tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10478114990469187122012-01-11T18:43:12.952+11:00Orange Ribbon is the weekly gay and lesbian multicultural program broadcast on JOY 94.9FM every Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. The Orange Ribbon is a symbol used across Australia to represent anti-racism, multiculturalism, and international understanding. At JOY 94.9 the Orange Ribbon represents peace and understanding in our multicultural GLBTI community here in Australia, and around the world.Orange Ribbon teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07316270287492696608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1047811499046918712.post-29715881111727872822011-05-10T17:28:00.000+10:002011-05-10T17:28:28.222+10:00

Tune into Orange Ribbon on Joy 94.9 every Saturday at 5pm to hear great stories from Australia and around the world. Contact us on Facebook, Twitter or email orangeribbon@joy.org.au

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This week on Orange Ribbon we have a young man from the Middle East called Shadi. This is Shadi's second interview on Orange Ribbon, the feed back from you the listener was that you wanted to hear more of his story. To hear more of Shadi's story, tune in to Orange Ribbon at 2pm on Joy 94.9

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This Saturday we are chatting with Natalie - who is half Indonesian & half Swiss. We discuss her early beginnings in Indonesia & Singapore, school life in New Zealand & her move to Melbourne 8 years ago. Natalie has just completed the Joy 94.9 Taste Of Radio course so we're delighted to welcome her on to the show. Make sure you join Hugh & Leo for another interesting edition of Orange Ribbon

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This week on Orange Ribbon we talk to two of the organisers of 'United We Dance' We will hear what it's all about, who is taking part and what to expect on the night. We will also be talking to Robert J King about his new book. The book is about a gay man who gets married for the wrong reasons, his wife and her troubles and how the children cope when it all goes wrong. Is the book about his life

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This week on Orange Ribbon, we will be talking to Arden who originally comes from Romania. He will talk about how his family managed to leave Romania and come to Australia, growing up in Sydney as a immigrant and coming to terms with his sexuality. Being gay in some communities is not easy, Arden will talk about his struggles being gay in his community and where his life is going now. Another

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Junior from Brazil. Junior talks about his life in Brazil, coming to terms with being gay and coming out to family and friends. Junior did spend some time in Melbourne when he was 16, he gives his impression of our city from a young person's point of view. Junior is young, happy and full of life and he will make you realise that life is what you

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to a young Malaysian guy. CJ comes from a close knit family, he will talk about growing up in Melbourne, his family life and coping with an autistic brother. He realised at a young age he was gay and only recently started going out on the gay scene. CJ has started to slowly come out to some people but not his family. To hear his story tune into

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This week on Orange Ribbon we are talking with Shadi who comes from the Middle East. We will hear what it is like to be brought up in a country in the Middle East, the restrictions on him during his life there and what it is like to be gay in his country. Shadi has a great story to tell and will make a lot of people realise how easy life is in our country. To hear his story, tune into Orange

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This week on Orange Ribbon we talk to Leo who is a new presenter on the show. Leo will talk about where he comes from and let us hear a little bit about his past and present life. This is the Orange Ribbon way of introducing our new presenter to you the listener. To hear Leo's story, tune into Orange Ribbon on Joy 94.9 at 2pm.

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In this weeks show we will be talking to John from the AGMC - the Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council about the aims and objectives of the AGMC, some past events and what they have planned for the future.

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to teacher, Bali Hulu Cafe owner (before it burnt down) and Author Robert King. He will talk about going through treatment in the 60's to stop him having gay feelings, getting married and eventually coming to terms with actually being gay. Robert has published two books, one being short stories and poems based on his life and life in Melbourne. The

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be speaking to Amao who is a transexual from New Zealand with a Samoan backgroung. She will tell us about her journey through life as a man and the transformation to dressing and presenting herself as a woman. Amao's story has it sad moments but generally it is a happy and uplifting and not to be missed. To hear Amao story, tune into Orange Ribbon on Joy 94.9

