The Gays Are Revolting - Drug and alcohol use during COVID-19 with Jack Freestone from ACON

Drug and alcohol use during COVID-19 with Jack Freestone from ACON

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05/02/20 • 50 min

The Gays Are Revolting

This week we’re joined by John D’Amico, Mayor of West Hollywood, to discuss his COVID-19 diagnosis, how the coronavirus compares with HIV, and how queer people are thriving in WeHo. We’re also joined by Jack Freestone from ACON to talk about substance use during the global pandemic, including how to recognise when use becomes harmful. And in this week's After Show we pull back the curtain on the latest season of Drag Race, and share our thoughts on RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race.

If you are wanting support around your alcohol or other drug use at this time, contact the Alcohol and Drug Information Service (ADIS) on 1800 250 015. Staff at ADIS can provide information about alcohol and other drugs and tell you about services in your local area and how to access them throughout COVID-19. This is a nationwide 24 hour hotline.

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The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media ([email protected]).

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Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast.

Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.

Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to [email protected].

The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media ([email protected]).

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Relationships during the pandemic & the climate crisis with Greens leader Adam Bandt

“If you don’t like the coronavirus crisis, you’re gonna hate the climate crisis” - Adam Bandt, leader of The Australian Greens.

Scrap your fossil fuels and start planning your peaceful protest because this week we’re joined by Federal MP for Melbourne and leader of the Australian Greens party Adam Bandt. Adam chats to us about how Australia’s health system is responding to COVID, the enduring climate crisis, and his plan for Australia post-corona. We also discuss the proposed new COVID-19 tracking app and how we’re taking care of our relationships during the pandemic.

And in this week's After Show we dive into Zoom sex parties! Tune in at patreon.com/gaysrevoltingpod to access over forty After Show's and hours of recorded live streams.

Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast.

Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.

Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to [email protected].

The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media ([email protected]).

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Is LGBTI+ equality going backwards & hate crime justice with lawyer Nicholas Stewart

We’re back! Healthy as a horse, fit as a fiddle and the hottest mess of unmet expectations you ever did see. But somebody better get Ally McBeal on Zoom coz this week we’re serving legal realness. Firstly, we chat to queer lawyer Nicholas Stewart about finally receiving justice for the 1988 death of Scott Johnson in NSW. He also dissects how minority hate crimes are dealt with and the importance of seeing members of our community in senior AFP positions. Back home, we chew over the ways in which LGBTI+ equality has halted (and in many ways regressed) in the face of a global pandemic, and whether true equality is merely an unachievable far-off pipe dream. Depressing, no? Just another day for The Gays!

And in this week’s after show we discuss the legacy of iconique queer artist Tom of Finland, in celebration of what would have been his 100th birthday.

Subscribe (for free!), rate and review The Gays Are Revolting on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast.

Follow The Gays Are Revolting on Twitter at @gaysrevolting, Facebook at The Gays Are Revolting & Instagram @gaysrevoltingpod.

Send topic suggestions and other correspondence to [email protected].

The Gays Are Revolting records at Castaway Studios in Melbourne, Australia and is released weekly every Saturday. The Gays Are Revolting is produced by Dan Gregg at Lipp Media ([email protected]).

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.