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Episodes
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Ep 58 (6/Oct/26) – Cora from FABLE
It’s Melbourne Fringe season and Quinn, Rebeckah, Joss and Jen are joined by star of FABLE, Cora Hughes. FABLE delves into Irish storytelling and queer identities, finding the intersections of folklore, fairytales, ritual, gender fluidity, drag and sexuality through dance, physical theatre…
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Ep 57 (29/Sep/26) – Cleo Nouveau
Jen, Quinn, Rebeckah and Joss have a special guest on the show, Cleo Nouveau a gender-affirming hair stylist opening her own inclusive hair salon. Find out more about Cleo here The team also discuss a new study on bone density effects from the use of hormone replacement therapies. Music played on...
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Ep 56 (22/sep/2026) – With Guest Spider
Rebeckah, Quinn, Joss and Jen are joined by artist, musician, filmmaker, and live sound engineer Spider. Spider (@spideristrap) is a south asian visual artist, musician, filmmaker, and live sound engineer based in Melbourne. They are physically disabled, unsupported by the NDIS, and currently in...
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Ep 55 (15/Sep/2026) – With Grace Taylor
On this episode Quinn, Rebeckah and Joss are joined by trans podcast host Grace Taylor. Grace has recently launched a new podcast called “50 shades of Grace”. A former Joy94.9 presenter and expert broadcast host, Grace’s new podcast has featured iconic guests such as Aussie legends Mitch Browne…
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Ep 54 (08/Sep/2026) – The Election + More
On tonight’s show Jocelyn, Rebeckah, Quinn and Jen dive into the upcoming Victorian election, and the things our community should be aware of when making a vote. Jen leads the conversation about Trans issues coming out of Ireland, including Belfast’s Trans Week. There is an exciting study on…
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Ep 53 (01/Sep/2026) – World Pride Recap
Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen and Joss are in the studio finding out where the heck was Beck! Rebeckah is back from her world pride adventure and we get the full rundown of highlights from the trip. On the topic of travel we discuss the safest countries to visit as a trans person and talk about...
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Ep 52 (25 Aug 2026) Merrin Wake trans advocate
Quinn, Jen and Joss start the show with the usual check in on trans news, including a reflection on the new video clip to Troye Sivan’s song “She’s the Best”. The team talks about safe spaces in the community and Jen shares a not-so-safe workplace as a trans woman. The special guest on this…
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Ep 50 (11/08/2026) Trans Barber Sam Shears
Joss, Quinn, and Jen start the show with weekly news affecting the trans community. There is a much anticipated update from host Rebeckah on her adventures to World Pride in Amsterdam. The guest on the show today is trans barber Sam Shears, who has recently put the clippers down to take some time...
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Ep 49 (04 August 2026) 2026 Australian Census Inclusion
For the first time in it’s history, the Australian Census included more identity options in the 2026 census and Jen, Quinn, and Joss discuss what this means for our community and look into the Equality Australia FAQ on the Census. Music played on tonight’s live show: Realm – Girl Whatever...
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Ep 48 (28 July 2026) Non-Surgical Affirming Cosmetic Procedures
Quinn, Jen and Joss start the episode sharing positive trans news including Diana Ross “coming out” for Brighton Pride. The group then discuss gender affirming cosmetic procedures that don’t involve any surgery. Drag Race Down Under vs the world has hit the screens and there is much to be said...
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Ep 47 (21 July 2026) Medical Tattoos and HRT
Pharrell joins Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah on this episode where special guest Ash (she/they) joins the panel to chat about medical and restorative tattoos and how it impacts the trans and gender diverse community, and what it means to be an inclusive provider in this space. The team openly...
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Ep 46 (14 July 2026) Non-Binary People’s Day
Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah discuss Non-Binary People’s Day on July 14th with their special guest Jem. The team went back to watch 2023 film, Next Goal Wins and reflect on the poignant quote from the film “Imagine life with trees and grass and stuff, but no flowers. Well, Faáfine are our...