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On this weeks show we will be talking to Jacqui and Amanda who are both practice Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). We will be asking what TCM is, and what are its principles. We will also talk about how TCM has relevance to the gay community, especially in relation to fertility. Tune in this Saturday at 2pm on Joy 94.9, www.joy.org.au/listenlive, or comment on our facebook page http://

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On this week's show we will be talking to Stephanie who is from the USA. Steph will talk about living in LA, celeb-spotting, getting married to her partner before Prop 8 got introduced, and the recent news of Prop 8 being declared unconstitutional. We will also discuss with Steph her and her Partner's recent decision to move to Melbourne., So tune into Orange Ribbon on Joy 94.9 this Saturday

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Almir by telephone from Brazil. He calls himself a Welsh Brazilian Jew who lives around the world but stationed in Brazil as much as possible. Almir is an economist, is involved with media marketing and a consultant for the Canadian International Development Agency. He will talk about being gay in Brazil and how the laws of Brazil affect the gay

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This week the show is all about Yoga. I have two guests, one from Croatia and one from India, both are Yoga teachers and did their training in India at an Ashram. Do you know the difference between Hutah, Ashtango and Kundalini Yoga? Do you know what the benefits of Yoga are and how it can affect what you eat and the way you live your life? To find out the answers, tune into Orange Ribbon on

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Carol-Ann who comes from the USA. She will talk about her early life growing up in a typical American style Jewish community, family challenges and eventually moving to England to escape them. We will hear about her travels,the people she met along the way and how she met the love of her life and decided to move to Australia. If you would like to

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Manoj who originally comes from India. In February this year he and approx 10 friends went to India to celebrate his birthday. We will talk to Manoj about the changes he sees in India, if making homosexuality legal in Delhi has made a difference to life for the gay community. Manoj also traveled to the UK, different parts of Europe and the USA.

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On this weeks show, we will be talking to Barb who comes from the USA. Barb grew up in small-town New York State, before moving to California where she lived with her partner who was Australian. Due to USA immigration not recognising their relationship, Barb could not stay in the USA with her partner, and they both moved back to Melbourne which they are loving. To hear Barb's story, tune into

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to a lady who was born in Germany but came to Australia at a very early age. She will talk about her mother's struggles living in Germany during world war two and why she had to flee Germany and live in Holland. It has not always been easy for migrants to Australia, our guest will talk about living in Boarding houses in Sydney and the only person to

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Choose Joy Radiothon 2010 membership drive Some facts about JOY 94.9 Joy serves the need of the diverse GLBTIQ community by providing award winning radio in music, arts and culture, news and current affairs. Joy 94.9 is Australia's only full-time GLBTIQ community broadcaster. Joy has over 250 volunteers and a handful of paid core staff. Your membership goes toward operational costs,

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It's Radiothon and Orange Ribbon is having a special show with all the music our guests have played on our show. Our guests come from all over the world so the music this week will be similar and we have some great music for you to listen to. You will have the chance to become a new member, renew your membership or make a donation to Joy 94.9. For all new members or anyone who renews their

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On this Saturday's show we will be talking to a young man from mainland China. Andrew will talk about growing up as an only child in a one parent family, how he felt about his parents divorce and becoming withdrawn and depressed. Andrew will tell us about coming to Australia as a teenager to reconnect with his father, having his dream shattered and his ongoing journey to overcome his depression

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Pippa Wilson is the Jazz singer everyone is talking about. She has the rare vocal quality that grabs audiences attention and makes them want to hear more. On Orange Ribbon this Saturday, Pippa Wilson will be our guest. She will talk about her early life in Sri Lanka, coming to Australia, discovering her sexuality and of course her wonderful career as a Jazz Singer. To hear Pippa's wonderful

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Sam who comes from London. Sam is still a young guy and will talk about his early life in London, his school days and getting in with the wrong gang at school. He does have some regrets, he almost brook his mum's heart by getting into petty crime and ending up in more trouble than he could cope with himself. Sam is a very nice young man, he now

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On this weeks show, we will be exploring the two sides of  "coming out". What is it like for someone to come out to a friend, their reaction and what it is like for the friend to have someone come out to them. Both our guests are born in Australia to Vietnamese/Chinese parents, we will be looking into if it was easier for one to come out to the other because of their background or because they

