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Electro girl: living with epilepsy
After doing her best to hide her epilepsy for 26 years, Lainie Chait now wants to extinguish the fear and stigma so many people have in relation to the condition.
Burning Question: Removing splinters
Today's Burning Question comes from Megan who wants to know "what happens if you don't remove a splinter?"
Homotopia audio extra: Simona Castricum
A Melbourne-based DJ tells her story of coming out in regional Victoria. This is bonus audio not found in the on-air program.
Finding Nevo: coming out as transgender today
Since Nevo Zisin came out in 2013 as transgender the world has changed dramatically: gender and sexuality are now firmly on the national political agenda.
ABC Open: a maternal presence
Donny discovers that his mother still watches over their family block of land in Broome.
Three Men and a Feeling: Forgiveness
Hot on the heels of last week's discussion on trust comes the other side of that same coin: forgiveness. Clinical psychologist Andrew Fuller and educator/resolver John Hendry talk forgiveness between people and in the workplace with Michael Mackenzie.
Being too protective of elderly parents
'Not at your age Dad'! 82 year old Hedley Taylor showed them all when he made a remarkable recovery after being crushed by a cow, only to walk the Kokoda Track months later.
Listening to children on family violence
As a society we are attuned more than ever to the issue of family violence and its devastating impact on families, but have we been missing some key perspectives?
ABC Open: Silver on the dance floor
It's the sixties. Dressed completely in silver, Deidre goes dancing at the Thursday night disco.
'I thought I was the only queer Muslim in Australia'
Alyena Muhammadally started an online support group for queer Muslim's as a way to help her community connect.