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Ep 45 (07 July 2026) Trans Paper Trail with Steff Fenton JP
Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah are joined by Trans activist and pastor Steff Fenton to chat about the upcoming Trans Paper Trail event where community are encouraged to bring in all their paperwork requiring Justice of the Peace witnessing to a relaxed and informal gathering. The team share…
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Ep 44 (30 June 2026) Pride Month Wrap Up
Rebeckah and Quinn talk about the Trans-Inclusive draft bill facing communities in the UK. Celebrate the last day of Pride Month and chat about what’s happening around the world. In the past week the team re-watched Boy Meets Girl, a 2014 film startting Michelle Handley as a trans woman living in…
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Ep 43 (23 June 2026) Stone Motherless Cold
Miranda, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn wrap up the winners from Radiothon and do the usual dive into trans stories of the past week. The team is then joined by First Nations graduate performer Stone Motherless Cold (she/they/re), a sistergirl from Mparntwe (Alice Springs). With drag as their main…
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Ep 42 (16 June 2026) Radiothon Special
The whole team is in tonight to celebrate JOY 94.9’s radiothon, raising money to keep show’s like ours on air for the LGBTQIA+ community. You can support JOY by becoming a Member or making a donation at JOY.org.au Listen as the team get tattoos LIVE on air to celebrate the occasion and share the...
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Ep 41 (09 June 2026) News and Teasers for radiothon
Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen and Joss start the show with global trans news and spruke their upcoming radiothon show. You’ll have to tune in to the next episode to hear if they go ahead and get tattooed LIVE on air! Music played on tonight’s live show: Rush – Troye Sivan Story – Kylie Minogue Independant…
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Ep 40 (02 June 2026) Being a True Ally
Joss,Rebeckah, Quinn, and Jen pack the show full this week. Kicking off with the news affecting our community this week. We discuss the “not in our name” women’s group. A group of women from every corner of society – mothers, daughters, friends, sisters, grandmothers, partners, colleagues,...
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Ep 039 (26 May 2026) Positive Trans News
Joss, Jen, Quinn, and Rebeckah start the show by sharing positive trans news, happening locally and globally. The team chats with Starlady; from Zoe Bell Gender Collective about LGBTQ domestic violence awareness day. She shares her passion for social justice, the prevention of gender based...
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Ep 038 (19 May 2026) Agender Awareness Day
Joss, Quinn and Jen explore everything from Agender Awareness Day and Pan-sexual/romantic visibility day, to tattoos and the representation of self-expression in the trans community, to talking trans therapy. They dive into how therapy helps with hormones, surgeries, and trans-related needs....
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Episode 037 (12 May 2026) IDAHOBIT and Saint Ergo’s new album
Joss, Quinn, Rebeckah and Jen celebrate IDAHOBIT, internation day against homosexual, bisexual, intersex and transgender discrimination. The incredibly talented, cinematic, modern-contemporary producer and multi-instrumentalist Saint Ergo joins the team to share their new album ‘Lived Experience’...
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Episode 36 (05 May 2026) Bbsanii shares new song Murcielago
Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Quinn dive into Pageantry with global entrants to Miss Trans Global. The team is then joined live by Isabel of Bbsanii, electronic music producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist to chat music and listen to her new track Murcielago, a song telling four spellbinding tales.…
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Episode 035 (28 April 2026) – The one with Walt and Faun from All Bull, plus Dirty Versachi
Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss some international good trans news before talking with director Walt Dyson and nonbinary actor, Faun Xe about the new play, “All Bull”, about toxic masculinity, played by an all-female and TGD cast. We also chat with nonbinary DJ and musical artist, Dirty...
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Episode 034 (21 April 2026) – The one with Ellie and Tay from TransGenre Music Festival
Joss, Rebeckah and Jen discuss the upcoming Tilde Trans Film Festival, recap the Queer Wedding Expo and Trans Book Festival and talk about trans and lesbian solidarity as part of Lesbian Visibility Week. We also chat with trans music journalist Ellie Robinson and nonbinary music artist Tay Blunt...
