Transgender Warriors

On our last episode of season 2 we interview the Melbourne-based writer, performer and graphic novelist Fury, one of the stars of the smash-hit show Gender Euphoria. Fury is the queer, non-binary author of the stunning graphic memoir “I Don’t Understand How Emotions Work” that weaves straight forward dialogue with emotive imagery to mimic the drifting and coming-together of the conscious and subconscious; thought and emotion. It interrogates the notion of selfhood, asking the question: if who we are is constructed through our memories, what does that say about the integrity of our identities? You can buy a copy of “I Don’t Understand How Emotions Work” here.  Fury is also a prolific writer, whose work you can read on their website Fury Writes.  The post Transgender Warriors: Fury appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Simona Castricum is an architecture academic, musician and designer from Melbourne. As an educator and PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, her work explores gender nonconforming and queer intersections in architecture, the city and public space. Simona is one of Melbourne’s unique electronic music performers, and a community radio broadcaster on RRR FM. Simona is active in trans and gender diverse advocacy in music and the built environment as a design consultant, public speaker, and freelance writer. PLAYLIST: Sylvester – ‘Rock The Box’ Simona Castricum – ’Supertouch’ Lower Dens – ‘Gallapagos’ SaD – ‘Don’t Go’ Further info: LGBTIQ COVID 19 Organising Group Pandemic Housing Action Group    The post Transgender Warriors: Simona Castricum appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we chat with Clare O’Hanlon and Anne Rowlands, two librarians with a passion for queering the archive. We have a fascinating chat about what being a librarian is all about and how classification systems can harm trans and gender diverse people. Finally, we get an extensive recommendations list from them both for our listeners to pour over in these times of social isolation.       PLAYLIST: Are you with me now? – Cate Le bon That’s That – Cass McCombs Stutter – Elastica Fluid Alex Ebert   Clare’s recommendations: GenderQueer : voices from beyond the sexual binary Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction Transgender Studies Quarterly  Knowledge Industries Need Queerying  One from the Vaults Podcast  Genderqueer: A Memoir Danger Music Alison Evans  Confessions of the Fox  Queer Digital Histories Project  Museum of Transology    Anne’s Trove Lists Transgender Intersex Anne’s Recommendations About a Girl Transgender communication studies : Histories, trends, and trajectories Gender Rebels Podcast  Questionable Content Webcomic  El Goonish Shive Webcomic  Transgender Archives  The post Libraries Special Episode with Clare O’Hanlon and Anne Rowlands appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode Gemma and Sam interview Sally Goldner, who will be well-known to many in our community as a long-standing trans activist and co-founder of Transgender Victoria. Sally is a radio broadcaster on 3CR’s Out of the Pan, a trained accountant and a trans inclusion educator with Transgender Victoria. Sally is also a part of the Bi Alliance Victoria and TransFamily.  On this show Sally tells us about some books that she’s found really useful in her personal development, including The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey, The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People by Carol Eckleberry , and the music and writing of Wendy Rule.  You can stay in touch with Sally on twitter @salgoldsaidso and on facebook.  PLAYLIST: No one sees me like you do – Yoko Ono Disgruntled Postal Worker – Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet Wow and Flutter – Stereolab Singing Plants – Mujo & Hakone The post Transgender Warriors: Sally Goldner appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we interview Starlady, a person who will be known to many in the queer community across Australia. Starlady is an activist, artist, educator, youth and community development worker who has been a long-time advocate for the LGBTIQ community. Starlady also the Program Manager at the Zoe Belle Gender Collective, an independent trans and gender diverse advocacy organisation.   PLAYLIST: Pnau – Go Bang Janelle Monae – PYNK Miley Cyrus – Mothers Daughter           The post Transgender Warriors: Starlady appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On this episode Sam chats with Dr Yves Rees, a writer, podcaster and award-winning historian based at at La Trobe University, where they are a Lecturer in History. We discuss what Yves’s gender journey, what it’s like being a historian, their podcast Archive Fever, life over at the ABC and their upcoming gig at Queerstories. Sam also gives a shout out to Trans Pride March, organised by Trans Sisters United, which is happening on Sunday 29 March 2020 from 12pm to 1pm at the State Library, followed by a celebratory concert at Fed Square. PLAYLIST Saada Bonaire – More Women Christine and the Queens – Five Dollars Electric Fields – Don’t You Worry Too Attached – Diversity Rich, White, Straight Men – Kesha fbt The post Transgender Warriors: Dr Yves Rees appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we chat with Lorena, who is an activist and social worker from Naarm (Melbourne). On this episode we discuss the complexities of pronouns, the many barriers for LGBTIQ people in Australia seeking asylum and in accessing vital health, housing and support services, the beauty of team sport and Lorena’s love of the western suburbs.  