This week Ez, Cai, and Liz return from their visit to Melbourne/Naarm filling you in on what's trans and queer friendly, together they share their thoughts about bars, venues, and the Victorian Pride Center. Cai gives an update in News as well as events in Meanjin worth attending this Halloween weekend.
This week on Tranzmission, Sev is solo in studio, talking candidly and feeling the raw edges around recent new events. They discuss the news out of England, where Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has further inflamed anti-trans sentiments with a disturbing speech to his party conference. And of course, we scratch at the surface of the defeated Australian referendum, discuss the concept of re-indigenisation over decolonisation, touch on the systemic racism baked into so called Australia and how it has been perpetu
It's Jay in the studio! He's taken over for an hour of chatting to Alex of Red Hill (the band, not the suburb) about their upcoming double release, musing about de-centralising the medical system from trans healthcare, and reflecting on the Alexander Ball.
This week on Tranzmission Ez is joined by Marissa, a regular show guest. Marissa works in Social Work and shares their knowledge on POWER and it's dynamics. Both of them discuss how fluid power can be as well as how power is used both for and against the trans community. They also discuss the ways power plays out in our daily our lives, the practical ways we can reclaim power, and the illusion that power can sometimes have.
This week, Ez and Cai are joined by previous guests, Sean Dowling. They discuss theatre performance Unconditional and the effect that has had on audiences, including themselves. They also chat about Pride month and as well as name changes (or not) as you transition.
The week Ez is joined in studio by local musician Artemis V to talk about his latest EP and chat with Ez about his relationship with music and how gender, transition, and feelings contribute to his creative expression. Together they have a candid conversation about horomones and how that affects them both. Ez also discusses all the events worth attending over this Pride Month weekend.
This week Sev is joined in studio by Archie Arsenic, producer of Under the sea and local performer, activist and Little Mermaid fanatic. They discuss upcoming local events and the ongoing channel 7 spotlight controvesy, talk about the importance of protecting trans youth and lay down some truths about the myths of detransioners. They also explore how Archie's upcoming event is structured with ticket tiers to explicitly include and support trans folks, mob, disabled folks and low income folks
This week Lizard & Cai take over talking the miss-reporting and fear mongering of the Channel 7's Spotlight show. And then "moving right along" they both talk all the Pre-BIGSHOW events and the queer lineup coming up in BIGSHOW and the Brisbane Festival. So join us by rubbing shoulders, and zooming from each event with sweat, panic, & pride.