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On this weeks show we will be speaking with Ravi who is a counsellor with mostly young people who have various problems including drugs, alcohol and mental health problems. Not all his patients are gay but there are some who are and we will talk to Ravi about what the challenges are for them. Ravi has been with us Orange Ribbon before and we talked about India and how the High Court in Delhi

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be speaking to Henry from Bogota in Columbia. He will talk about his country, the poverty and how catholic his country really is. Henry will also talk about training to be a Catholic Priest, a Dominican Brother in the  the church and how he found it easy to be gay even though he was very religious. Henry is will be frank about the church and how many gay

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Eric who is Malaysian Chinese but has live in Australia for over 10 years. He will talk about his life in Malaysia and how and why it is different from his life here in Australia. He will talk coming out to his parents and how he did it and who he told 1st and why. His story about coming out to them is different from the usual and quite funny. He

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This week on Orange Ribbon we have Marc who was born and raised in France. He has spent a lot of his adult life in many countries not least in various cities in and around China. He has a very interesting story, educated in France but also did his university studies in other countries and worked in Honk Kong and China for several years. He met his 1st partner in his late 20's in China and has

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On the first half of this weeks show, we will be introducing our new presenter Mark. Mark will talk a little bit about himself, tell us what part of the world he comes from and how he got involved with Joy 94.9. On the second half of the show, we will be speaking to Sanda who is a model, Bollywood Actress and Yoga teacher. Sanda is Croatian, lived in Sweden part of her life and has traveled the

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There are many gay & lesbian relationships in Australia where one partner is of a traditional Anglo/Australian heritage, and the partner is from some other country... be that one of the European countries, the Americas, Latin America, Middle East, the African continent, or one of the many Asian countries. This week we take a look at one Australian's view on such intercultural relationships, and

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This week we will be speaking to Jason who originally comes from mainland China. He will tell us what his family life was in like China, why his parents decided to come to Australia and what life was like for his parents and him when they first arrived here. Jason was very young when he came to Australia, we will find out what it is like for a child to come to Australia  and have to learn to

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Mauritius is a tiny island spec out in the middle of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the much larger Madagascar, which in turn is off the eastern coast of Africa. This week on Orange Ribbon we chat with Michael, who was born in Mauritius, but moved with his family to Australia some 40 years ago when he was a toddler. As a result, although with obviously coloured skin, Michael is very much

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Regular listeners to Orange Ribbon will be used to tuning in to JOY 94.9FM on Wednesday evenings for the past three and a half years. In December we had a minor time change, having been moved from 7pm to 8pm. HOWEVER... Orange Ribbon is now to have a brand new day and time. We are being re-scheduled to Saturdays. Which day...? Saturday Samedi Samstag Zaterdag Sabato Sábado 토요일 土曜日 星期六 Beginning

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Over the years Orange Ribbon has spoken to a number of intercultural couples... i.e. gay or lesbian couples where each partner comes from a different country or culture. These are always interesting discussions, and every one has its own uniqueness, quality, and fascinating story. This week we visit another inter-cultural relationship. Tim is Australian and a familar voice and a founder of "The

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Hao returns to this week's program to discuss about his experiences with his America trips.  Hao has been to America many times and has made some interesting observation about American life and culture. So join Allan and Hao at 8:00pm this Wednesday (17th February) for this weeks edition of Orange Ribbon on JOY 94.9FM (Melbourne) or via webcasting on http://www.joy.org.au/.

