Acting, Being Visibly Trans, and Making Theatre in Meeanjin

Hosts: Sean (she/her), Hazel (she/her), and Special Guest Billy Fogarty (they/them) Sean, your favourite Abomination About Town is back in the studio with the newest member of the Tranzmission Team, Hazel! Today we are talking with Billy Fogarty, a local trans queer-gender professional actor. We talk about the power of art and performance to free us from the performative nature of gender, what it is like navigating finding roles in the mainstream culture, and the problems with altering one's body while still being considered for work. Timestamps and Links: 02:43 - Community Events: Memorial Garden Planting @ New Farm Park - Sat 24/7/24 @ 9am 03:12 - Community News: Queensland Gender Service Expansion 04:29 - Billy Fogarty: Introduction 05:37 - Billy Fogarty: What Came First? Family or Theatre 09:40 - Billy Fogarty: Gender and Theatre Acceptance 14:50 - Please Support Us Here @ 4ZZZ 16:36 - Billy Fogarty: Confidence and Finding Roles 19:14 - Billy Fogarty: Costuming, Boundaries, and Dysphoria 24:44 - Billy Fogarty: Gender as Performance Image ID: A photo of three people in the 4zzz studio (Hazel, Billy Fogarty, and Sean from left to right) framed by red velvet stage curtains and bunting. The Tranzmission logo behind them and a 4zzz Podcast icon in the top right.