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The Sydney Mardi Gras parade is almost here! It’s crazy to think that some of our last memories of a pre-COVID world was Sydney Mardi…
First being diagnosed feels like you have been given a life sentence. You feel isolated and alone. You are left within the whirlwind of your…
This article is also available in Simplified Chinese. It was a rather unexpected and unwanted disruption to my Sunday morning. I was on my way to…
Hooking-up is hella fun, and while getting it on safely used to mean ‘just wear a condom’, today we have more options to help stop…
It took me a while to pluck up the courage to attend a[STARTx] – a weekend workshop for gay men who are dealing with their…
This article is also available in Simplified Chinese. When I moved from China to Australia as an international student seven years ago, I had a…
As the COVID-19 situation improves here in NSW and the sense that things are feeling a bit more normal-ish again, the thought of a cheeky…
While we’ve all been enjoying some extra home-time you might have already burnt through much of your movie watch list. Allow us to throw some…
It’s been a little while now since we’ve started practising social distancing. This has meant a huge change in the way we live our lives…
Many of us may be finding ourselves suddenly home-bound over the next little while as we practise social distancing to help contain the spread of…
We may not celebrate Thanksgiving widely here in Australia, but we do have a gay-Christmas (Happy Mardi Gras!). This year, we are saying thank you…
Looking for a new book to add to the reading pile? Why not pick up Nick Cook’s Fighting For Our Lives, which tells the inspiring…
ACON is preparing for the 2020 round of the Sydney Gay Community Periodic Survey (SGCPS) set to run during the Mardi Gras period next February.…
Previously, knowing how often to get an HIV test used to be complex, often determined by the number of sexual partners you had over the…
Learning about your recent HIV positive diagnosis can be a lot to take in, so when your doctor asks you about starting treatment, your first…