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General Queeries
by That's Not Canon Productions
We are a podcast that talks about the LGBTQI+ community in Brisbane and the everyday lives and experiences people have. Stop on by if you want to relate, learn, or just listen to some good conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Some Announcements
Heya folks! Bit of a sad one today with a couple announcements. Firstly, we’re very sorry to announce that we will be taking an extended break. Unfortunately, university takes a lot of time and so does this podcast, and we don’t want our quality to drop. We will be back, but a break is needed....
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Conversations: Evie - Open Doors
Welcome back friends to General Queeries! For todays episode we are joined by Evie Ryder from Open Doors! Open Doors is an LGBT youth service based in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, and a service that we’ve shouted out a number of times. In today’s episode we focus on the services that Open Doors...
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Bec - Queer Collective
Welcome again good friends and come listen to this pod. Today we bring back past guest and friends of the podcast Bek! Bek has come here today to talk to us about the QUT queer collective and the events run there. This includes stalls during O-week, picnics for celebrations, and plans for the...
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Rocky Horror Picture Show Special Part 2 – I’m in Hell
CW/TW – transphobia, discussion of assault Hey everyone and welcome back to General Queeries! Today we continue our discussion of Rocky Horror, this time deciding to delve into the Rocky Horror sequels and extended universe. Did you know there are sequels to Rocky Horror? We did the research, we...
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Rocky Horror Picture Show Special – Dommed for 48 hours
Cw transphobia Welcome dear listeners, to our second special! This time we are spending a few episodes talking about the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Lisa, from our previous episode, joins us again for these, eager to analyse queer media with us and talk about what Rocky Horror is and modern…
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Conversations: Lysa – The Renaissance was Fan Fiction
Hello wonderful listeners, today we have a special guest. Recently, Tahlya appeared on the Sexuali-tea podcast to talk about David Lynch, and in return Lysa is here to talk to us about fandom from a queer perspective. We start off talking about Lysa’s podcast and how she started it, and then deep...
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Conversations: Alex - I’m petting a cat
Another return guest has come today, here to catch up and update us. Alex is back to talk to us about theatre and MELT, an annual queer arts festival held at the Brisbane Powerhouse. The MELT festival allows stories and accounts of Brisbane history to be told through immersive and alternative…
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Conversations: Merrin - I’ll block myself
CW- the discourse, queerphobia, references to selfharm Hello once again friends, we continue our trend of returning guests with Merrin coming back for the third time to catch up once more. Tahlya has chosen the topic for today’s episode and has decided to focus on tumblr and identity. A common...
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Conversations: Kelsey - Always Listen to Kanye
Content Warning: Discussion of suicide and mental health Hello everyone! Today we're revisited by our first ever guest Kelsey! Kelsey is back with a change in uni course and with a host of new topics to talk to us about. This episode we talk about the Gar'ban'djee'lum Network and Indigilez, two...
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Conversations: Missy - I will never turn my back on Ska
Discussions on Gender Dysphoria and misgendering Heya Folks! Today we talk to Missy, a demisexual, bi/panromantic genderfluid person looking to get into teaching! Our conversation starts with an explanation of demisexuality and gender fluidity and the way the identities affect their day to day....
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Conversations: Harry, Ethically Sourced Milk
Heya Folks! Today Megan is back, and we have a chat with Harry, an asexual man who is returning from our ace specials to continue our conversation on ace issues. This largely takes the form of a discussion on the exclusion of asexual and aromantic people from the LGBT community and the…
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Stonewall Part 3
TW: Homophobia, Transphobia, Police Brutality In this episode we address the riot at Stonewall Inn. Nita and Tahlya dive into what went down after the inciting incident and dispel some of the misinformation about who did what first. As well as how a routine raid became a five day long protest and...
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Stonewall Special Part 2
TW: Homophobia, Transphobia, Police Brutality, Use of slurs Hello everyone, we are back with our second part of our Stonewall specials. This week we take a look at the Stonewall Inn itself, a bar marketed toward the “alternative” members of the LGBT community. This includes examining its ties to...
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Stonewall Special Part 1
TW: Homophobia, Transphobia, Police Brutality Heya Folks! We’re back from our little break with our first ever set of historical specials. This is the first part of a three-part series about the Stonewall riots, a defining part of LGBT+ history that aided in the growth of the Gay Liberation...
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Conversations: Michael - My OG Husband
Hello once more friends, and welcome back to general queries. Today we are joined in the studio by friend of the podcast Michael! Michael is a bad comedian and creative writing student, who is now studying a Master of Teaching and has come to talk to us about being gay and the life of trying to...
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Is it too early to call this episode a mistake?
