Keynote Speakers
Gary W. Dowsett
FASSA
Gary is Emeritus Professor at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. From 1997 to 2019, he was that Centre’s Deputy Director. A sociologist, he focuses on sexuality, LGBTIQ+ communities, and the HIV pandemic in Australia and internationally.
JAIME BARRIENTOS
PHD
He is a full professor of social psychology at the Psychology Faculty, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. James is a pioneer in LGBTQ+ research in Chile focusing on homophobic violence, the impact of prejudice, and discrimination on the mental health of gays men, lesbians and transgender people. His team executed the second national sexuality survey in Chile (ENSSEX). He belongs to the editorial boards of numerous Latin American research journals and is a published author numerous peer-review research articles in LGBTQ+ issues. He is full member of the International Academy of Sex Research and WAS.
We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people in Meanjin / Brisbane. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.