Queer View Mirror
By Queer View Mirror
Queer View MirrorFeb 21, 2021
Incarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community Fund with Witt Gorrie
In this episode Sam interviews Witt Gorrie about a new national fundraiser to provide financial and material support to trans and gender diverse people who are incarcerated. Witt is a white trans social worker who has worked alongside communities impacted by criminalisation for the past decade.
Writing Themselves In 4 with Adam, Issy and Mac
In this episode Sam and Gemma interview Adam, Issy and Mac about the Writing themselves in 4 report, which asked 6,418 LGBTQA+ people aged 14 to 21 about their experiences with education, homelessness, harassment, assault, mental health, community connections and more. Issy and Mac were part of the survey, and Dr Adam Bourne is an Associate Professor of Public Health and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS).
Queer Poetry with Omar Sakr
In this episode we interview Omar Sakr, an award-winning poet born and raised in Western Sydney to Lebanese and Turkish Muslim migrants. He is the author of These Wild Houses (Cordite Books, 2017), which was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Calanthe Award and the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, as well as The Lost Arabs (University of Queensland Press, 2019), which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award. He is the first Arab-Australian Muslim to win this prestigious award.
Growing up Disabled in Australia with Patrick Gunasekera
Today on the show Sam interviews Patrick Gunasekera about his new piece in Growing Up Disabled in Australia, which was released by Black Ink Publishing this month. Patrick is a queercrip Sinhala interdisciplinary artist who lives, works and plays on the Whadjuk region of the Noongar nation, disrupting white and settler epistemologies of art through writing, photography, visual arts, live art, theatre, and advocacy. He has been published in Voiceworks, Australian Poetry Journal, Seesaw, Pelican and the Centre For Stories’s anthology Wave After Wave.
TransForum with Joshua Francis
In this episode Sam and Gemma interview Joshua Francis, a producer and writer who creates art for social change; advocating for LGBTIQ+ and multicultural communities. Joshua gives us the lowdown on TransForum, an online gathering for trans and gender diverse people to build their capacity in peer support, kick-start new projects and celebrate existing projects within the community.
Queering the NGV with Dr Hannah McCann
In this episode Sam chats with Dr Hannah McCann, a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne about her essay 'Queer I: Seeing Queerly' in the NGV Triennial 2020 companion essay collection. Hannah tells us a bit about about the history of queer theory including the provocative work of activist group Queer Nation.
Everything in its Right Place with Tobias McCorkell
In this episode Sam interviews Tobias McCorkell about his debut novel "Everything in its Right Place", which is a coming of age novel set in Coburg.
Non-binary experiences of Endometriosis with Evie Clayton
In this episode Gemma interviews Evie Clayton about the difficulty accessing respectful and inclusive healthcare for trans and non-binary people with endometriosis.
BONUS: Bourne to Drag with Marli Kernich-Drew and Freddie Merkin
In this bonus episode we interview Marli Kernich-Drew from the podcast "Bourne to Drag" about their upcoming live drag show at Pride of Our Footscray with drag king Freddie Merkin.
Queer Experiences of Sport with Fiona McLachlan
Sociologist Dr Fiona McLachlan, is a senior lecturer in sports studies in the College of Sport and Exercise Science and a research fellow at the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University. She is the leader of Rainbow Fit, a project exploring issues relating to health and physical activity for LGBTIQ+ people.