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As soon as the 25th Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) covered up finally thirty days it had been a momentous event for just one worldwide’s longest-serving and largest activities of LGBTIQ voices regarding the giant screen. Achieving the quarter millennium level is remarkable enough for a community-driven occasion that obtains no significant funding from either […]

A new report finds Connecticuts recently released prison population is facing reentry challenges. The State of Reentry report found resources and services are lacking for formerly incarcerated people. Between 2022 and 2023, 14% of the population said they would be homeless upon release. ...

After a five-year court battle, New Jerseys medical aid-in-dying law has been affirmed by the states Supreme Court, which rejected an attempt to overturn the statute. Signed by the governor in 2019, the law was soon challenged by a physician based on religious, personal and constitutional grounds. It allows mentally capable, terminally ill adults with six months or less to live to get a prescription they can use to end their lives. ...

By Anya Petrone Slepyan for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder Collaboration When Vivian Montano was in jail, her favorite day of the week was Tuesday. That was the day she, along with a small group of other women, would be transported nearly 90 miles to the Olive Tree Creative Arts and Community Center for a day of behavioral health programming. The Olive Tree “kept me going,” Montano said....

New Mexico's RISE, or Reach Intervene Support Engage program, serves 10 rural counties, allowing each to custom design services they provide.

Bert grew up in small town Victoria where he discovered movies on TV as a young kid. This began a lifelong love affair with both film and photography.After graduating from Swinburne Film and Television School, Bert worked as an editor and director on a variety of projects such as 'Voyage of the Southern Sun' (2017) and 'Defiant Lives' (2017). He has also directing and edited corporate, broadcast TV, music video, short films, and pilots.Rob has been a senior projectionist at t...

Ryan is a Melbourne based artist, writer and storyteller who draws inspiration from the natural world. He has worked in marketing, brand experience and communications across corporate, freelance and not-for-profit settings. He also runs a business ‘Today Tomorrow Forever’ in which he paints Jewish Wedding Certificates and artwork celebrating significant life milestones as well as a website narrativesofnature.com. Ryan’s life took an earth-shattering turn in 2016 when his father took his ow...

Lisa Daniel hosts Word for Word on JOY 94.9 and her guest is Anastasia Le.Anastasia was born in Saigon where she suffered bullying and abuse at the hands of her family until she loved to Australia as a teenager in 2005.A lack of support from family saw her given refugee status and then a protection visa. Since coming out as trans, Anastasia has been an advocate on a mission to uplift others who have suffered due to the mere facts of their sexuality, gender, disability or financial status.

Michael Dalton was born in the UK, Michael’s professional career began as a 10-year-old when he played the title role in the 1980 West End production of Oliver! His family immigrated to Australia in the 80s, Michael played various roles on television in shows such as Neighbours and The Henderson Kids and in 1990, Michael began his relationship with The Rocky Horror Show, performing as it toured Australia, New Zealand the UK and Europe.Michael subsequently toured with Julian Clary as his back...

Shane Gardner grew up in suburban Melbourne before moving to country Victoria in the late 1970s. Shane left school in his mid-teens and started his early career in the transport industry. He married his wife in the 1980s and they had 2 children together. By the time he was in his late 30s his attraction to men became undeniable. He moved back to Melbourne and eventually agreed to become general manager of a variety of sex on premises venues throughout Melbourne.