Hello listeners and friends, get ready for the audio chaos of our assembled team. This episode is a chance for the squad to meet up and talk to you about what we’ve been up to, plans for the podcast, interesting things to see, and more! Good luck, I hope you enjoy the banter, and take care. -...
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Conversations: Harry - Hashtag Horoscopes and Words have Meaning
Content warning for use of fag in this episode Hello dearest listeners! Today we have a conversation with Harry, a returning guest! This time start on a rant about horoscopes and a deep dive on terms about it (I'm an Aquarius), as well as the prevalence of being gay defining characteristics and...
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Conversations Bek: It’s ‘feck off’ if you want to be funny
Hello friends! Tahlya is away this week filing taxes, so today’s episode is being hosted by Megan and our wonderful graphic designer Nita. We also have long time friend Bek come back on to talk about her experiences as a sex-repulsed person, and how she navigates the sometimes intrusive questions...
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Conversations: Dana – Here, Queer and ready to talk
Hello our dear audience, today we talk to a listener and friend, Dana! Dana is a UQ graduate and teacher who has come to talk to us about queerness in the workspace, and what influenced her to begin teaching. Dana talks about her teaching philosophy, which is focused on providing students in...
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Conversations: Bec - Dr Phil is a “Psychologist”
Hey everyone! Today we are joined by Megan’s lovely girlfriend Bec! Bec is a disabled queer woman who talks to us about how disabilities have affected her, and the intersection between being disabled and being queer. This ranges from the way she thinks of herself and her disabilities, to the...
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Conversations: Graeme - It’s Just Sandalwood
Content warnings: kink, BDSM, sexual references Hello, everyone! Today we’re in the studio with Graeme, a corporate man who’s down to discuss everything from drag to diversity. Strap in as Maldives gets mispronounced, hell gets rebranded, and we discuss why it’s so important to have a safe space,...
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Conversations: Josh - I Occasionally Sleep
Hello friends! Today we talk to Josh, a doer of things and occasional sleeper. Josh is a psychology student at the University of Southern Queensland and vice-president of USQPride. This episode he talks to us about creating USQPride, and the many contentions that have arisen around it. Talking...
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Conversations Bradley
Hello and welcome back to General Queeries friends! A previous guest, Bradely from the Holding the Man episode has returned to talk about how the show went, as well as more from his personal experiences. As well as being involved in theatre, Bradley is a teacher, and talks to us about his...
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Conversations Jonathan – You’ve never wanted to hear emo polka?
Heyo friends, just a couple of things before we get into the podcast notes. First of all, we would like to extend our love and support to the families of those affected by the tragic shootings in Christchurch this past week. For any of our listeners who would like to offer support to those...
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Conversations Nita - A Passionate Hatred for Romantic Subplots
Howdy howdy kind listeners, today we get to talk to our graphic designer and all-around delight Nita. Nita is an Aromantic and Queer artist who also helps us with areas of research for the podcast. In this episode we talk about Nita’s process for art and how symbolism is so vital in the queer...
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Ace-Aro Panel 4: That Terrible Tom Cruise Movie
Hello hello! For our finale of the asexual and aromantic specials we talk about mainstream representation and pieces of media to check out that can be read in an ace/aro way or explicitly mention asexuality. We also have a slight aside talking about trashy young adult novels, please bear with us....
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EPS 20: Ace-Aro Panel 3: I’m Valid in this Chili’s
Welcome back friends! This is the third episode of our asexual and aromantic specials, today focusing more on the aromantic part of the discussion. Tahlya and our lovely panel of guests discuss aromanticism and romantic orientations, and the relation to sexuality that is often seen in these areas...
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EPS 19: Ace-Aro Special 2: So Many Labels and No Sticker Maker
Our lovely panel from last week return to talk to us about something called the Split Attraction Model (also called the SAM), a model of talking about attraction developed by asexual people. This is to provide language for the pieces of attraction often not thought of. We deep dive into the...
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EPS 18: Ace-Aro Panel Part 1
Hello all our lovely podcast listeners! Today’s episode kicks off the start of a series of four asexual and aromantic specials we have put together, so get ready for an interesting set of episodes. No Megan today, however we’ve gathered 5 guests to talk to you, including returning friends Merin…
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EPS 17: Holding the Man
A bit of a special episode today, as Tahlya talks to Bradley and Lachlan, the directors of an upcoming theatre production called Holding the Man, running from the 27th of February to the 2nd of March. The play is inspired by the memoirs of Timothy Conigrave, and presents a take on the AIDS crisis...
