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Title: Private Lives 3: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQ people in Victoria   (PDF File 2.6 MB)

Author(s): Adam O. Hill Adam Bourne Ruth McNair Marina Carman Anthony Lyons

Subject(s): Aged care; LGBTI community; HIV; Living with disability; Mens health; Trans community

Description: Private Lives 3 is the third iteration of the Private Lives surveys, with the first conducted in 2005 and the second in 2011. Private Lives 3 is Australia’s largest national survey of the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people, conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The survey provides vital information for health professionals, service providers, community organisations and governments to better understand and support the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people in Australia. Private Lives 3 was jointly funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet. This report presents data from LGBTQ participants of Private Lives 3 who were living in Victoria at the time of the survey.

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Year of publication: 2021

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Title: Lean on Me: Exploring Suicide Prevention and Mental Health-Related Peer Support in Melbourne's LGBTQ Communities   (PDF File 861.0 KB)

Author(s): Shane Worrell Andrea Waling Joel Anderson Jackson Fairchild Anthony Lyons Christopher A. Pepping Adam Bourne

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: Lean on Me: Exploring Suicide Prevention and Mental Health-Related Peer Support in Melbourne’s LGBTQ Communities examines the experiences of people who help others during a mental health crisis. Drawing on data from 25 interviews and a survey of more than 300 people, this report focuses specifically on how LGBTQ people who provide peer support are impacted by doing so. Lean on Me demonstrates that burnout is a common negative impact of suicide prevention and mental health-related peer support in an LGBTQ context. This report explores the genesis of such burnout, considering how and why the need for peer support is so great within LGBTQ communities in Melbourne. The findings chapters of this report explore the context in which peer support roles are performed, the pressures community members face when being leant on and the ways in which those experiencing burnout from providing support seek to mitigate its impacts. We highlight the need for people performing peer-support roles to themselves be helped, to prevent burnout and to make support roles more sustainable. Thus, Lean on Me makes recommendations about how those being leant on can be better supported in roles that are meaningful to them – and even a matter of life and death for their fellow community members. Lean on Me received generous support from North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) through the Australian Government’s National Suicide Prevention Trial.

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Year of publication: 2021

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Title: Lean on Me: Exploring Suicide Prevention and Mental Health-Related Peer Support in Melbourne's LGBTQ Communities - Executive Summary   (PDF File 379.6 KB)

Author(s): Shane Worrell Andrea Waling Joel Anderson Jackson Fairchild Anthony Lyons Christopher A. Pepping Adam Bourne

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: This study focuses on how peers and community leaders in LGBTQ communities in Melbourne provide suicide prevention and mental health-related peer support. This study is a response to a gap in the literature relating to the crisis support provision that occurs in LGBTQ communities outside professional health and mental health service settings. This document provides an executive summary of the full report.

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Year of publication: 2021

Title: LGBTI-Inclusive Practice Review Tool   (PDF File 714.4 KB)

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Subject(s): Aged care; LGBTI community

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Year of publication: 2020

Title: Writing Themselves In 4: the health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia. South Australia summary report.   (PDF File 4.9 MB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia aged 14-21. This is the South Australia report.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2020

Title: Writing Themselves In 4: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia. Australian Capital Territory summary report.   (PDF File 4.8 MB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia aged 14-21. This is the ACT summary report.

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Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Rainbow Tick accreditation and evidence guide   (PDF File 910.4 KB)

Author(s): Jami Jones Jackson Fairchild Marina Carman Pam Kennedy Shamini Joseph Matthew Parsons

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description: This supplement to 'Rainbow Tick standards: A framework for LGBTIQ cultural safety' outlines the associated actions and examples of evidence that can be used to show that an organisation has met Rainbow Tick accreditation standards.

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Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Healing spiritual harms: Supporting recovery from LGBTQA+ change and suppression practices   (PDF File 4.4 MB)

Author(s): Timothy W. Jones Tiffany M. Jones Jennifer Power Nathan Despott Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: This research report presents findings from a project conducted in partnership with the Brave Network, the Australian LGBTIQ+ Multicultural Council (AGMC) and the Victorian Government on recovery support needs of survivors of LGBTQA+ change and suppression (conversion) practices. The report provides a detailed account of survivors’ support needs. Its findings are intended to inform health practitioners and others working to meet the support needs of LGBTQA+ people who are recovering from the harms associated with LGBTQA+ change and suppression practices.