PLAYLIST: People, I’ve been sad -Christine and the Queens Delete Forever – Grimes Under the Moon – 070 Shake Giving me Life – Mariah Carey     The post Transgender Warriors: Lorena appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we had the honour of interviewing Kayleen White, one of the co-founders of Transgender Victoria and ‘shit farmer’ extraordinaire (aka water treatment specialist. Kayleen grew up in Mackay in Queensland, where she found solace in sailing before moving to Victoria, getting involved in alternative medicine, seeking medical affirmation through the Monash Gender Centre and co-founding Transgender Victoria. We loved hearing about Kayleen’s  fascinating life which we desperately hope she will write a memoir about soon! Follow Kayleen on twitter PLAYLIST Fox on the Run – Sweet I Believe – Marcella Detroit Symphony Number 9 in D Minor  (Ode to Joy) -Beethoven Eagle – ABBA The post Kayleen White appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we interview CN Lester, a musician, academic, activist and author of their best-selling book of essays Trans Like Me. PLAYLIST: CN Lester – Aether R.E.M – Sad Professor Nina Simone – I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free CN Lester – Come Home The post CN Lester appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we play the second half of our fascinating interview with Professor Noah Riseman and Geraldine Fela about their trans history project. PLAYLIST: By the Gullet – Nakhane Jerome – Lizzo I am what I am – Marcia Gaynor Fractured Glass – Odette The post Part 2: Trans History with Noah Riseman and Geraldine Fela appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Transgender Warriors is back for Season 2! We’re kicking off the season with a special two part episode with Professor Noah Riseman and Geraldine Fela, who are academics  researching the history of transgender Australians. Check out part one here, and see you next week for part 2! PLAYLIST: Newtown Chips – Moonchild Senelly x Dejot Taken for Granted – Sia     The post Trans History with Noah Riseman and Geraldine Fela appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

It’s our last episode of the season! As Sam and Gemma settle into Summer, we thought we’d share Sam’s extensive list of books by trans masc and non-binary writers worthy of your attention. Let us know what your favs are at @trans_warriors on twitter and we’ll share them around. Also, if you have an idea for our show next season, or even want to come in and be a guest host we’d love to have you. Get in touch at [email protected] FICTION Stone Butch Blues – Leslie Feinberg Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl – Andrea Lawlor Confessions of the Fox – Jordy Rosenberg Sisters of No Mercy – Vincent Silk (AUS) YOUNG ADULT One in Every Crowd – Ivan E. Coyote NON-FICTION The Making of a Man – Maxim Februari All the Beginnings: Quinn Eades (AUS) Eugenia: A Man – Suzanne Falkiner (note: cis author, misgendering throughout)  (AUS) Trans Like Me: C N Lester Masculinity Crisis: How it Feels When you Start to Look Like them – Oliver Reeson (AUS) We Both Laughed in Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan – Lou Sullivan, Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland – Louis Sullivan The Testosterone Files: My Hormonal and Social Transformation from Female to Male – Max Wolf Valerio TRANS LEGAL THEORY Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law – Dean Spade GRAPHIC SHORT STORY How to be a Gender Explorer – Samuel Luke (AUS) PLAYLIST: I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend – Ezra Furman  When You Were Mine – Lambchop Warrior Heart – Shawnee I Love Hot Nights – Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers       The post Transgender Warriors: Trans Masc Summer Reading List appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

This week we interview Associate Professor Sandy O’Sullivan, who is a Wiradjuri and trans academic. Their research and teaching include queer studies, art and design, built environment, music, performance, and cultural representation, with a particular focus on First Nations’ agency and aspiration. Sandy is the Deputy Head of School at the School of Creative Industries at the University of the Sunshine Coast. On this episode we have a fascinating chat about museums, trans representation and the need for more storytelling and representation of older trans and non-binary folks in the media. You can keep up to date with Sandy’s work on their twitter account, @sandyosullivan. Sandy is also an advocate and ambassador for Indigenous X. You can see their contributions on the Indigenous X website. Indigenous X also has an excellent rotating twitter account, @IndigenousXLtd. PLAYLIST: Night shift: Lucy Dacus Straight Boy: Shamir Walking in Memphis: Cher Pop Song: Perfume Genius The post Transgender Warriors: