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

This week Ez updates you on local events around this coming weekend that you might like to attend if you are looking for safer queerer spaces to spend time. Also Trans Day or Resistance Protest in KGS Saturday 25th from 1PM. Ez was also joined by Jackie Turner from The Trans Justice Project to discuss their Statement of Solidarity and how organisations can align themselves with the trans community by signing this statement. Ez & Jackie also discussed other resources the Trans Justice Project offer including

Trans Bodies are NATURAL

This week Ez is joined in studio by Ellen from Megaherzzz who recently attended the AusPATH (Australian Professional Association for Trans Health) Conference in Naarm. Ellen and Ez spoke about access to trans health care in so-called-Australia sharing experiences, thoughts and interviews with Jackie Turner from the Trans Justice Project, Necho Brocchi on trans lives in prison as well as Lucy Solonsch chatting about peer models of care and autonomy centering care for trans folk.

Privilege Exchange

This week Ez & Sean discuss their personal experiences with transition in social spaces, walking the streets, and being perceived by the general public. They also touch on, the privilege exchange that happens as you move from 'one gender to the other,' including some of the challenges internalized misongyny presents while nagivating life within the trans community.

Pageboy

This week Ez flies solo reviewing Elliot Page's Memoir - Pageboy. Deep diving into his experience as a transman in Hollywood, truama, broken homes, dysphoria and fulfilling lifelong dreams of being a professional actor. There was also the week in local events and coverage on the Trans American Refugee Crisis.

Naarm Naarm Naarm

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.

Rage, Rawness, & Re-indigenisation

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

Jay Takeover!

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.

POWERRR

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.