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This weeks on Orange Ribbon our guest is from New Zealand, Conrad grew up in a small town called Taurango with a small population and he describes it as country and coastal. He enjoyed his life in New Zealand but things changed when he went to the USA as an exchange student and he had to go back to New Zealand and settle back there. He will tells us about discovering he was "different" and making

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Hao is Vietnamese-Chinese-Australian, and was a presenter on Orange Ribbon from 2003 through until our 12-month "off air" break in mid 2005. Hao made a brief appearance on our 400th anniversary program in December, where he indicated that he might return to the airwaves sometime in the new year. Well, he's returning, and will be on tonight's program as a guest. And you will hear some more from

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Our guest this week is an indigenous TV and radio personality, journalist, and entertainer. Pascoe Braun will talk about how young his mother and father when they had him, being one of the stolen generation, and the white family who adopted him. He will also give us an insight into how the church treated the indigenous people and the heartache he and many of his community still feel today. We

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Del was raised in Cebu (Philippines), of a Chinese mother and a Fillipino/Spanish father, who separated when he was just 5 years of age, so he ended up being raised by his mother. He is an only child, although he has a half-brother and half-sister from his father's subsequent re-marriage. Del's original life plans were to be involved in fine arts, but this didn't really start to develop until

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What must it be like to be plucked from your surrounds at the age of twelve and be plonked into a whole new one with different culture and language? Or to switch to a different career that is world's apart? Constant change seems to embody the life of Simon Simoudis, an Australian of Greek background. Join us on Orange Ribbon on Wednesday, 13th of January 2010, on Joy 94.9fm at 8pm as Simon

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On Orange Ribbon this week we get to chat with a young man from Bogota, Colombia, who has just spent six months in Australia undertaking a short-course here as part of an exchange program. Nicolas, although not religious or from a religious family, went to a Catholic school in Bogota, which created its own problems as he will tell us. It was in his early teenage years that he began to realize

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Yes, it's that time of the year again. Another year has passed, and another 52 editions of Orange Ribbon has been produced. As has been our habit over recent years, the last program of the year is our "retrospective edition" where we select out snippets from the various programs during 2009, to either remind you of some great interviews you have heard, or to remind you of some you may have missed

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On this weeks show we are honoured to have a Chinese guest from mainland China. Bin comes from Shanghai and has an amazing story to tell about life in China and working in the medical profession there. He gives us an insight into the gay scene in China and how the government is handling the HIV situation in the country. We will hear about censorship of gay publications in Chinese but not in

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Orange Ribbon began broadcasting on JOY around July, 1998. In the ensuing 11.5 years the program has taken a number of off-air breaks, but even allowing for those breaks, this week we celebrate the 400th edition. (Well.. actually... last week was edition 400, but for scheduling reasons we will be celebrating this important milestone this week... which is actually edition 401.) The two original

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The gay and lesbian business networking gathering, Fruits In Suits, was established as part of GLOBE (Gay and Lesbian Organization for Business and Enterprise) in the early 1990's here in Melbourne. What many here in Melbourne may not realize is that over the ensuing years Fruits In Suits has also successfully migrated to, and been established in, a few other locations as well, including in

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Yes... after two and a half years in our current time-slot, Orange Ribbon is being moved to a new time-slot on Wednesday evenings. Taking over our previous 7:00pm slot will JOY's new koori program called "Black and Pink".And what happens to Orange Ribbon? Well, we move back by one hour only, but still on Wednesday evening. So that means that you will now hear Orange Ribbon at 8:00pm every

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We all have seen on TV programs where people joyously get reunited with family they have not seen for decades- the elation and tears. One can only imagine their strong need to reconnect with their biological loved ones.Does it always end happily as those shows portray? Sonya joins us this week and shares candidly her personal journey in her search for her family; her subsequent battle with drug

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Regular Orange Ribbon listeners will know that Allan has spent the past month back in his favourite city in the world... Hong Kong. During his stay there, he attended the 2nd annual Gay Pride Parade on Sunday afternoon, 1st November, as did also our occasional program contributor, Reggie Ho, although somehow they missed each other on the actual day.However, Allan did catch up with Reggie for a

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to Heath who originally comes from New Zealand. Heath will talk about moving around with his mother and step-dad, attending different schools and finding it hard to make friends.He also will talk about being very ill with depression, not understanding his illness and trying to commit suicide. He is very open and will lets us know what it is like to

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Last Sunday week (1st November, 2009) I attended the 2nd Annual Gay Pride Parade here in Hong Kong. Because I was rushing around with my JOY 94.9 t-shirt on, and my microphone and recorder, I was approached by a couple of media representatives wanting to know who I was, and what I was doing in Hong Kong.RTHK English Language television also briefly interviewed me, and then later asked for a