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EPS 16: Jen
Content/Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault and Abuse, Drinking Culture, Peer Pressure, Name-ing and Shame-ing, unhealthy college cultures For our first episode recorded in Twenty-bi-teen we talk to Jen, a bi woman with a background in education, media and communications, and an a capella choir, the...
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EPS 15: Megan
Hello everyone! Today our guest is actually one of our hosts, Megan! We decided that introductions were in order for members of the team, and this is the first in a set of planned episodes. Megan is a queer woman with a background in theatre, and with her we talk about the process of realising...
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EPS 14: Harry and Olivia
Heya folks, today we talk to Harry, a gay man and Livie, a queer person who says goodbye to labels. Today we talk about the arts (as always), relaxed coming out experiences, and the ways we can present ourselves before fully coming out. This includes topics like the ways privilege can emerge in...
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EPS 13: Arden
Happy 20 bi-teen. To kick off the year we welcome Arden into the space. Asexual, agender and just all around queer, we discuss with Arden the importance of pronouns and how it feels to be misgendered as well as what it’s like trying to medically transition as a nonbinary person. Subscribe to us…
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EPS 12: Luxie
On today’s episode we have a discussion with the lovely Luxie, a bi woman and Uni student who was happy to talk to us about her experiences in and around Brisbane. This includes feeling unwelcome in the LGBT community for “being too straight”, the conflicting feelings of realising your sexuality,...
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EPS 11: Siobhan and Nikki PART 2
Part 2 of our discussion with the fine folks, Siobhan and Nikki. This time around we talk the intricacies of nonbinary existence, including nonbinary transitioning, binding, and gendered language in genderless/gender-diverse relationships. We also talk about the emotional labour of education,...
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EPS 10: Siobhan and Nikki PART 1
Another two parter for you fine folks who follow us! This time we are joined by the lovely couple, Siobhan and Nikki, for a discussion on polyamory and the different kinds of relationship dynamics they have experienced. On top of this, we also do a deep dive on romantic identity and the many ways...
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EPS 9: Kathryn
On today’s episode we talk with Queer Cyclist and Marketing Manager of Underground Productions Kathryn. Kathryn comes from a background of theatre direction and she covers all kinds of topics with us today, from her identity and formative experiences of being queer trying to find representation…
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EPS 8: Zane C Weber Part 2
This is the 2nd part of our interview with ‘The Gentleman Peacock’ Zane C Weber, so if you haven’t listened to part one, check a look: https://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/generalqueeriespodcast/episode7 In this part we shift our focus a little towards gender and romance and their…
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EPS 7: Zane C Weber Part 1
Here’s part one of two of a darn good chat with our wonderful producer at That’s Not Canon, Zane! Zane, a homoromantic agender asexual talks to us about trying to “figure out” sex through kink before discovering asexuality, and understanding the societal focus on sexualisation. Listen in folks…
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EPS 6: An Intro to General Queeries
A change of pace for todays episode, where Tahlya and their now cohost Megan talk about what started this podcast and our plans are for the future. Think of it like a belated introduction to our show and our team. Our hosts discuss the goals and plans for the future of General Queeries. Subscribe...
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EPS 5: Brandon Harrison
This week we talk to Drag Performer and transgender person Brandon Harrison! We cover the journey of transitioning and pronouns, what it’s like to perform drag, and as always our customary discussion about arts. This community is a family and we have to value it. Find Brandon here:...
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EPS 4: Tahlya
Already up to our fourth episode and we’ve pulled the ole switcheroo! As Megan one of the glorious brains behind the podcast, interviews our spicy host Tahlya. Dipping into the identities of Tahlya and navigating the Brisbane queer scene. Listen in now... Find Tahlya on he Instagram feed:...
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EPS 3: Alex
For our third episode, Tahlya and our guest Alex talk gender and the all the language used around it. Labels are a wild and difficult thing! We also discuss what it’s like being an introvert in the queer community, some of the struggles faced by the scene, and behind the scenes jobs in theatre....
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EPS 2: Merrin
Our host Tahlya chats with their good friend Merryn about what identifying as Asexual means to her. Merryn’s chats about her revelation of coming out on national coming out day to her family. “THAT” high school sex-ed talk we all remember. As well as the weird time of being the minority within a...
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EPS 1: Kelsey
To kick us off, we welcome our first guest Kelsey! A proud gay Woppoaburra man from North Keppel island. A Brissy boy from way back 19 year old Kelsey shares his touching experiences with coming out to his family, going to formal with a gay friend, leading the pride march and the importance of...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are a podcast that talks about the LGBTQI+ community in Brisbane and the everyday lives and experiences people have. Stop on by if you want to relate, learn, or just listen to some good conversations.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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That's Not Canon Productions
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