Panel complete!
Key takeaways:
-Very high prevalence of EDs & DEBs
-Current ED treatment can be conversion practices
-Approaches must consider chronic health issues, neurodivergence, etc.
-Effective ED care must address the role of gender dysphoria & minority stress
#HID24
A favourite among so many amazing quotes from this keynote β€οΈ profoundly grateful for the opportunity to hear Todd speak and reflect on how I was really listening
Todd: 'Are we ready to listen not just with our ears, but with our hearts? To listen with intent, to allow our discomfort to be a genuine catalyst for action.'
Joe Ball, CEO Switchboard Victoria opened session on Ending Sexual, Domestic, and Family Violence--with Kai Noonan, Micaela Cronin, Assistant Minister Justine Elliot, Dr. Gene Lim. #HID24
Radical outcomes from @tweetaacau's ace workshop at #hid24 include: asexuality is real (imagine!), it is neither disease nor symptom, attraction β action, and ace folks are the most commonly referred for conversion therapy (including medical conversion therapy)
Incredibly here for having on site peer psychs/counsellors at conferences where members of marginalised groups are going to be hearing about their own health disparities. Normalise this β€οΈ #HID24
Can someone who knows more about public health than I do explain how our anti-smoking/anti-vaping responses are actually achieving their goals? On the ground it feels like all I see are things like price hikes, scare tactics, shaming, and removing alternatives.
albo and ALP calling the Greens "student politicians" is so whack when most of the Greens MPs/senators became those things after being organisers or having other careers, and both major parties are full of washed up stupol hacks who wrote student council motions with such fervour