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We are honoured to say our guest this week is Prince Manvendre Singh Gohill of the former state of Rajpipla in India's Gujarat province.The prince made headlines around the world when he came out as a gay man in 2006. He is also the founder of the Lakshya Trust, a leading HIV organisation in Gujarat in India.We pre-recorded the interview last week on Melbourne Cup Day at 9.00am in the morning,

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be speaking to Cleo.Cleo is a pre-op transsexual who decided to leave India and come to Australia to finally bring out the woman within the body of a man.She will talk about her early life in India, coming to Australian and all the medical people she has had to convince she is a woman and not a gay guy who wants to be a woman.Cleo's story will help you

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Ana (pronounced AA-naa) and Toni-couple, partners, lovers- run a Spanish school in Northcote, Melbourne. They join us in the studio to share their stories with us- huge hiccups with immigration, Spanish and Aussie culture, world travel and Spanish tracks brought to you by Ana and Toni.Between the two of them, their life experience is comparable to the world's biggest dish of paella. Do join us

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This week on Orange Ribbon we are bringing back a guest from approximately one year ago. Somesh told us about his severe depression after breaking up with his partner, failing exams at university and going as far as losing his job due to his illness. We will hear about his recovery and how he found happiness and romance along the way.We will also talk with John who had a big part in helping

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Orange Ribbon is JOY's GLBTIQ multicultural program, and so we present topics, or chat to people, about other cultures and how they interface with their respective GLBTIQ communities. Generally this is assumed to be different nationalities or ethnicities. But at Orange Ribbon we have always considered religion to be a "culture" as well, and from time to time have spoken with GLBTIQ folk from

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This week on Orange Ribbon, Sam, Australian of Maltese background joins us. He is a single dad living with a partner. He has a spiritual view on life. Gay or bisexual? He prefers the label of a being. And he has strong views on Catholicism.Join us for an interesting chat on Orange Ribbon, Joy 94.9 at 7pm, Wednesday on the 7th of October 2009.

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If I said 'what do you know about Brazil'?, you would say 'Mardi Gras' or maybe 'South America'This week on Orange Ribbon we will be speaking to Almir from Brazil. he calls himself a 'Welsh Brazilian Jew who practises Buddhism'Almir will give us an insight on what it is like to be Gay or Bi in his country, he will talk about HIV issues and how many Gay and Transvestite Mayors they have in

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Ken jai (jnr.) and Tommy jai are two somewhat radical, yet committed and caring gay activists in Hong Kong, and are the founders of Rainbow Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Rainbow Centre. Both have fought hard and struggled to open, and then operate, a "drop in centre" for GLBTIQ folk in Hong Kong.The first Rainbow Centre was opened in Mong Kok (Kowloon side) in 2000, but had to close again one year

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Here are some questions for you:Have you ever used a sex worker for sex?An Asian sex worker?Do you know a sex worker?Do you have a friend who is a sex worker?Is your partner a sex worker?How would you react to your partner being a sex worker? On Orange Ribbon this week our guests are two very nice and genuine guys, Christian is a part-time sex worker and Douglas is his partner. On this week's

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In case listeners haven't actually noticed, our esteemed French lesbian component of the Orange Ribbon team has had to reluctantly withdraw from the team, at least for the short-to-medium term. At the time of her return from holidays back to France earlier this year, she was promoted at her work, and then immediately posted to a project where it was impossible for her to be available on Wednesday

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Can a French person not feel French enough in France? Julien does!Come join us and listen in as Julien chats with us openly about being a writer, Paris, dog piss to religion. You might even change your romantic views about Paris!Orange Ribbon - Wednesday 9th September at 7:00pm on JOY 94.9

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When I was in Hong Kong around this time last year I recorded an interview with Chung Yiu, a Hong Kong chinese guy who told me about growing up in a strict christian family, and then much later going to bible college to become a christian minister. Unfortunately for Chung Yiu, three weeks before he was due to graduate, he was "forced out of the closet" by his bible college room-mate. This