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Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Rainbow Tick standards - A framework for LGBTIQ cultural safety   (PDF File 379.0 KB)

Author(s): Jami Jones Jackson Fairchild Marina Carman Pam Kennedy Shamini Joseph Matthew Parsons

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description: The Rainbow Tick framework is designed to support organisations to improve the quality of care and services they provide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) service users, staff and volunteers. This resource provides a guide to the six LGBTIQ-inclusive practice Standards that are used in Rainbow Tick accreditation.  Rainbow Tick accreditation is a major investment being made by an increasing number of organisations in Australia who wish to both demonstrate inclusivity and deliver inclusive services. Beyond this, Rainbow Tick is increasingly being recognised as more than an accreditation program.  The Rainbow Tick Standards serve as a useful framework to guide best practice in LGBTIQ inclusion at any stage of the change process.

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Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Writing Themselves In 4: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia. Victoria summary report.   (PDF File 4.9 MB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia aged 14-21. This is the Victoria report.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2020

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Title: COVID-19: impacts for LGBTIQ communities and implications for services A Research Briefing Paper by Rainbow Health Australia   (PDF File 2.8 MB)

Author(s): Marina Carman Adam Bourne Jackson Fairchild

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: A briefing paper summarising current research knowledge relevant to understanding how COVID-19 might impact on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) health and wellbeing.

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Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Writing Themselves In 4: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia. National report.   (PDF File 9.5 MB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia aged 14-21. This is the national report.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2020

Title: Victorian Networks Study Technical Report (VINES)   (PDF File 111.3 KB)

Author(s): J Grierson, A Smith, D Wain

Subject(s): LGBTI community

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This report represents the first publication of findings from the Victorian Networks Study (Vines). Vines is the first comprehensive investigation into the social and sexual networks of gay men in Australia. It is unique in that these networks are the primary focus of the study and the principal unit of analysis. Networks are the dynamic social systems through which HIV is spread, and the structures which facilitate the communication of HIV prevention messages, provide the normative reference for individuals’ social practices, and enable and constrain safe sex cultures. Networks, therefore, are central to our understandings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and our understandings of networks are critical to our success in HIV prevention.

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Year of publication: 2020

Title: Research Matters: What does LGBTIQ mean   (PDF File 87.6 KB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: The first issue in this series is Research Matters: What does LGBTIQ mean? This evidence brief focusses on the concepts of sex, gender and sexuality and what lies underneath the definitions collected together in the acronym ‘LGBTIQ’.

Publication type: Broadsheet

Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Pride in Prevention Evidence Guide   (PDF File 6.8 MB)

Author(s): Marina Carman Jackson Fairchild Matthew Parsons Claire Farrugia Jennifer Power Adam Bourne

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Prevention of violence against women

Description: A guide to primary prevention of family violence experienced by LGBTIQ communities, produced to inform primary prevention initiatives aimed at family violence experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) communities, funded by the Office for Women in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

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Year of publication: 2020

Title: Research-Matters-why-do-we-need-LGBTIQ-inclusive-services   (PDF File 103.1 KB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: This paper argues that continuing to develop LGBTIQ-inclusive services is important, and has been shown to improve service access and acceptability for LGBTIQ communities.

Publication type: Broadsheet

Year of publication: 2020

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Title: Private Lives 3 National Report   (PDF File 2.8 MB)

Author(s): Adam O. Hill Adam Bourne Ruth McNair Marina Carman Anthony Lyons

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Mens health; Trans community; Young people

Description: Private Lives 3 (PL3) is the third iteration of the Private Lives surveys, with the first conducted in 2005 and the second in 2011. PL3 is Australia’s largest national survey of the health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people to date. It was conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) at La Trobe University. The survey provides vital information for health professionals, service providers, community organisations and governments to better understand and support the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ people in Australia. PL3 was jointly funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet. This report presents data from participants of PL3 who were living in Australia at the time of the survey.

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Year of publication: 2020

Title: Writing Themselves In 4: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia. New South Wales summary report   (PDF File 5.0 MB)

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Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community; Young people

Description: The health and wellbeing of LGBTQA+ young people in Australia aged 14-21. This is the NSW report.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2020

Title: The influence of AFAO, AIDS Councils & communities: How, when and where are gay and bisexual men influenced about HIV? Report   (PDF File 2.7 MB)

Author(s): Graham Brown, Andrew Westle, Adam Bourne, Jeanne Ellard,

Subject(s): LGBTI community; HIV

Description: ARCSHS Monograph

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2019

Title: Understanding LGBTI+ Lives in Crisis   (PDF File 4.6 MB)

