News
25 Nov 2021
Taking Part in World AIDS Day 2021
While restrictions have eased, World AIDS Day 2021 is still going to look a little different than in previous years. Thankfully, there are still plenty of ways you can get involved and spread the word that 40 Years On, HIV Still Matters.DOWNLOAD THE WORLD AIDS DAY APP
14 Oct 2021
Join the 2021 World AIDS Day Remembrance Ceremony
This year, due to COVID-19, the 2021 World AIDS Day event will be carried out without people gathering at the Positive Living Centre. There will be an online event and we are encouraging members of the public to contribute to this year’s memorial.
04 Oct 2021
Australian Blood Donation Policy is Out of Step with International Reforms
The team at the HIV AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) take a look at recent reforms to blood donation policies around the world and find that Australia is behind the times when it comes to the requirements on men who have sex with men (MSM).
29 Sep 2021
PLC Newsletter - Spring 2021
Spring has sprung and so has the latest edition of the PLC Newsletter!
22 Sep 2021
Call for Board Nominations
The Victorian AIDS Council Inc (VAC) and Gay Men’s Health Centre Inc (GMHC), trading as Thorne Harbour Health are seeking visionary and capable people who work well with others to nominate for election to two vacancies on the VAC Board of Directors and two vacancies on the GMHC Board of Directors.
17 Sep 2021
Legal work during the AIDS Crisis: Alan Farrar
As part of a new series from HALC featuring the longstanding lawyers behind the service for PLHIV, this interview with Alan Farrar discusses the work he did during the height of the AIDS crisis in Melbourne.
02 Sep 2021
5 Questions with Janet Jukes
Thorne Harbour President and longstanding LGBTIQ+ community advocate Janet Jukes OAM shares a bit about her life outside the organisation as she answers our 5 Questions....
12 Jul 2021
Rise Above the Binary
In the lead up to International Non-binary People’s Day on 14 July, we talked to some of the volunteer peer facilitators behind Rise, Thorne Harbour Health’s monthly peer workshop for our nonbinary, genderqueer, agender, and genderfluid communities.
10 Jul 2021
5 Questions with Neil Pharaoh
Between running his own consulting firm and growing veggies in Kyneton, Neil Pharaoh takes a minute to look back on his political career and answer our 5 Questions...
08 Jul 2021
5 Questions with Timothy Dyke
Thorne Harbour Vice President Dr Timothy M Dyke shares his passion for service delivery, his pointers for aspiring LGBTIQ leaders, and even a bit of leatherwork as he answers our 5 Questions...
15 Jun 2021
2021 Order of Australia Honours
This week the Governor-General recognised the remarkable contributions of Australians across the country with the release of the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List. Three women from the Thorne Harbour Health community were recognised for their longstanding work – Dr Liz Crock, Associate Professor Edwina Wright, and Thorne Harbour President Janet Jukes.
26 May 2021
Statement of Apology 2021
To all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, your families and communitiesWe, the Board, staff, volunteers and members of Thorne Harbour Health, say sorry for the injustice, generations of discrimination, marginalisation and human suffering experienced as a result of colonisation.