Queer View Mirror

Sam and Hamish have a set of literary guests join them on the show. They have a chat with Brisbane writer James Tolcher about his debut memoir Poof exploring the young gay experience in Australia. The team also talk with Danielle Scrimshaw about her new book, She and Her Pretty Friend which looks at the hidden history of lesbian and bisexual women in Australia.

Gemma and Sam have a chat with Benjamin Hegarty, author of The Made Up State: Technology, Trans Femininity, and Citizenship in Indonesia . They also are joined by trans-masc performer, Oliver Ayres, to talk about his intimate one-on-one piece showing as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival: I'm Ready To Talk Now exploring chronic illness and extended hospital stays.

The team have a large line up of guests on the show; Sam has a chat with Michael Earp and Alison Evans about the newly released queer fairytale anthology Everything Under the Moon . They then talk all things Melbourne Fringe; welcoming Han Arbuthnott to have a talk about their trans comedy show, How to Shave; Sam also chats with trans-advocate Sally Goldner about the surreal performance installati...

The Queer View Mirror crew have a chat with Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Dr Geraldine Fela, about the upcoming public talk: Talking About Listening: Oral Histories exploring HIV nursing during the AIDS crisis.

Sam and Hamish are joined by author Noah Riseman and trans activist Julie Peters to talk about Transgender Australia: A History since 1910 , a book exploring the lives, impacts history of the trans and gender-diverse community in Australia. The crew also have a chat with trans, queer, and neurodiverse sexologist, relationship mediator, Daz Alexandra Tender, who is also the founder and director of...

Hamish and Sam have a chat with Craig Seligman about his newly released book Who Does That Bitch Think She Is? Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag capturing the life and legacy of Doris Fish; The team also talk with Craig Cormick about his creative biography A Darker Shade of Moonlite following Australian gay bushranger Captain Moonlite.

Sam and Hamish have a chat with AP Pobjoy the director of Unerased , an online series following nine transgender students on the verge of graduating who document their lives with their phones and cameras. The team also talk with Austin Fabry-Jenkins, the Co-Convenor of the Victorian Pride Lobby about the recently released report revealing the violence, abuse and harrassment against the trans and g...

Hamish and Sam have a chat with queer poet Jarad Bruinstroop about his debut poetry collection Reliefs ; the crew also talk with Professor Ben Campkin who will be launching his book Queer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s in Melbourne next week; they then chat with classical concert pianist and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music lecturer, Coady Green, who runs 'Tempo Queer' in Bruns...

Hosts Hamish McLachlan and Sam Elkin are joined by 3 guests on this self proclaimed 'Posh Edition' of Queer View Mirror. Jarad Bruinstroop join the team to speak about his debut poetry collection "Reliefs" that speaks to his experience as a gay man growing up in and immediately after Bjelke-Peterson's Queensland, and reads some of his works from this collection. Professor Ben Campkin, who teaches...

Hamish and Sam hold down the fort in this Radiothon special; Convince Janet and Mark Cafarella to subscribe Benny the cat and the crew talk with trans, non-binary and disabled writer and broadcaster: Jasper Peach about the importance of community radio.

Rowan Heath joins Hamish and Sam to discuss their short story, 'The Mannequin', which was the winner of the 2023 Australian Book Review Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. There were a total of 1,200 entrants in this year's prize, with entries from 38 different countries. They discuss the writing process, the importance of queer representation in major writing competitions, what it’s like to read...

The team speak to Shaneel Lal about their memoir " One Of Them ", being the Young New Zealander of the year and successfully lobbying the New Zealand govt. to outlaw conversion therapy. Tara Suamba and Joe Ishow from Q+ Law also join the hosts to talk about the peer-run and non-for-profit services Q+ Law offer for members of the LGBTQIA+ community needing legal services and advice. Hosted by Gemma...

The team speak to Tess Devèze about their agender and LGBTQIA+ inclusive Melbourne based somatic sexology and sexuality occupational therapy. Gemma and Sam also speak with Vuk Lungulov-Klotz and Alexander Stegmaier, writer-director and producer of the film 'Mutt' screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival. They also talk with Gabriel Carrubba, director of Melbourne set queer coming of...

