The EDI Team invites members of the LGBTIQA+ Murdoch University Community to attend a Lived Experience Storytelling Workshop with Seth Malacari for world Pride Month.

About Seth Malacari:

Seth Malacari is a writer from Boorloo, Perth, and holds qualifications from Murdoch University and Deakin University. They are currently pursuing a PhD in queer histories at UWA. Seth's focus for his creative work has been centred around strength-based storytelling, amplifying diverse voices in his queer Young Adult fiction anthology, An Unexpected Party for Fremantle Press, which he edited and contributed to. They have also presented at the Trans Writers Festival 2025, Emerging Writer's Festival 2024. Seth was most recently a finalist for the prestigious Hungerford award for their novel, Boy Friends.

About Lived Experience Storytelling:

Seth's workshop is for anyone who is looking to learn more about how to understand and be able to feel more confident about speaking from lived experience. This workshop will be especially helpful for participants who are looking to explain how their identity informs their work and study, where there does not appear to be a direct link.

Lived experience is the understanding, knowledge or insight gained from a particular set of experiences, leading to a process of meaning making. In the LGBTIQA+ context, this may involve exploring how being LGBTIQA+ has informed your academic ways of thinking, how you support students and colleagues, or how your lived experience may inform your approach to a multitude of topic.

This session will help you to speak from your lived experience in your desired contexts, decide what you do and don't want to share, and how to build confidence in the unique contribution lived experience can bring to problem-solving, academia, community, advocacy, leadership and other areas.

Note for Allies:

This event is for members of the LGBTIQA+ Community at Murdoch. Due to the discussions of lived experience in the room, and to ensure the safety of the space as people are exploring how to tell their stories, we respectfully ask allies to not attend this particular session. Allies, we look forward to welcoming you to future sessions this year, and encourage you to share this workshop with your colleagues who may wish to attend.

Accessibility:

The room for this workshop (Creative Workshop Space, Boola Katitjin) is wheelchair accessible, with accessible, all-gender bathrooms close by.

The room is large, with room for social distancing, and masks will be available for the event. The doors can be open for ventilation, however the windows do not have an opening mechanism.

The room has microphones for sound amplification and lighting is adjustable.

If required, an AUSLAN interpreter can be made available for this event.

Murdoch University exists on the lands of the Whadjuk and Binjareb People of the Noongar Nation. We pay our respects to Elders, both past and present, and acknowledge the continuing connection to land, culture and community. We recognise the importance of working towards reconciliation and justice for all First Nations people. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal Land.