Associate Professor Sandy O’Sullivan appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Sam, Joe and Gemma On this episode we chat with J.R Latham, an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University, and Honorary Fellow in Cultural Studies at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is an interdisciplinary researcher and feminist philosopher whose expertise combines critical concepts of ‘drugs’, ageing and narrative with bioethics, queer theory, and science and technology studies (STS) via a focus on gender, sexuality and medicine. We have a fascinating discussion with Joe about trans narratives and medicine, and how that intersects with how people think about their own sexualities and life stories. PLAYLIST:  Keane: Somewhere only we know Metric: Eclipse Kesha: Your Love is my Drug The Honeybees: She Don’t Deserve You   The post Transgender Warriors: JR Latham appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Sam, Anastasia and Gemma On this episode Sam and Gemma sit down and chat with Anastasia Le, who is the co-host of another excellent Joy radio show Trans P.O.V. We discuss the political situation for trans folks in Vietnam, the joys of being a community broadcaster and why the western suburbs of Melbourne are a great place to live! Finally, Sam and Gemma chat about the tilde trans and gender diverse film festival, and why you should definitely go. PLAYLIST:  Nina Simone: I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free Janelle Monáe: Q.U.E.E.N Sinéad O’Connor: No Man’s Woman Grace Jones: Slave to the Rhythm     The post Transgender Warriors: Anastasia Le appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

 On this episode we chat with Associate Professor Dr Angela Dwyer about her career as an Associate Professor in Policing Studies and Emergency Management, School of Social Sciences, at the University of Tasmania.  Her current research interests are focused on how lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people experience policing, and the broader impact of sexuality and gender diversity on criminal justice processes. On the second half of the show we discuss the importance of researching the experiences of trans and gender diverse people facing incarceration.     PLAYLIST:  Bad Cop, Bad Cop – I’m Done NOFX – I’m a transvest-lite The Interruptors – Liberty Bad Cop, Bad Cop – Womanarchist The post Transgender Warriors: Associate Professor Dr Angela Dwyer appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On this episode Sam chats with Jess Mattar from Transgender Victoria, Austin Fabry from the Australian Services Union and Laura McLean from the Finance Sector Union about the role that unions can play in our working lives better. We discuss how each our our guests got into the union movement, how trans and gender diverse people experience sexual harassment in the workplace, whether Pride networks can really save us and how we need to keep fighting for gender-affirming healthcare under Medicare. Finally, to bring us home the gang tell us a few heartwarming union tales. Sam, Jess, Laura and Austin PLAYLIST: Billy Bragg: Sexuality Cable Ties: Say What You Mean George Michael: Flawless Crass: Do they Owe us a Living? The post Transgender Warriors: Trans and gender diverse issues and the union movement appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Photo credit: Peter Hall document.createElement('audio'); http://joy.org.au/transgenderwarriors/wp-content/uploads/sites/435/2019/10/112-Raewyn-Connell-Part-1-Podcast.mp3 On episode 12 Sam interviews Professor Emerita Raewyn Connell, who  has had a long and distinguished  academic career as a sociologist. On the show we discuss feminist theory, sociology, and the ongoing struggle for trans rights across the globe. We couldn’t fit in our full discussion on this episode so we’ll play Sam’s discussion about Professor Connell’s newest publication The Good University: What universities actually do and why it’s time for radical change  on next weeks episode. In the meantime, you can check out more of Professor Emerita Connell’s work here: Website Twitter PLAYLIST:  Anna Calvi – Don’t Beat the Girl out of my Boy Linn da Querbrada – Alavanco Le Tigre – Hot Topic Pūkana, Whānau – Maimoatia Shea Diamond -I’d Love to Change the World The post Transgender Warriors: Professor Emerita Raewyn Connell appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In this episode we were  lucky enough to get to chat with Julie Peters, who is one of the co-founders of Transgender Victoria and the first openly trans person to run for parliament in Australia for the Australian Democrats. In this episode Julie also takes us on a journey through Jungian psychoanalysis, academic writing as performance art, and leads us on a potted history of trans politics in Victoria, including the formation of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby, Transgender Victoria and important law reform efforts that led to our current federal protections against discrimination on the grounds of gender identity. Julie’s thesis works to shed light on the  experiences of trans and gender non-conforming people with the aim of helping health professionals deal with their trans clients as well as shedding light on the normative operation of gender in the social world. Read Julie’s dissertation.  