Exhibition Dates: June 2025 to present

Curator: George Savoulis (Curator September 2023 – April 2024; Curatorial Director April 2024 – June 2025)

We’re Here for You – 40 Years of ACON is a current exhibition at Qtopia Sydney celebrating four decades of work by ACON, one of Australia’s leading LGBTQIA+ health and advocacy organisations. Established during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s, ACON has played a central role in health education, harm reduction, community care, and political advocacy.

The exhibition traces ACON’s history through landmark campaigns, community initiatives, and public health responses, documenting how grassroots activism developed into sustained, community-led health infrastructure. Archival material and campaign imagery highlight ACON’s evolving approaches to prevention, inclusion, and wellbeing across generations.

Positioning ACON’s work within broader histories of activism and care, the exhibition acknowledges the labour of communities, volunteers, and health workers who shaped its legacy. 40 Years of ACON recognises past achievements while affirming the organisation’s continuing role in supporting visibility, dignity, and health for LGBTQIA+ communities.