Join us for the SEXtember Community Day at St Lucia for an afternoon full of fun activities and stallholders from across our community, all dedicated to supporting and educating you about your sexual health and relationships.
Location | Stallholder | Description |
Great Court | Respect Network | Chat to current student and staff members of the Respect Network and learn how you can join to contribute to creating safe, respectful and inclusive spaces at UQ. |
UQ Wellbeing, No taboo, there is support for you | Chat with peer educators to learn about the No taboo, there is support for you campaign, grab free resources and the ways you can access health support easily and freely at UQ. | |
UQ Health Promotion | Speed friending: Build meaningful connections with new friends at UQ in this 3-minute speed friending activity. Prompt questions will be provided!
Letter to my body: Take some time out to appreciate and reflect on your body and the amazing things it can do. All writing materials provided. | |
Allianz Care Australia | Have questions around your Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)? Visit the Allianz Care Australia stall and learn more about how you can best use your OSHC to access the health services and support available to you in Australia. | |
True Relationships and Reproductive Health | Explore and access resources in various languages around how you can access sexual and reproductive health services in Queensland. | |
Metro North Public Health | Chat to local sexual health professionals about safer sex, how to prevent, manage and communicate about STI’s within your relationships and where you can access support in the local community. | |
Shield: Support Services for men | Shield supports boys and men (14+) in QLD who have experienced sexual violence, through specialist counselling and supportive case management. Chat to the friendly team to learn more about this support service in your local community. | |
Women’s Health and Equality Queensland | Women’s Health and Equality Queensland are leaders in women’s health, gender equity and the primary prevention of violence in Queensland. We provide counselling, therapeutic groups and health services for women and gender-diverse people, as well as health promotion, community programs, professional education, and systems change. | |
The Healthy Peach Physio | Access specialist information about your pelvic health, including pelvic floor, sexual pain and dysfunction, pelvic pain, endometriosis, adenomyosis, painful periods, incontinence management and much more from your local team of physios in North Brisbane. | |
Cam Fraser/In Your Skin | Chat with Brisbane based Men’s Sex Coach and Sexuality Educator, Cam Fraser, about masculinity, sexuality, male bodies, sexual health and males experiences of pleasure. | |
UQ Art Therapy | Get creative and express your identity through creating your own flag and tote bag designs. Guided by staff and students within our Master of Mental Health Art Therapy program. | |
| UQ Library | Join the Student Experience Team from the UQ Library to design your own badge with fun and education messages about consent, relationships, gender, bodies, sexual health and reproductive health. |
| UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health | Focusing on Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health undertakes multidisciplinary research to enhance understanding of diverse health issues affecting Indigenous peoples, reduce health inequity and improve health outcomes. A key project includes. Implementing a precision public health approach to move toward elimination of STIs, control of HIV and inform on other BBVs in regional Australia. |
| MadeHer Project | The University of Queensland and the Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research Centre are researching how periods and pelvic pain affect the daily life of teenagers. They are seeking QLD girls aged 11-19 to take part in this research study to improve the health and wellbeing of people who menstruate. |
| UQ Neurodivergent Hub | The Neurodivergent Hub assists students who identify as neurodivergent (you do not need a diagnosis to join the program) to adapt to university life and find success at UQ. Chat to our friendly stall holders and learn about the formal and informal support available to you, including workshops like group coaching and mentoring. |
| UQ Welfare and Accessibility Team | Get to know your UQ Welfare and Accessibility Team within Student Support and Wellbeing Services. Spin the wheel and answer a question about dating in Australia to win a prize. Everyone is a winner! |
| UQ College Welfare Team | Get to know your Welfare Officers at UQ College as they teach us about how to identify behaviours of respectful and disrespectful relationships. |
| Diverse Voices | Diverse Voices Works alongside QLife who provides Australia-wide anonymous, LGBTI peer support and referral for people wanting to talk about a range of issues including sexuality, identity, gender, bodies, feelings or relationships. |
| UQ Sport | Team up with friends, or meet new ones, over a friendly game of Badminton! While you are there, discover everything our on-campus sporting facilities have to offer.
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| UQ Association of Postgraduate Students | Sex and Culture: Stories that shaped me. Reflect on how culture, religion, and community has shaped your understanding of sex, relationships, or identity by adding a message to the story wall. |
| UQU Student Collectives | Meet student representatives from the Unversity of Queensland Union Student Collectives, including:
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Food Trucks
Location | Food Truck | Description |
Great Court | Yum Yum East | Tibetan momo dumpling and Asian cuisine |
Little Mamak | Malaysian Fusion | |
Yo Get It | Frozen Yoghurt | |
Nanaya | Matcha and Gelato |
About SEXtember at UQ
Everyone has the right to safe, healthy and thriving relationships with themselves and others
Join us for UQ's inaugural SEXtember festival, an initiative aiming to normalise sex-positive conversations about sex, sexuality, healthy relationships, sexual health and reproductive health.
Join UQ Respect and UQ Wellbeing throughout September for a number of exciting events and opportunities including Hump Day, Feel Good Comedy, You Can’t Ask That panel event, Drag Trivia and Clay Connections.