You can also check out Julie’s PhD is which is intriguingly titled “A feminist post-transsexual auto-ethnography on challenging normative gender coercion.” If you’d like to know more about Julie’s fascinating life please check out Julie’s video filmed for Deakin University Health students about gender identity and sexuality. http://joy.org.au/transgenderwarriors/wp-content/uploads/sites/435/2019/10/111-Julie-Peters-Transgender-Warriors.mp3 PLAYLIST: Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus: I am What I am Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus: Under Pressure The post Transgender Warriors: Julie Peters appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On 24 September 2019 Melbourne University hosted an important lecture about transgender communities, law reform and feminism featuring a number of academics including Michelle McNamara, Dr Sandy O’Sullivan, Professor Raewyn Connell, Professor Angela Dwyer, Amao Leota Lu and  J.R Latham. On tonight’s show we play Michelle McNamara and Professor Angela Dwyer’s lectures, and over the next few weeks we’ll be interviewing the other panelists! PLAYLIST: Le Tigre – Dyke March 2001 June Jones – Here Something Beyonce – Formation Shea Diamond – I am Her SPECIAL FEATURE: On the podcast, you can hear Sam and Gemma go on an exciting aural journey back through our first 9 episodes as we celebrate lucky episode 10! Dr Sandy O’Sullivan Amao Leota Lu Dr Angela Dwyer Michelle McNamara       The post Transgender Warriors- Transgender Communities, Law Reform and Feminism Lecture appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On tonight’s show we interview Brooke Murray and Miss Katalyna from No Return: Tales from Melbourne’s Trans Community featuring four trans performers including Miss Katalyna, Darby Turnbull, Lore Burns and Oliver Ayres. Miss Katalyna is a proud Transgender Woman of colour, social media trans activist, youtuber, Plus Size Model and passionate about Diversity and Inclusion in Australia. Brooke Murray is the founder of Small Wonder Arts, which makes joyful and heartbreaking theatre that places trans and gender diverse people centre stage. We chat about the importance of the trans performers and directors of telling their own stories, theatre for young people, the perils of curly-haired folk trying to get haircut and the politics of hair in general! Get your tickets to No Return here   Miss Katalyna PLAYLIST: June Jones: Look at You Go Sheer Diamond: Don’t Shoot The Native Cats: Olivia Brooke Murray: Director of No Return   The post Transgender Warriors: Brooke Murray and Miss Katalyna appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Oliver Reeson is an essayist and screenwriter. They co-created and wrote Homecoming Queens, a web series commissioned by SBS about chronic illness in your 20’s. On our show we discuss trans narratives, the power of stories in forming identity, health battles and the complexity of traversing the world as a non-binary person. One of Oliver’s essays can be found in the new collection Growing Up Queer in Australia, which assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity. On our show, Oliver reads some passages from their touching essay from this collection. You can find more of Oliver’s writing in the Melbourne-based literary journals Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings and The Lifted Brow.  Follow Oliver Reeson on Instagram  and twitter  Subscribe to Oliver’s tiny letters about their experiences on T. TRACKLIST: Belle and Sebastian: Storytelling Tami T: Trans Femme Bonding The Replacements: Androgynous The post Transgender Warriors Local Hero Edition: Oliver Reeson appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Jack Murphy made history by playing the first trans character in Irish TV history on the Irish television soap Fair City. We interview Jack about what life is like for trans and gender diverse people in Ireland, his acting career and some of  the pitfalls of dating whilst trans.  https://www.instagram.com/jackshaunmurphy/ Jack’s transition diaries Follow Jack on twitter  TRACK LIST: The Cranberries – Linger Billy Eilish- Xanny 21 Pilots – Holding onto you Taylor Swift – You need to calm down The post Transgender Warriors: Jack Murphy appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Kochava Lilit is a queer and disability rights activist who absolutely loves being autistic, ADHD, and Jewish. Their culture and heritage is an inextricable part of their activism and identity. Kochava has performed at the Melbourne Writes’ Festival, spoken about queer rights and culture at the United Nations. We interview Kochava about their disability activism, trans advocacy in the youth and gender diverse organisation Ygender, the experience of being Jewish in queer spaces, and the role that gender plays in access to diagnoses and support for autism, ADHD and neurodiversity. We also take a deep-dive into the political situation for trans and gender diverse folks in Australia today. You can follow Kochava on twitter at @QueerJewishCrip Kochava is one of several people running Queer and Trans Inclusion Training for Disability Communities (run by Ygender) on 25 September and 5 October 2019. Ygender is a peer led social support and advocacy group for trans/gender diverse people. Find out more about what they do. Track list: Jerusalem, New York, Berlin by Vampire Weekend Playing D&D by SJ Tucker March of the Jobless Corps by Daniel Kahn Secrets by Mary Lambert   The post Transgender Warriors Local Hero Edition: Kochava Lilit appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

