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Tonight Abdurahman Katamish (Boudie) introduces Carlos Araya. Soon after Carlos moved from Chile to Australia, they were diagnosed with HIV, now working at Living Positive Victoria, is a public speaker and advocate for people living with HIV. Carlos found their voice sharing lived experiences, promoting diversity and inclusivity, and as an immigrant, Carlos realised the challenges this community faces. To find out more about Living Positive Victoria (LPV) visit: https://www.LPV.org.au/ Living Positive Victoria is a not for profit, community based organisation, representing all people living with HIV in Victoria, committed to the advancement of human rights and wellbeing of all people living with HIV. To find out more about Thorne Harbour Health visit: https://www.ThorneHarbour.org/ Thorne Harbour Health continues to lead, providing a wide and expanding range of services, including prevention education and counselling services. If you would like to talk about feelings this program has raised for you, you may wish to contact QLife or Switchboard. QLife provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people in Australia wanting to talk about sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings, or relationships. To find out more, visit https://www.qlife.org.au/ Switchboard Victoria provides peer-driven support services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender divers, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people, their families, allies, and communities. To find out more, visit: https://www.switchboard.org.au/ To find out more (and the latest) about The Victorian Pride Centre visit: https://www.PrideCentre.org.au/ visit: https://pridecentre.org.au/events/ visit: https://pridecentre.org.au/volunteer/ To find out how to listen to JOY 94.9 - LGBTIQA+ Community Media visit: https://joy.org.au/ visit: https://joy.org.au/support/