Beau NewhamLost in a legacyIt’s a Monday evening and there is a small crowd gathered in Melbourne for the official launch of a brand-new health service called…Mar 19, 2023Mar 19, 2023
Beau NewhamThe long return homeIn the final weeks of February, my housemates and I were stocking supplies in our house for what we assumed would be a shaky few months in…Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020
Beau NewhamImpossible & InevitableHIV for me has always felt simultaneously impossible and inevitable.Mar 14, 2019Mar 14, 2019
Beau NewhamWhen home is an ashtrayGrowing up without a family home means that your sense of home becomes invested in things both smaller and larger than a house.Feb 13, 2019Feb 13, 2019
Beau NewhamNotes from the working class?When someone asks me about being from a working-class family, or about growing up in Campbelltown specifically, I often recite a story…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
Beau NewhamI don’t have HIV, but it has shaped my lifeI had just come out. I was 17 and I was away on a holiday with my dad and my sister. My Dad was trying his hardest to connect. I was a…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
Beau NewhamJakarta; or why is it so easy to cry on planes?I’ve left many cities over the past few years, and every time I do, it isn’t until my plane takes to the air that the weight of leaving…Feb 1, 2018Feb 1, 2018
Beau NewhamBule SombongWhen moving to a new city, buoyed by the enthusiasm and energy of change, I push myself to meet as many people as possible. So, a year ago…Feb 6, 2017Feb 6, 2017