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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Rainbow airwaves: how JOY has helped give Australia’s queer community a voice

JOY Breakfast host Racheal Morrison in the studio
JOY breakfast host Rachel Morrison in the studio: ‘I didn’t do radio to get into radio, I did radio to get into the community.’ Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

In the early 1990s, John Oliver was walking out of the Fairfield Infectious Diseases hospital in Melbourne after visiting another friend struck down by Aids.

He knew he needed to do something to help get the message across to his community – he had watched too many of his friend die.

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