Day: February 12, 2018

Legacy Project – now in its fifth year – is a theatre development programme created by producer Bruce Brown to support emerging theatre creators within our LGBT+ and queer community. David Butler and Ciarin Smith talk through their play Three and the complexities of polyamory. David’s take on Three: Three is a very personal story to us, […]

The 2018 Legacy Project features a great selection of young theatre artists, in the wonderful intimacy of the upper Q Theatre. It’s a beautiful youth voice; that gorgeous age between teenage angst and having it all together, when things are still swirly, raw and faced with trepidation. When youth have that sleek, gangling self-confidence – […]

An HIV positive man who had unprotected sex with his partner, and did not inform him of his status, has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeals.  Mikio Filitonga tested positive for HIV in 2013 and was aware of his legal obligations to disclose his status to sexual partners. In 2014 he entered […]

The Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) has announced its decision to recommend that HIV prevention pill PrEP be listed and subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). In its decision, the committee noted it was both satisfied with the power of PrEP in reducing the risk of HIV infection, and its cost-effectiveness. It also […]