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On Orange Ribbon this week we have a young guy from America who is here in Melbourne to study education.He will talk about his early life in a dangerous black suburb of LA with his twin brother and mother, how his mother decided to move the family to a safer area but eventually had to move back.He has a love of Radio and TV work and will takes us on a journey of what he got involved in and how

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be speaking to Ravi Lulla who originally comes from Mumbai in India and is from a Sindhi Hindu background.Ravi will talk about growing up in Mumbai and being confused with regards to his sexuality. we will also hear about moving to Hong Kong, working with UNHCR, meeting his partner and having to go back to studying so he could stay in Hong Kong.Ravi now works in

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This week on Orange Ribbon we have a Joy presenter from a non-traditional Australian background.Anita and her family moved to Australia by ship in the 1950's and except for her mother's persistence, nearly did not end up in Melbourne.We hear about the family's struggles in those early days in a migrant hostel, family health issues and later finding her life partner when she was engaged to be

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We have with us Tony Pitman. Tony wears many hats. Very well travelled, fathered a child to a Mexican lesbian couple and has a mexican boyfriend. Fluent in several languages. He comes to talk about the Equal Love protest that's going to be held on Saturday, the 1st of August. He also comes to challenge our views of the world around us. Do join us on Orange Ribbon on Joy 94.9 at 7pm on the 29th

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This week on Orange Ribbon we will be talking to a young guy from Canada.Dave will tell us about his life in Canada, his schooling in a different language and what part religion had in his life.He will talk about coming to terms with his sexuality, coming out to friends and family and who was the hardest to tell and why.His story is interesting, informative and different as he will tell us how he

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Tony Pitman, father to a son to a lesbian couple in Mexico. A film maker. Travelled the world. GLBTIQ and human rights activist. A self-confessed skeptic. Starting his own show on Joy 94.9 soon. Do join us and get to know this all arounder on Joy 94.9 on Wedsnesday, 15th July 2009.Postscript: Unfortunately Tony fell ill just prior to this weeks program so we had to make a last-minute switch, and

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Rob Sutherland works for ACON (Aids Council of NSW) in Sydney, where he has recently returned from a 12-month placement within the UNAIDS Regional Support Team in Bangkok looking at the incidence of HIV among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM's), and the types of education and support programs in place.Since his return Rob ran a report-back session to interested parties in Sydney last month. This

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This week we will be speaking to a Joy 94.9 presenter about his early life in Malaysia and moving to Australia.David will talk about his Christian religion in Malaysia, coming to Australia and finding his relatives here had different ideas about their religion. He will tell us why he and his family moved to Melbourne and what they wanted to escape in Perth.David's story is very interesting and he

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This week Hugh and Allan will be speaking with two current on-air JOY program presenters about their respective relationships.Jade is Australian-born and lives with her American partner. And Alex is Scottish, and lives here in Melbourne with his Hong Kong Chinese partner.The discussions will cover everything from the first meeting, parents and in-laws, moving in together, contact with families

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Allan has just spent the past few days in Sydney, and while there he caught up with Ty and Min Chuan. Ty is the Australian owner and operator of the popular Sydney gay sauna located right next door to China Town, and Min Chuan is his Malaysian partner who has come to Sydney as a university student from Kuala Lumpur.Here is a real story of opposites, and a good example of the multicultural soup

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JOY's annual Radiothon is NOW ON.The Orange Ribbon team strongly encourages all JOY listeners, and particularly regular Orange Ribbon listeners, to support the station during the Radiothon so that we can continue to bring you an interesting mix of interviews and discussions that cover the multicultural alphabet soup.All of us at Orange Ribbon are volunteers, and are just a very small part of the

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Three weeks ago we chatted to Cinzia (from Arcilesbica) and the The flag Sisters (Le Sorelle Bandiera) in the leadup to the major Italian GLBTIQ fund-raising social event.Well, we're going back to Italy again this week because Cinzia's brother, Serafino, will be joining us in the studio for a chat. While brought up and educated in Australia, Serafino decided to return to Italy after completing