Author(s): Andrea Waling Gene Lim Sheila Dhalla Anthony Lyons Adam Bourne

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: This report, in partnership with Lifeline Australia, explores the needs of LGBTI+ Australians regarding crisis support services.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2019

Title: TRANScending Discrimination in Health and Cancer Care   (PDF File 2.2 MB)

Author(s): Lucille Kerr Christopher M. Fisher Tiffany Jones

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: A Study of Trans and Gender Diverse Australians.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2019

Title: The everyday experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people living with disability   (PDF File 1007.3 KB)

Author(s): William Leonard Rosemary Mann

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: This report documents the effects of systemic discrimination on the health and wellbeing of LGBTI people with disability.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2018

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Title: Home insemination and HIV prevention among same-sex attracted communities in Victoria, Australia: A qualitative scoping study   (PDF File 593.5 KB)

Author(s): Jen Johnson.

Subject(s): LGBTI community; HIV

Description: ARCSHS Monograph Series number 108.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2016

Title: Monopoly: A study of gay men's relationships   (PDF File 2.0 MB)

Author(s): Garrett Prestage, Duane Duncan, Jeffrey Grierson, Jack Bradley, Benjamin Bavinton, Johann Kolstee, Anthony M A Smith.

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: Kirby Centre monograph

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2015

Title: A closer look at Private Lives 2: Addressing the mental health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Australians   (PDF File 2.6 MB)

Author(s): William Leonard, Anthony Lyons, Emily Bariola

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description: ARCSHS Monograph 103

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2015

Title: Improving E-therapy for mood disorders among lesbians and gay men   (PDF File 362.9 KB)

Author(s): Anthony Lyons, Tomas Rozbroj, Marian K Pitts, Anne Mitchell, Helen Christensen.

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: ARCSHS Monograph Series Number 102.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2015

Title: From Blues to Rainbows Report   (PDF File 5.6 MB)

Author(s): Elizabeth Smith Tiffany Jones Roz Ward Jennifer Dixon Anne Mitchell Lynne Hillier

Subject(s): Trans community

Description: The mental health and well-being of gender diverse and transgender young people in Australia

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2014

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Title: Networks of MSM in Indonesia: A 2‐mode study of MSM and sites of engagement   (PDF File 7.8 MB)

Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally, Irwan Hidayana

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: ARCSHS research report.

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Year of publication: 2013

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Title: The Bangkok Sauna Study: Findings from a survey of gay men in Thailand   (PDF File 5.2 MB)

Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Stephen McNally, in collaboration with Bangkok Rainbow Organisation and the Rainbow Sky

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description: Findings from a survey of men attending gay saunas in Bangkok, Thailand.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2012

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Title: Private Lives 2: The second national survey of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) Australians   (PDF File 1.5 MB)

Author(s): William Leonard, Marian Pitts, Anne Mitchell, Anthony Lyons, Anthony Smith, Sunil Patel, Murray Couch, Anna Barrett.

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description: Private Lives 2 (PL2) is a report on the second national survey of the health and wellbeing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) Australians. The first Private Lives (PL1) was released in 2006 and was, at that time, the largest survey of its kind conducted anywhere in the world. In 2011, 3,835 GLBT respondents successfully completed PL2. The project was supported by beyondblue with funds from The Movember Foundation, with additional funds provided by the Victorian Department of Health and a La Trobe University faculty grant. The project was managed jointly by Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria (GLHV) and the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) La Trobe University.

Publication type: Monograph

Year of publication: 2012

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Title: Beyond: 'we treat everyone the same'   (PDF File 569.0 KB)

Author(s): Dr Catherine Barrett, Kylie Stephens

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description: A report on the 2010 – 2011 program: How2 create a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex inclusive service

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Year of publication: 2012

Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities – Appendix 2   (PDF File 1.2 MB)

Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa, Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement

Subject(s): LGBTI community

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This is Appendix 2 attached to the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities report.

In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.

The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.

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Year of publication: 2009

Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part two)   (PDF File 5.0 MB)

Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description:

Part two of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.

In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.

The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.

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Year of publication: 2009

Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part three)   (PDF File 6.0 MB)

Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement

Subject(s): LGBTI community

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Part three of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.

In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.

The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.

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Year of publication: 2009

Title: Mapping Gay Men’s Communities (part one)   (PDF File 586.6 KB)

Author(s): Anthony Smith, Jeffrey Grierson, Henry von Doussa Marian Pitts, Thomas Clement

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description:

Part one of three plus appendix of the report 'Mapping Gay Men’s Communities'.

