Australia
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Australia is on track to become one of the first countries globally to virtually eliminate the transmission of HIV.
A study from the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, has proven the effectiveness of HIV ‘treatment as prevention’ strategies, including equitable access to PrEP and testing, in combatting HIV transmission. The study found a 27% increase in people accessing HIV treatment resulted in a 66% decrease in infections…
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Big Miracles TV Series that features the journey a gay male couple take to become parents.
Thanks to the ‘miracle’ of our VPN we have just been watching a heart-warming documentary series on Australia’s TV Channel 9. Big Miracles follows 10 Aussie couples and individuals as they embark on an emotional journey of trying to fall pregnant, through IVF or other fertility treatments. Through each episode, the show strives…
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IN OUR BLOOD : Australia’s radical response to AIDS in the early 1980s : an ABC TV Series
Queerguru has been Down Under quite a bit recently covering Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney WorldPride 2023, and Myra DuBois’s Antipodean Tour and here’s one more item before we head back to the Northern Hemisphere. The ABC Network, in conjunction with Screen Australia, has had queer writer Adriano Cappelleta be one of…
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Queerguru goes back Down Under to review ‘THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL’ at Queer Screen: Mardi Gras Film Festival
I think the point of realizing that I was laughing at all the wrong places in this misguided camp comedy was when Hunter found his wife lifeless on their apartment and covered with blood and he still feels obliged to ask the corpse “Are you dead?” It seems that the photographer-turned-writer/director James Dimitri helming…
