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This month’s newsletter is packed with free digital, downloadable and physical resources to support you in having confident conversations about sex, sexuality and sexual health.

We are excited to promote the website launch of the NSW Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service resource hub and share events happening for International Pride Month!

If you’ve missed our 2026 On The Couch episodes so far or want to listen again, all released episodes are now available wherever you get your podcasts.

Last month on the blog we were talking about HIV prevention, this month is all about HIV testing. Stay up to date with the latest in testing options, treatment and peer support and share the No Medicare, No Problem! campaign.

And as always, you can find free resources to support safe sex conversations including HIV merch boxes and Safe Sex Packs in our free resource shop.

Peace, Love & Protection

NSW Multicultural HIV & Hepatitis Service (MHAHS) Website & Resource Launch

NSW Health’s MHAHS have recently launched a new website to help people from multicultural communities find clear and reliable information about HIV, hepatitis and sexual health.

The website design is simple, mobile-friendly and easy to use with better search and accessibility features helping visitors quickly find what they need.

Featuring factsheets, videos, campaigns and resources translated in 17 languages. With new topics to help people better understand sexual health and how to access health care in Australia and updated information on HIV and hepatitis making it easier for community members to learn about prevention, testing and treatment.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MHAHS

Get involved this International Pride Month

International Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall Riots of June 1969 and has become a time where the LGBTQIA+ community and allies come together to celebrate pride and liberation, while also recognising the work that still needs to be done.

Looking for ways to get involved? Sydney Pride Festival runs from the 1st - 30th June and includes community events, drag, theatre, live music, art, forums and fundraisers and celebrate culture, visibility and connection. The 2026 theme: Connected in Colour, celebrates the strength, diversity, and unity of our LGBTQIA+ community.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PRIDE MONTH

Catch up On The Couch

Missing our live vodcast recording this month? Don’t worry - we will be back 16th July 10am for an episode with Lauren French - Loud, Black & Pleasure-Focused. Get your pre-promo free ticket here

In the meantime, listen back to our past episodes this season!

Thu, Mar 19

Compassion in Transness, Culture and Relationships

Sit down with Mai Nugyen (she/her), as she opens up with Maddy to share her personal experience and the importance of understanding compassion and empathy when approaching conversations about transnes

WATCH OR LISTEN TO EPISODE 1

Thu, Apr 23

Digital Literacy, Sex Ed & Sexual Violence Prevention

Dr Giselle Woodley and Dr Sarah Vrankovich join Maddy and Winnie for a thoughtful and nuanced conversation exploring how young people learn about sex, relationships and consent in an increasingly

LISTEN TO EPISODE 2

Mon, May 25

Australian Secondary Schools Survey Release

Professor Jennifer Power sits down with Winnie to share the latest findings from the 8th iteration of the Australian Secondary Students and Sexual Health (SSASH) Study

LISTEN TO EPISODE 3

On The Website

BLOG

It's estimated that around 830 people are living with HIV in NSW right now and don't know it. Discover the different HIV testing options available and stay up to date.

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WHAT WE’RE READING

More than 50 older LGBTI people share their diverse stories and images of first love, family, struggle, defiance, resistance and pride. Powerful stories that stir, agitate, comfort and caress as they unsilence lives and add to history.

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On The Free Resource Shop

For organisations and services in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region

Safe Sex Pack

The International Student Health Hub safe sex pack is a small cardboard wallet that includes instructions for using a condom, 2x condoms, 2x lubricants sachets and important messages about consent and safe sex.

ORDER SAFE SEX PACKS

The Kit

The Kit is a smart-phone sized folder containing three sets of information cards from the International Student Health Hub:

Safe Sex & Contraception
STIs & HIV
Consent & Relationships

And 1x internal condom, external condom, lube sachet, oral dam and business card from Caddyshack Project.

ORDER THE KIT

HIV Awareness Merch Box

A sample of Caddyshack’s merch PLUS a World AIDS Day red ribbon, pin, bag, pen and more

ORDER ONE MERCH BOX

Caddyshack Cards

Caddyshack Project Business Card (A7 size) in a selection of our five brand colours - Mystic (Pink), Marine (Blue), Desert (Mustard), Light & Dark. Maximum order of 25. Need more than that, or want to pick your cards? Let us know in the note section.

ORDER FREE CARDS

Free External Condoms

The Condom Protocol

Making condoms available to young people at your service is one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to protect their health.

Play Safe Pro have developed a complete how-to guide for making condoms part of your service, legally, safely and confidently.

Download The Condom Protocol here

FREE CONDOMS DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN NSW

FREE CONDOM DISPENSERS IN THE ILLAWARRA SHOALHAVEN

FREE CONDOMS FOR SERVICES & ORGANISATIONS IN NSW

We Acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land on which we meet, live and work. We recognise their powerful connection to the land, waterways and sea, and to community.

We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, and emerging, to families, communities and Survivors, and to those that never made it home. As we share in our knowledge, teachings and our learnings, may we also pay respect to the knowledge embedded forever within the Aboriginal Custodianship of Country.