In Episode 5 of Transgender Warriors Sam and Gemma interview Amao Leota Lu, a proud Samoan fa’afafine/ trans woman of color who infuses her identity in her public speaking and performance works. Amao’s talks and performances centre around the elements and tapestry of identity, Pacific culture, self expression, gender and intersectionality. TRACK LIST: Queen: Perfume Genius Better in Black: Thelma Plum I am Stretched on Your Grave: Sinead O’Connor Letters: Matt Corby     The post Transgender Warriors Local Hero Edition: Amao Leota Lu appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On Episode 4 of Transgender Warriors Sam and Gemma interview Vincent Silk, a writer working in fiction and non-fiction, and living in Naarm, Melbourne. His work has been published in the UTS Writers Anthology, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, Archer and Seizure. In his non-fiction he blends poetics and facts and in his fiction he explores possibilities. Sisters of No Mercy is his first novel. Vincent also treats us to a reading of one of his earlier works (from year 3!) and the trans history training that he ran for LGBTIQ+ teens at Camp Out in NSW.     TRACK LIST: Show me Love: Robin S Fantasy: Mariah Carey Silver Springs: Fleetwood Mac The post Transgender Warriors Local Hero Edition: Vincent Silk appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On Episode 3 of Transgender Warriors Gemma flips the script (in a valiant effort to get one episode ahead!) and interviews Transgender Warriors co-host Sam about their life, work and gender journey. TRACKLIST: Papa Was a Rodeo: The Magnetic Fields Kaltes Klares Wasser: Chicks on Speed Laid: James (sorry podcasters Sam forgot to add the track in!) Skee-lo: I Wish Gemma interviews Sam on Episode 3 of Transgender Warriors The post Transgender Warriors – Sam Elkin appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

On our second episode of Transgender Warriors we discuss the life to day and extraordinary musical and artist contribution of ANOHNI, the trans singer, composer and visual artist who first rose to fame after her band Antony and the Johnson’s won the Mercury Music prize for their 2005 album “I am a Bird Now”. If you’d like to learn more about ANOHNI, check out the history of Blacklips performance cult and the video of a 2011 reprisal of one of their liver-throwing performances at HOWL! Finally, to hear from this extraordinary woman herself check out the full Channel 4 interview with ANOHNI, where she discusses her album Hopelessness. Towards the end of the show we discuss the Victorian Birth Certificate Law Reform bill, which was passed in the legislative assembly on 13 August 2019, and will be debated in the Victorian legislative council in the last week of August 2019. To send a letter of support for the bill to your local Member and key crossbenchers, check out the excellent Ygender resource.   Thanks for listening, and until next week stay fierce warriors! TRACK LIST: For Today I Am a Boy: Antony and the Johnsons Cripple and the Starfish: Antony and the Johnsons You are my Sister: Antony and the Johnsons Why did you Separate me from the Earth?: ANOHNI 4 Degrees: ANOHNI New Brighton: Nakhane (feat.ANOHNI) Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Antony and the Johnsons Boy George’s Album covers were a major inspiration for Anohni in her early days as a performer Sam and Gemma celebrate knocking over Episode 2 of Transgender Warriors! The post Transgender Warriors – ANOHNI appeared first on Transgender Warriors.

Transgender Warriors is a brand new show covering a different trans and gender diverse writer, artist, activist, musician and thinker each week. In our first episode of Transgender Warriors we delve into the life, writing and political activism of Leslie Feinberg, the late American author of Stone Butch Blues and Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman. FURTHER VIEWING: You can watch the entirely of Leslie Feinberg’s lecture at Sonoma State University Conference “The Transgender Movement, Yesterday, Today and the Future” here. If you want to learn more about the Free CeCe campaign that Leslie Feinberg was heavily involved in, check out the Free CeCe documentary hosted by Laverne Cox, as well as the film-clip of B.Dolan’s “Which Side are You on?” which features Leslie Feinberg heirself spray-painting “Free CeCe” in gold paint on a courthouse wall. Thanks for listening, and stay fierce warriors! TRACK LIST: Blacklash Blues: Nina Simone Sally Go Round the Roses: The Jaynetts Glad to Be Gay: The Tom Robinson Band Walk on the Wild Side: Lou Reed Revolution: Tracy Chapman Which Side are you on?: B.Dolan Gemma and Sam with Leslie Feinberg’s (very hard to find!) copy of Stone Butch Blues The post Transgender Warriors – Leslie Feinberg appeared first on Transgender Warriors.