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Tranzmission - Amplifying the trans & gender non-conforming voices of Meanjin/Brisbane and Beyond

World AIDS Day & AusPATH 25

This week Ez (he/him) discusses World AIDS Day and updates on "The Vine Review". Then Ez is joined by Bette (she/they) together they discuss their time at the 2025 AusPATH .

Hosts: Ez (he/him) and Bette (she/they)

This week Ez (he/him) discusses World AIDS Day, it's significance and shares knowledge on how to protect yourself from HIV as a trans or gender diverse person as well as events being held around the country that you can check out on the World AIDS Day website. He also provides updates on "The Vine Review" and when/if that will be made public. Later in the show Ez is joined by Bette (she/they) together they discuss their time at the 2025 AusPATH - Australian Professional Association for Trans Health - Conference in Nipaluna (Hobart). They share about their time engaging with members of the conference who have travelled far and wide to share about current research for trans health care and the trans rights movement on both a national and global scale. Bette & Ez share information about the conference and some of the content that was presented.

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Produced and recorded by Ez for Tranzmission at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Finding Trans Community

Today Rae (They/Them), Natalia (She/Her) and Hazel (She/Her) chat with April (She/They) and Connor (He/Him) of Trans Joy Meanjin about the who, what, where, and when of finding fellowship in the trans and gender diverse community.

Engaging Effectively with Anti-Trans Narratives

This week Ez (he/him) and Bette (she/they) discuss the IOC looking to ban trans women from the Olympics, as well as where you can go to pay respects to trans people who lost their lives to suicide and violence over the last year. Bette shares thoughts around how to navigate online trolls in comments sections spreading disinformation and hatred, how to arm yourself with investigative skills to remain informed around the 'trans debate’, and how to look after yourself in the process.

Trans Rag w/ Ori

This week Rae (they/them) and Ez (he/him) chat about current news items, including the Queensland government's recent privacy breach that could have ‘outed’ a trans child, and LNP meeting proposals about transgender toilet laws. Rae spoke with Ori Diskett (he/she), the editor of transitive rag aka trans rag, a new quarterly magazine of trans writing and art, based in Magandjin/Meanjin. Issue #1 was released 17 October 2025, and submissions to Issue #2 are open now. If you want to see trans rag thrive, you c

Trans Justice in the Supreme Court

This week Ez (he/him), Bette (she/they), and Rae (they/them) are joined in studio by Matilda Alexander (she/they) from the LGBTI Legal Service. Matilda was the leading lawyer who brought the battle to Health Minister Tim Nicholls in the Supreme Court over the health care directive banning access to puberty blockers for trans kids through the public health care system.

snap rally for trans youth

RECORDED LIVE on Tuesday 28th 9am - Calling for people to support Trans Youth in Queensland

Transness, Incarceration, and Abolition

This week Hazle (She/Her) brings advocate and author Necho Brocchi (She/Her) to discuss transness, incarceration, and prison abolition (with Station Manager Jack (He/Him) panelling).

Liz and Brodie talk Joy and Jasmine.4.t

Liz and Brody talk saving the world and the venn diagram of musical theatre and drag is not a circle. Then Liz interviews UK artist Jasmine.4.t. about their process, the new album ‘You Are The Morning (YBT Deluxe)’ and their ⚧︎ 𝓣𝓡Ⓐ𝓝Ⓐ𝓡𝓒𝓗𝓨 𝓦𝓞𝓡𝓛𝓓 𝓣𝓞𝓤𝓡 ⚧︎.

Trans Research w/ Kai

This week Brody (they/them) was joined in the studio by Tara (they/them) to chat all things Trans mental health and what we want to see in this space. Brody also interviewed Kai Schweizer (he/they) about their research in the intersections of trans folks and eating disorders