AGMC Forum

Handy Rich · Raymond Rich

First of all I commend all associated with the Conference. I attended from the Friday eve till the close on Sunday and thought it was great. There were lots of excellent speakers and comments made & it was a shame that you had to choose only one of three concurrent sessions most of the time. The mai...

the zak · the zak

A thought experiment... the strategy of "Let's get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex, for A VARIETY of STDs." Sexual health checkups reduce ambiguity and can be like anything else POTENTIAL sex partners might do together.

marialee · marialee

hey guys, What does everyone think of 'progressive judaism'? I recently read an article in the Age about a gay jewish couple who had a commitment ceremony and was blessed by their local rabbi (Melbourne). At that moment I felt so incredibly stupid because I don't know anything about Judaism. I do know...

bsud1 · bsud1

Hi, My name is Budiadi Sudarto and I am currently conducting a research at Monash University towards a PhD degree in Sociology. My research investigate the lived experiences of gay Asian male - gay White male couples in Melbourne's GLBTIQ community. This research is conducted under the superv...

Jeannie · Jeannie

I am currently writing a book on herpes - telling it like it is from the personal perspective. I am looking for submissions on the topic of 'Safer Sex' and real life stories about people's experiences dealing with having herpes. If you are interested in submitting a story, or finding out more abou...

ronny · Costa

Hi, when will the next conference be?.. There needs to be more Multicultural functions happening in the community. This would create more awareness and also support for those concerned. As I hate going into the mainstream scene. But enjoy the united we dance functions.

dancermau · nick

After reading much of the treads listed on the forum. I have to now question, "what do we do"? As a young proud wog male. How are we supposed to live our lifes, if the mainstream gay culture is not tolerant to multiculturism. Do we continually put ourselves in these places and hope the everything w...

dancermau · Ghassan

RESEARCH INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF SAME-SEX ATTRACTED (SSA) ARAB AUSTRALIANS "How do same-sex attracted Arab Australians negotiate their sexual identities with their familial, religious and cultural lives?" If you are a same-sex attracted Arab-Australian, you are invited to participa...

Mimi Vogue

For all things T* whatever they may be - A Forum in honour and tribute to the The Australian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex & Queer Multicultural Conference2 004 and an invitation to float ideas, information and experiences that might lead to solid foundation for future projec...

Csleb Rodriguez

Just clicked on this website, I am so pleased to see such a site as this. The issues on here are so relevent and brillantly broadcasted, It's so important to be proud of your ethnicity and your sexuality. As I have noticed alot of gay people, seem to hide or nelect their ethnicity. Which is a shame, I perso...

Shanton Chang

Hi everyone, This is an update of what's been happening. The committee has been busy producing two publications due to be launched in the next few months. The firs publication is the Recommendations from the Conference. The 2nd publication is the Proceedings from the Conference (it is current...

Judy Tang

Hey! I was just thinking whether anybody had any ideas for future topics that might be of interest for the next AGMC? While i was interested in all the talks there, i found myself not really understanding some of them...and thought that it might've been because i'm interpreting them from a 's...

Shanton Chang

Hey everyone,

This is following on from the recommendations that a working party be set up to look into the issues of competencies for working across the range of diversities within the GLBTIQ community. There are a number of things we need to consider, including the narrowing of scope. I...

Finian Augustin

Thankyou, John for a most enjoyable presentation. Your particular comment that being a member of two minorities has given you an opportunity for greater self-acceptance certainly rings true for me, too. When I left Malaysia 16 years ago, gay visibility there was definitely not as st...

Mimi Vogue

Fabulous Friday night opening, brilliant speakers, superb choir and a marvellous new feeling of community unity. Being a partner in an inter-racial relationship it was doubly moving for us. My topic is on the issue of the use of the terms "women only" or "men only"...

