See what we’ve been up to in the media.
Hunter Gender Alliance wins an Aurora Grant for 2020
We’re grateful to the team at Aurora for awarding us a grant for 2020. We’re using this for our “Let’s Talk” project, following up from our wildly successful “Our Lives” conference last year.
Read about us receiving an Aurora Grant on:
The Star Observer - Aurora announces record $85,000 in grants for LGBTI community projects
Click here to read the Star Observer article.
Australian Pride Network - “Aurora Group announces support for a record number of LGBTIQ Projects”
Click here to read the article.
The “Our Lives” Conference
In 2019, we hosted “Our Lives - A Gender Diversity Conference.” This ground-breaking conference featured medical talks, artistic workshops, and had over 250 attendees.
Newcastle Herald - “Our Lives conference at the University of Newcastle puts a focus on gender diversity and transgender patients”
Click here to read the Newcastle Herald article.
HGA at Newcastle Pride
We were so excited to have a stall at Newcastle Pride this year. Thanks to our friends and colleagues at Newcastle Pride, who ran an amazing event.
Click here to read the Newcastle Star article.
Click here to read about Hunter Gender Alliance on Newcastle Pride.
Our Team (and friends) in the Media
Not A Boy, Not A Girl - Four Corners
Four Corners ran a recent episode in which they talked to a few non-binary teens, about what being non-binary means to them.
There’s some help for parents, and some discussion and real information, as well as some very moving personal stories.
Click here to go to the Four Corners episode.
Radio Interview - What you need to know about gender
Our president, Jo Mills, gave an interview to ABC radio at the end of 2019. In this interview, Jo lends their experience, their clear, concise way of expressing themselves - and their sense of humour - to a discussion of the basics of gender and non-binary identity.
Click here to listen to Jo's interview on ABC Radio.
Transgender teens and their parents say there is a gap in the Hunter's health system
Our board member Wez, as well as some local teens and parents, spoke to the Newcastle Herald about the situation for trans boys in Newcastle. Our support groups do amazing work.