Claiming our space

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• Claiming Our Space: Challenges of using the Internet to empower and support same-sex attracted young people
  • David Mills, Project Officer, AIDS Action Council of the ACT
• Overview
  • Why?
  • Building a community
  • Balancing the role of the AAC
  • Other challenges
  • The value to the AAC
• Aim of Qnet project
  • Danger of suicide most acute before coming out
  • Many same-sex attracted youth seeking support on Internet before coming out
• Difficulties connecting in Canberra
  • Lack of ‘gay press’
  • Lack of ‘gay ghetto’
  • Difficulties travelling without a car
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• Building community
  • Driven by youth
  • What the community wanted.
  • Ability to ‘do’ stuff and contribute
  • No glitz
  • Community skills
  • IT
  • Creative
  • Social
• qnet.org.au visits
  
• qnet.org.au posts
  
• qnet.org.au new members
  
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• Importance to the AAC
  • New audience for AAC health promotion campaigns
  • Discussion and feedback
  • Advocacy
• Summary
  • Focus on facilitating community
  • Internet overcomes some challenges
  • New challenges and risks arise
  • New opportunities
• Thanks
  • Healthpact
  • Kevin Schamburg and Tony Blattman, AIDS Action Council of the ACT
  • ACT Health
  • AHPA