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He comes from a Vietnamese heritage, where his parents were Vietnamese boat people of the 1980's although they did not meet until after their respective arrivals in Australia. His parents later divorced, his gransparents later moved to Australia when they were in their 60's and did not then speak English. His grandparents were actually like parents to him.He knew he must be gay from an early age,

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It's 4 months since we last chatted with Reggie Ho in Hong Kong. So this week, Hugh and Allan will get another update from Reggie about things that affect the tongzhi (queer) community in that metropolis. Topics to be covered include Idaho (International Day Against Homophobia) Day last Sunday, progress (or otherwise...?) on the promised anti discrimination legislation, and an embarassing

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This week, we have Cinzia and Francesca from the Italian Lesbian group. They are looking forward to share with us what the group has done to break down barriers between community groups.Arcilesbica is the organizer of the annual Italian GLBTIQ dance event. This year they are very excited to have the Flag Sisters, celebrities in Italy in the seventies, appeared in prime-time television. They will

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Earlier this year, Hugh returned to his home country, Scotland, for several weeks of catching up with family and friends. While he was there, he recorded two interviews for Orange Ribbon.This week Hugh presents the second of those two recorded interviews with Shelly from Livingston, a town outside of Edinburgh.Shelly is 20 years old and decided to come out to her family so she did not have to

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Gay and lesbian Singaporeans, and friends and supporters, are being asked to come out on Saturday, May 16, to form a human Pink Dot at the field at Hong Lim Park. This is NOT being promoted as a protest, but a coming-together of all like-minded Singaporeans to show support for the freedom to love for all GLBTI Singaporeans.All attendees are asked to wear something pink, and the objective is to

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Because the LGBT community spans all ethnicities, races, and cultures, we are unfortunately all too aware that discrimination on the basis of race exists within.On this week's show we’ll look at the importance of racial tolerance and diversity, especially in our GLBT community which is already exposed to discrimination from homophobia.Our guest this Wednesday is Senior Adviser, Human Rights

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In February this year, Hugh returned to his home country, Scotland, for several weeks of catching up with family and friends. While he was there, he recorded two interviews for our Orange Ribbon listeners.This week Hugh presents the first of those two recorded interviews. While he was in Edinburgh he interviewed local Scottish guy, Martin.Martin's story is controversial, and may shock, and is a

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Do the older generation of Italians in Australia have chickens in their backyard? Do Italians still make tomato sauce in their backyard? These questions and more will be answered and finally put to rest!Appearing on the show, Marco, Michael and Angelo from Italian and Gay, a social and support group in Melbourne. They will share with us their experience of being part of the group and what the

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Have you ever listened to a show on Joy 94.9 and wondered what the presenter is like, or listened to the news and thought the news reader sound nice?On Wednesday at 7.00pm on Orange Ribbon, you can find out what a presenter on Joy 94.9 and a news reader are both like. They are partners, met each other overseas, had a rough relationship at first and both went through a long period of ill health.To

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PULSE is an exclusive short season of site-specific multimedia performances on the breath-taking JOY 94.9 CBD rooftop. The next season is coming up this coming Friday and Saturday (3rd & 4th April) featuring dance pieces by Yumi Umiamare and Tony Yap.Tony and Umi have been collaborating through their unique styles over 14 years here in Australia, in Europe and in Eastern Asia. And this coming

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This week we will be presenting an interview that Allan recorded in Hong Kong three weeks ago, with Chung To, the Founder and CEO of the Chi Heng Foundation. Complete details and background to this interview can be found in Allan's earlier post to this blog dated March 6th, 2009.Chung To is a most interesting, yet quietly-spoken, person, with a passion to provide living and education expenses for

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Mel, known as DJ Beaker was born in Australia to Chinese parents, although her mother came from Papua new guinea.Described by some as an Asian Grace Jones, Mel is a self declared bogasian and many members of her family are gay and bisexual. Mel confess not speaking Mandarin and when she tries she often gets the tones embarrassingly wrong.She moved from Sydney to Melbourne just over 12mths ago.

