Rainbow Families Winter Ball
AIDS Action Council warmly invites little people aged 0-15 years and their families to the Rainbow Families Winter Ball at Corroboree Park Function Hall on Saturday 16 June.
International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2018
"Reflecting on our Past, Preparing for our Future”.
The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial reminds us of the tremendous impact that HIV and the AIDS movement have had on our lives. The Memorial emphasizes the need for people living with and affected by HIV to join hands and reflect on the past and the precious lives that have been lost.
Bruce Richman U=U Speaking Tour
New York City’s Bruce Richman is the award-winning founder of Prevention Access Campaign, the movement behind the U=U phenomenon. Bruce is coming to Australia as part of a nationwide U=U campaign from The Institute of Many (TIM) and Dynamix International and he'll be answering all your questions alongside medical/research professionals and other community members.
National Day of Women Living with HIV: Morning Tea
The AIDS Action Council invites you to morning tea at Havelock House to remember and support women living with HIV on National Day of Women Living with HIV. Coming the day after International Women's Day, this awareness-raising day was created by Femfatales, a network of women living with HIV of the National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA).
Please bring a gold coin donation to help support women impacted by and living positively with HIV.
When: 10.30am – 12pm on Friday 9 March 2018
Where: 85 Northbourne Ave, Turner
RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 6257 2855
Join us for a special event film screening: The Pink House
SWOP ACT and AIDS Action Council of the ACT are proud to bring THE PINK HOUSE to Canberra for a special event screening.
What is Sex Positivity?
The foundation of sex positivity is simply the idea that all healthy and explicitly consensual sex is a positive element in life.
Sex positivity means maintaining a healthy attitude towards sex and valuing it, given your individual needs. Sex positivity also embraces the idea of being sexually educated and staying safe. Individuals who are sex positive actively decide how and what they want from their sex lives, rather than let others dictate it.
Play & Pleasure
Play & Pleasure is a multi session skills and relationship building workshop for men who have sex with men. Inspired by the philosophy of sex positivity, our Peer Support Team have developed the program to help men build the confidence, knowledge and skills necessary to have the sex they want. Play & Pleasure creates a fun, social and informal environment for facilitators to share ideas about sex positivity and how to achieve a more healthy relationship, while providing up to date information and fulfilling skills to take home and improve your own sex life! Each session is hosted in the large function room, allowing space for participants to enjoy dinner during the session and network with other attendees. Read more about each session below - you can choose to attend the sessions that particularly interest you, or come along to every session. Whether you're attending solo, bringing a partner or as part of a group, we hope you'll join us to talk about the sex you want!
What is Sex positivity?
Sex positivity is the simple idea that healthy, explicitly consensual sex is a positive thing. Being sex positive means maintaining a healthy attitude towards sex and not only valuing the role sex plays in your life, but also your personal sexual needs. Sex positivity also embraces the idea of being sexually educated and staying safe. Individuals who are sex positive actively decide how and what they want from their sex lives, rather than let others dictate it.
Session 1: Building Positive Attitudes
Building positive attitudes and self confidence, fostering positive self image, keeping perspective, being proactive and optimistic. Session 1 helps you work towards letting go of past negative experiences and resentment. This is the basis making of sex positive decisions in future relationships.
Session 2: Communication for Sex
What gets in the way of communicating effectively?
This workshop will focus on helping you to communicate what you want and don’t want, negotiating consent, rejecting and rejection, and listening more effectively.
Session 3: Safe Sex Skills
What works for you to keep yourself and your partners safe?
How do we talk about and negotiate safe sex strategies and keep things sexy?
During this session we focus on developing your safe sex skills - PrEP, undetectable viral load, and the range of safe sex strategies for HIV as well as STIs.
Session 4: Negotiating Relationships
How do you get on the same page?
The first step is finding out what you need from a relationship!
During session 4 we’ll discuss different relationship styles. Friends with benefits, lovers, partnerships open and monogamous, and group play. Negotiating sexual needs in relationships, managing changes over time, keeping things interesting, dealing with issues in the relationship and breakups.
Session 5: Online Pleasure & Safety
Are you online?
Keen to get more out of your online profile?
This week we’re focusing on how to navigate the challenges and opportunities of online hook-up apps, including disclosing HIV status, and discussing safe sex. How to maintain a healthy usage relationship with apps, how to make meaningful connections and how to get the most out of your online experience.
Session 6: A Healthy Approach to Porn & Toys
How can porn and toys enhance your relationships and sex life?
Let go of your assumptions about porn and toys: they do have a place in a sex positive sex life!
We will discuss the wide variety of toys available and what they can do for your personal pleasure, or for your relationships. Hear about using toys safely and letting go of unhelpful habits around porn.
Session 7: Creativity and Sex
Whether you're curious to explore new experiences in your sex life, or already active in the BDSM scene, creativity plays an important role in enhancing your sex life.
Fetish and kink, BDSM and role play are exciting opportunities for meaningful connection.
This full day workshop draws on the skills and ideas explored throughout the Play & Pleasure course to look at how to articulate needs, maintain boundaries and consent, and keep safe while exploring new ways to play.
CONNECT WITH THE COUNCIL
The Council runs a variety of workshops for our volunteers, members and the whole community. Keep an eye out for upcoming workshops. You can keep up to date with Community Workshops we are making available by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or by subscribing to our newsletter. Call 6257 2855 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for any additional enquiries.
2017 has been a big year!
As the year draws to a close, I want to thank all our funders, supporters, peers, members, colleagues, friends and most importantly clients, who have worked with and alongside us in 2017.
The central focus of our work, this year, remained on HIV transmission and supporting people impacted by HIV. This year we have seen some of the most critical developments in the HIV epidemic since records began. This year, we have seen historically high rates of testing, earlier treatment than ever before, and the emergence of the enormous prevention benefits from two key biomedical approaches to HIV prevention, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and early treatment.
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