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Episode 033 (11th April 2026) – The one with Erin and Bec from Sock Drawer Heroes
Joss, Rebeckah, Pharrell, Jen and Quinn discuss the Trans Book Festival, the upcoming release of the Tilde Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival program and next weekend’s Queer Wedding Expo where Rebeckah will be modelling. Plus, we also recap the TGD content from the Melbourne International...
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Episode 032 (7th April 2026) – The one about trans creativity and surviving religious holidays
Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss a bit of trans-centred good news from around the world, International Asexuality Day (with Joss and Jen discussing some of their asexual relationship) and we talk about some of our own writing experiences within the trans community space and other forms of...
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Episode 031 (31st March 2026) – Trans Day of Visibility with Maddy Weeks and Miss Katalyna
Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen, Joss and Lee start off by discussing what Trans Day of Visibility means to us as trans people. We also chat with non-binary comedian Maddy Weeks about their show, Queerly Beloved before we get DJ, Activist and trans woman of colour, Miss Katalyna talking about what…
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Episode 030 (24th March 2026) – The one with Chris McAllister and Yoz Mensch (Melbourne International Comedy Festival)
Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss Transgender Day of Visibility events and A Very Fruity Ball. We also chat with trans masc. comedian Chris McAllister about his Comedy Festival show as well as Yoz Mensch from South Australia about their show. We also take a look at the fabulous queer...
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Episode 029 (17th March 2026) – The one with Eli and Savannah from Trans Book Fair
Joss, Rebeckah and Quinn discuss Quinn’s return after her recent surgery as well as Neurodiversity Celebration Week and the huge intersection of neurodivergence and being trans. We also chat with Trans Book Fair festival director Eli and Book Editor Savannah about the Trans Book Fair event and...
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Episode 028 (10th March 2026) – The one with Gabrielle Fallen and TGD community vox-pops
Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Miranbda discuss the Chillout Festival and International Women’s Day events and play back some of the Midsumma Pride March interviews Rebeckah did with members of the TGD community on the day. We also play back a chat we had with trans Naarm-based writer and performer,...
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Episode 027 (3rd March 2026) – The one where the trans professors talk trans tech
Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss and reflect on our highlights from the summer’s queer events. We also chat with visiting professor, Oliver Haimson from University of Michigan about his book “Trans Technologies”, and drill down into a specific discussion about enhancing safety for TGD and...
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Episode 026 (24th February 2026) – The one with Hank from TGV
Miranda, Quinn, Joss and Jen discuss our feelings and experiences around gender-affirming surgeries and the many ways TGD folks affirm our genders aside from surgery. We also play back a pre-recorded interview Joss and Jen did with Transgender Victoria’s Communications Manager, Hank, where they...
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Episode 025 (17th February 2026) – The one with the Mila Jam interview
Rebeckah, Miranda and Quinn discuss OG TGA host Miranda’s time on one of JOY’s other shows, Geeks Out and catch up on what’s been going on in Miranda’s life since she last co-hosted the show. Rebeckah reports back on her Valentine’s Day date, Quinn talks about her experience at the Laneway music...
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Episode 024 (10th February 2026) – The one with Daxie Carnay
Joss, Quinn and Jen discuss the singer from Mark of Cain coming out as transgender, we talk about the recent Pride street party in Melbourne and some of the unfortunate transphobia occurring around the Sydney Mardi Gras. We have a fabulous discussion with Melbourne transgender playwright, Daxie...
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Episode 023 (3rd February 2026) – The one with Renea & Charlotte from Ballarat TGD Swap Shop
It’s our first LIVE episode back after the summer break! Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss what’s in store for our second season and recap all the fabulous summer queer and trans community events. We also chat with Renea and Charlotte, the mother & daughter team behind the awesome and...
