect our diet and supplementation routines, yet for some reason we do not put alcohol under the same microscope as we do for food. Liam Barrett explains why moderation should be your best friend.

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Summer bodies are built in winter

Liam Barrett — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:03:13 +0000

DID you ever really believe that the Netflix launch coinciding with the beginning of winter was just a coincidence? Surely those execs weren’t insinuating that you were going to be ...

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Connection and hope in the lives of others

Staff Writers — Fri, 22 May 2015 10:25:33 +0000

“IT was very lonely at first,” one woman says. “It was hard because I didn’t know any other queer people, other than my partner and one of her friends from ...

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Climb ev’ry wall

Liam Barrett — Fri, 22 May 2015 09:35:35 +0000

The cooler months may be in full swing now, but this shouldn't mean using it as an excuse to not exercise. Personal trainer Liam Barrett presents one of the best ways to stay fit indoors: rock climbing.

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Video highlights new evidence to support treating HIV early

Staff Writers — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:41:08 +0000

ACON last week released a short video to highlight new evidence in the fight to end HIV by 2020. As part of the ENDING HIV platform, the [TREAT EARLY] campaign was ...

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