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Yes, I know that I seem to have spent a lot of time up here in Hong Kong, but I do love the place, and I have many great friends up here as well. My partner, Pete, and I flew up here just two weeks ago for our umpteenth visit. However, Pete flew out of Hong Kong earlier this morning on his way back home to Melbourne, in order to attend the Daylesford Chill-Out Festival this coming weekend, and

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This Wednesday on Orange Ribbon, Yasmin will be joining us to chat about her truly multicultural background. Born in Australia but of Serbian, German, Austrian and Chinese descent, Yasmin will tell us about going to a Chinese school in Australia, discovering the Serbian underground scene only a few months ago, being busted by her mum kissing a girl, studying engineering and much much more...

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The Gay & Lesbian Immigration Task Force, better known as GLITF, provides assistance to gay & lesbian Australian/overseas partners where one partner needs to apply for Permanent Residency in order to live with his or her partner here in Australia. (www.glitfvic.org.au) Every couple of years or so, Orange Ribbon invites GLITF back again (a) to remind newer listeners about the work and services of

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Coming up this week on Orange Ribbon is a discussion with Colin, who comes from the United States.Colin is from New York, and grew up as a member of the Y generation. He will discuss what it is like to be a gay man growing up in America in his generation, and his subsequent move to The Big Apple. He will also share his views on what it is like being a gay man in the New York scene.So join the

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Sydney based Sveta is widely known around Australia for her unforgettable and explosive sets at Sydney’s annual Mardi Gras dance party. Sveta is amongst the few underground DJs that have crossed-over to a diverse audience of straight, gay, young, old, queer and fetish audiences. Sveta is also Russian born and will be with us on Orange Ribbon this Wednesday to talk about her life, her career and

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Our guest on Orange Ribbon this week is Shah, who was born and raised in Negeri Sembilan in southern Malaysia, as a member of a typical middle-class Muslim family. His father was a school headmaster and his mother was involved in womens politics. Shah realised by his teenage years that he had feminine traits, and experienced a very difficult time as a result during his first three years of his

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Reggie Ho was first introduced to Orange Ribbon listeners way back on the 19th December, 2002. On an earlier visit Allan made to Hong Kong in November, 2002, he first met up with Reggie, and Vivian So, who were both volunteers with the Horizons gay & lesbian (or tongzhi) phone counselling service.Reggie Ho is a Hong Kong based journalist, and long-time gay activist, and has been a contributor to

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This week on the show we talk to Eng Kim, who originally comes from Johor Bahru in southern Malaysia, which is approximately 30 minutes drive from Singapore.Eng Kim will tell us about his early life in Malaysia and talk about his education in a Chinese school, religion, and growing up in a middle to upper class family.Eng Kim came to Australia in his late 20's and immediately started to study. He

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On tonight's program we talk to Adam, who was born in Poland to German/Polish and Polish/Belarus parents.Adam's family was involved in the SOLIDARITY political movement in Poland, and so had to leave the country and take refuge in Sweden where he grew up.In Sweden he was branded the Swedish equivalent of a wog. He had a religious education, and was sent to Polish bible camps.He dressed

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Yes.. another year has passed, during which Orange Ribbon celebrated our 10th anniversary.The program was originally started by Kim Benton and Shanton Change around July, 1998, and they were joined by Allan Smales a year later in 1999. Allan is still with the team, but both Kim and Shanton have long since moved on.But 2008 not only saw the programs' 10th anniversary, but we also had 52 wonderful

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Yes... a Canadian White Christmas. For most of us here in Australia the entire idea of a white Christmas is more than a little foreign to us, even though we have had the images foisted on us over the years by means of Christmas cards, movies, picture books, Christmas carols etc.However, on this weeks program (24th December, 2008) Hugh and Allan will be having a discussion with Michael, who is

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With the recent departure of Ash from the team, and with both Ka Fam and Aline away for the next few weeks on holidays, Allan and Hugh will be running the program for the next three weeks.And a reminder to all Orange Ribbon listeners... over the past few years we have used the last program of the year to present a retrospective and recap of the years discussions and interviews. For this year, the

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