In the context of increased cases of HIV and other STIs in Victoria, the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities project sought to better understand the many different ways Victorian gay men use GLBTIQ organisations and networks.

The attached document reports on the findings of the Mapping Gay Men’s Communities research. The project was funded by the Department of Human Services. The project partners were the Victorian AIDS Council, PLWHA Vic and The ALSO Foundation. For any further information contact ARCSHS.

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Year of publication: 2009

Title: Coming Forward – The underreporting of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse in Victoria   (PDF File 2.3 MB)

Author(s): William Leonard, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel, Christopher Fox

Subject(s): LGBTI community

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Coming forward reports on the responses of 390 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and transgender (GLBT) Victorians to an online survey asking them about their experiences of heterosexist violence and same sex partner abuse. The survey also asked respondents questions about:

  • Service access and quality when reporting incidents of abuse and pursuing cases through the criminal justice system
  • Their knowledge and use of Victoria Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers (GLLOs), and
  • Barriers and “incentives” to their reporting and seeking assistance following an incident of heterosexist violence or same sex partner abuse

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Year of publication: 2008

Title: Crystal Clear: The social determinants of gay men’s use of crystal methamphetamine in Victoria   (PDF File 969.8 KB)

Author(s): William Leonard, Gary Dowsett, Sean Slavin, Anne Mitchell, Marian Pitts

Subject(s): LGBTI community

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This report provides a comparative analysis of epidemiological, behavioural and social research on crystal methamphetamine use among gay men living in Melbourne and gay men living in other urban centres in Australia, the US, and the UK.

The analysis focuses on the harms associated with gay men’s use of the drug and in particular on research that indicates an association between crystal methamphetamine use and increased sexual risk-taking and rising rates of HIV and STIs.

The paper reviews current crystal methamphetamine treatment and prevention options for gay men and provides a framework for the development of a coordinated research, policy and program response that will reduce the harms to gay men associated with the use of crystal methamphetamine and other illicit drugs.

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Year of publication: 2008

Title: TOMS – Three or more study   (PDF File 1001.2 KB)

Author(s): Garrett Prestage, Jeff Hudson, Jack Bradley, Ian Down, Rob Sutherland, Nick Corrigan, Brad Gray, Baden Chalmers, Colin Batrouney, Paul Martin,

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description:

The major aim of the 2007-2008 Three or More Study (TOMS) project was to provide data on risk behaviour and condom negotiation in a cross-sectional sample of homosexually active men who engage in group sex.

This report is a collaboration between ARCSHS and National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.

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Year of publication: 2008

Title: An Ordinary Night Out – A report on the research project ‘Pivotal, Peripheral or Positional: Understanding SOPVs for Intervention   (PDF File 1.7 MB)

Author(s): Jeffrey Grierson, Anthony Smith, Henry von Doussa

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description:

This document reports on research designed to gather information and increase understanding about SOPVs (sex on premises venues) so as to enhance the capacity of public health and gay community stakeholders to better address recent rises in HIV and other STIs.

The research seeks to gain knowledge about SOPVs from the perspective of the SOPV industry, SOPV patrons and the community from which SOPV patrons are drawn.

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Year of publication: 2008

Title: Private Lives: A report on the health and wellbeing of GLBTI Australians   (PDF File 973.5 KB)

Author(s): Marian Pitts, Anthony Smith, Anthony Smith, Anne Mitchell, Sunil Patel

Subject(s): LGBTI community; Trans community

Description:

The Private Lives study, carried out in early 2005, is one of the largest surveys of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people ever conducted. It aimed to document aspects of the health and wellbeing of a large sample of GLBTI people in Australia, to explore the impact of factors such as homophobia, discrimination, family and community connection on health and wellbeing, and to investigate aspects of health service use.

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Year of publication: 2006

Title: Then and Now. Gay men and HIV   (PDF File 602.0 KB)

Author(s): Michael Hurley

Subject(s): LGBTI community

Description:

Post-AIDS refers to how gay men live separately from, and in relation to, HIV. There has been a decrease in interpersonal contact with the epidemic for HIV negative men and an increase in distance from the effects of the epidemic. This often involves HIV positive as well as HIV negative men. Doing gay separately from HIV, however, has become more than distancing from the social effects of the HIV epidemic. Most gay men still practice safe sex most of the time, but gay and safe sex cultures are dynamic and adaptive. Put simply, doing gay is about living a gay life. Safe sex fits there, but has an increasingly abstract relation to HIV as both epidemic and virus.

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Year of publication: 2003