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Episode 022 (December 2, 2025) – with guest Joe Ball, LGBTIQA+ Commissioner of Victoria
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this, our final show for the year, we talk about some exhibits by trans artists at Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts (ACCA) and more Midsumma events. We talk about our personal highlights for...
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Episode 021 (November 25, 2025) – Summer is approaching!
Join this week’s hosts, Joss and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about our favourite seasons, our favourite things about summer and play our favourite songs of summer (listed below). We talk about NZ following the international right-wing trend of banning...
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Episode 20 – (November 18, 2025) – TDoR & Trans Awareness Week
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about Trans Awareness Week, culminating in Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) and we have a minute’s silence in honour of all the members of our trans community who have lost...
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Episode 019 – (November 11, 2025) – Guest Luka Gracie, trans filmmaker
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen and Quinn for another fresh episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our week, then discuss Transgender Victoria’s recent Gender Revel Gala, which we all attended. We also talk about what we each saw at the Tilde trans film festival, and chat...
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Episode 018 (November 4, 2025) – 2 short trans films and a trans book release
Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our week, discuss the ongoing petition to reverse the QLD government’s ban on puberty blockers for trans kids, and chat to some trans creatives. First off the rank, we chat with Mish...
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Episode 017 (October 28, 2025) – Guest Ro Bright talks MQFF and trans film
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Rebeckah, Jen, and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, briefly discuss Halloween, then the latest international trans news, talk about the Queensland government redefining “female” and having their puberty-blocker...
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The Gender Agenda Episode 16 (October 21, 2025)
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn, Rebeckah and Pharrell for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, discuss the interactions between dysphoria and sexuality, talk about the NT prison system’s impact on trans people and celebs involved in the Harry...
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The Gender Agenda Episode 15 (October 15, 2025)
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! It’s Festival time, so in this show, we recap our weeks, discuss the Fringe Festival shows we saw, talk some more about the upcoming TILDE TGD Film Festival and tomorrow night’s opening of the Melbourne...
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Episode 014 (October 7, 2025) – Quiny plays live!
Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah, Jen, Joss and Quinn for another all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about the upcoming TILDE (Trans) Film Festival running from October 31st to November 2nd, as well as looking ahead to Transgender Victoria’s “Gender Revel Gala” and the...
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Episode 013 (Sept 30, 2025) – Our Transperations
Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, Jen talks about her attendance at a discussion group debunking myths about trans women in sport, we discuss the awesome trans representation at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, we get to...
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Episode 012 – Quinn Got Engaged!!
Join Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee as we respond to the news that co-host Quinn just got engaged – congratulations, Quinny!! So of course we have a discussion about our thoughts on getting married. We also have a report back about a panel discussion Jen attended on debunking trans myths in sport…
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Episode 011 – Marriage in the Trans Community
Join hosts Quinn, Joss and Jenn as they discuss marriage in the trans community, a promising new study on the positive effects of progesterone for trans women on HRT, and we ask our resident trans psychologist for answers to some more curly questions. The post Episode 011 – Marriage in the Trans...
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Episode 010 – (Re)Introducing Miranda!
Join hosts Quinn and Miranda as we get reintroduced to Miranda who was part of the first incarnation of The Gender Agenda here on JOY, and discuss trans self-care as well as Sabrina Carpenter’s speech at the VMA’s. The post Episode 010 – (Re)Introducing Miranda! appeared first on The Gender Agenda.
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Episode 009 – Self care in the trans community
Join Joss, Quinn, Jen and Lee as we talk about the very first trans people we ever met, discuss the rally outside the Queensland Health Minister’s office in protest of trans healthcare being abruptly cut off for young people and in the light of that we discuss how we and others in the trans...
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Episode 004 – Guest Kavitha on Community Legal Service
Join Joss, Chloe, Rebeckah and Jen as we talk about Alan Cummings championing the trans community on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Chloe relates a story of violence towards trans women within the LGBTQIA+ community and we get to know our guest, Kavitha, as she talks about her life and her work with the...