Hey beautiful people.

Please join me in welcoming Brent Allan to the podcast. Brent is a queer, neurodivergent, non-binary person who currently occupies several senior advisor positions focusing on sexual health and wellbeing programmes and policy development for global and domestic agencies and industry partners. They have been working in the community response to HIV and AIDS for over 30 years across various countries and have qualifications in health education, business and community services management. They also have public and social health experience with local, state and federal governments and global industries.

Brent identifies as a non-binary person who has been living with HIV for over 25 years. They have been active in efforts to build the capacity of people living with HIV through advocacy, education and representation. They regularly provide technical assistance to global networks, governments, civil society and industry on matters of best practice in community-based services, research and development.

Brent is a passionate advocate for civil society and consumer representation in health service policy, programming and evaluation. They have been a vocal advocate and champion for the rights of sex workers, people who use drugs and vulnerable and marginalised people working on the frontlines with gender and sexually diverse communities.

Today I chat to Brent about some amazing topics, including this article:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zw9v/what-ive-learned-since-getting-a-glory-hole-in-my-home

written by a dear friend of Brent. Have a read to know what we're referring to in the podcast.

Thank you for being here,

T x