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	Rice Queens (Preview) First of all I commend all associated with the Conference. I attended from the Friday eve till the close on Sunday and thought it was great. There were lots of excellent speakers and comments made & it was a shame that you had to choose only one of three concurrent sessions most of the time. The mai...	Raymond Rich	28	6560	Oct 10, 2010 by Handy Rich
	A thought experiment... the strategy of "Let's get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex, for A VARIETY of STDs." (Preview) A thought experiment... the strategy of "Let's get tested TOGETHER BEFORE we have sex, for A VARIETY of STDs." Sexual health checkups reduce ambiguity and can be like anything else POTENTIAL sex partners might do together.	the zak	0	685	Oct 31, 2008 by the zak
	gay and jewish (Preview) hey guys, What does everyone think of 'progressive judaism'? I recently read an article in the Age about a gay jewish couple who had a commitment ceremony and was blessed by their local rabbi (Melbourne). At that moment I felt so incredibly stupid because I don't know anything about Judaism. I do know...	marialee	0	824	Jul 11, 2007 by marialee
	GAM/GWM Couples Needed (Preview) Hi, My name is Budiadi Sudarto and I am currently conducting a research at Monash University towards a PhD degree in Sociology. My research investigate the lived experiences of gay Asian male - gay White male couples in Melbourne's GLBTIQ community. This research is conducted under the superv...	bsud1	0	1499	Feb 19, 2007 by bsud1
	Herpes and your sexual health (Preview) I am currently writing a book on herpes - telling it like it is from the personal perspective. I am looking for submissions on the topic of 'Safer Sex' and real life stories about people's experiences dealing with having herpes. If you are interested in submitting a story, or finding out more abou...	Jeannie	0	900	Dec 23, 2006 by Jeannie
	More Multicultural Functions Please (Preview) Hi, when will the next conference be?.. There needs to be more Multicultural functions happening in the community. This would create more awareness and also support for those concerned. As I hate going into the mainstream scene. But enjoy the united we dance functions.	Costa	2	1134	Sep 14, 2006 by ronny
	so what do we do? (Preview) After reading much of the treads listed on the forum. I have to now question, "what do we do"? As a young proud wog male. How are we supposed to live our lifes, if the mainstream gay culture is not tolerant to multiculturism. Do we continually put ourselves in these places and hope the everything w...	nick	2	1206	Aug 11, 2006 by dancermau
	Research into Same Sex Attracted Arab Australians (Preview) RESEARCH INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF SAME-SEX ATTRACTED (SSA) ARAB AUSTRALIANS "How do same-sex attracted Arab Australians negotiate their sexual identities with their familial, religious and cultural lives?" If you are a same-sex attracted Arab-Australian, you are invited to participa...	Ghassan	1	1447	Aug 11, 2006 by dancermau
	For all things T* whatever they may be - A Forum (Preview) For all things T* whatever they may be - A Forum in honour and tribute to the *The Australian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex & Queer Multicultural Conference2 004* and an invitation to float ideas, information and experiences that might lead to solid foundation for future projec...	Mimi Vogue	16	9487	Oct 28, 2005 by Mimi
	Absolutely Awesome (Preview) Just clicked on this website, I am so pleased to see such a site as this. The issues on here are so relevent and brillantly broadcasted, It's so important to be proud of your ethnicity and your sexuality. As I have noticed alot of gay people, seem to hide or nelect their ethnicity. Which is a shame, I perso...	Csleb Rodriguez	0	1047	Sep 18, 2005 by Csleb Rodriguez
	Upcoming Events Planned (Preview) Hi everyone, This is an update of what's been happening. The committee has been busy producing two publications due to be launched in the next few months. The firs publication is the Recommendations from the Conference. The 2nd publication is the Proceedings from the Conference (it is current...	Shanton Chang	1	1140	Mar 20, 2005 by Shanton Chang
	Future issues/topics to be discussed? (Preview) Hey! I was just thinking whether anybody had any ideas for future topics that might be of interest for the next AGMC? While i was interested in all the talks there, i found myself not really understanding some of them...and thought that it might've been because i'm interpreting them from a 's...	Judy Tang	4	2109	Jan 14, 2005 by Mimi Vogue
	Cultural and Diversity Competencies (Preview) Hey everyone, This is following on from the recommendations that a working party be set up to look into the issues of competencies for working across the range of diversities within the GLBTIQ community. There are a number of things we need to consider, including the narrowing of scope. I...	Shanton Chang	15	1774	Jan 10, 2005 by adamantine4
	meet me as you are - John Wang (Preview) Thankyou, John for a most enjoyable presentation. Your particular comment that being a member of two minorities has given you an opportunity for greater self-acceptance certainly rings true for me, too. When I left Malaysia 16 years ago, gay visibility there was definitely not as st...	Finian Augustin	0	1114	Oct 30, 2004 by Finian Augustin
	'women-only' space and the transgendered (Preview) Fabulous Friday night opening, brilliant speakers, superb choir and a marvellous new feeling of community unity. Being a partner in an inter-racial relationship it was doubly moving for us. My topic is on the issue of the use of the terms "women only" or "men only"...	Mimi Vogue	8	1213	Oct 29, 2004 by Mimi Vogue
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