Author Steph Lentz joins hosts Gemma and Hamish to talk about her memoir In/Out, her experience of 'falling into love and out of the church' after being publicly sacked as a teacher at a Sydney Christian school for coming out as gay. Later, Mitch Nevalis, photographer and filmmaker, and now 'amateur footy player' talks about their new film Equal the Contest (2023). The film follows the Mount Alexa...

Social worker Erin Riley joins Gemma and Hamish to talk about their new book A Real Piece of Work, a collection of essays about "family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy, hard graft of becoming one’s authentic self." Also, Danish Sheikh discusses their lecture-performance 'Much To Do With Law / But More To Do With Love' about the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India...

Author Kerry Taylor joins hosts Sam, Claire and Hamish to discuss her debut novel, ‘Mr Smith to You’, based on the true story of transgender Australian jockey Bill Smith. Together they discuss how Kerry discovered Bill’s story and how she navigated retelling it in a conscious, mindful way. Later, president of Pacifique X, Marqy Kitione and contestant Telesia Burnley talk about Victoria’s first Mis...

Naarm-based author and journalist Paul Dalgarno drops by the studio to talk about his new book ‘Prudish Nation’ and Australia’s complex relationship with sexuality and gender. Alongside hosts Gemma and Hamish, they discuss what it means to be ‘prudish’ and the consequences of a conservative attitude towards sex and nudity. Later, Australian sociologist and professor from The University of Sydney,...

LGBTIQA+ equality advocate and academic Rodney Croome joins hosts Sam, Gemma, and Hamish to talk about his campaign in establishing an LGBTQIA+ representative to sit as part of the Australian Human Rights Commission. They discuss why discrimination against queer communities is not taken seriously enough and what we can do to address the recent attacks against drag queen storytime events. After, an...

Hosts Hamish, Gemma, and Chloe discuss the recent media coverage of controversial naarm-based academic Holly Lawford Smith’s anti-trans campaign. Later, they are joined by Gomeroi-descendent and drag performer Dorreen Manganini. Together they talk about Melbourne’s iconic 1980s/1990s drag scene and Manganini's experience being an indigenous drag performer.

Sam, Gemma and Hamish are firstly joined by Billy-Ray Belcourt, a writer from the Driftpile Cree Nation. They discuss his new novel, A Minor Chorus , which draws from his own identity as both a queer and Indigenous person. Then, educator and writer Dan Hogan discusses their debut collection of poetry, Secret Third Thing . With presenters Sam Elkin, Gemma Cafarella and Hamish McLachlan Program Page...

In a ‘Melbourne Writers Festival’ special-episode, Mununjali-writer Ellen van Neerven joins the program to discuss her new book ‘Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity’ and the experience of sport as a queer individual. After, Brisbane-based writer Kris Kneen talks about her ‘Queering the Cannon’ panel at this years writers festival and how books can shape our sexuality and gender.

LGBTIQA+ sport researcher Dr. Ryan Storr from Swinburne University joins the program to discuss the recent landmark decision from Basketball Australia to ban transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers from participating in their women’s competition. Together they explore trans athletes' policies across sport and the inherent discriminatory nature of these policies. Later, Lucy and Stacy from ‘Queen Beaver’...

Hamish and Sam are joined by Jackie Turner, director of the ‘Trans Justice Project’. Together they discuss the emerging anti-trans rhetoric in the Australian legislature and how we can battle transphobia on social media. Later, Naarm-based writer Tim Loveday drops by the studio to talk about his new piece ‘Aftermath’, published in the Overland literary magazine.

Tabitha Lean (guest editor of the Incarceration edition of Archer Magazine ) and Amy Middleton (the founder of  Archer Magazine ) join the show to talk about Incarceration, prison abolition, and radical possibility. Then Kanika Chopra, the founder, curator, and editor of the zine More Than Melanin , discusses the difference between a magazine and a zine, the importance of payment instead of just e...

In this show, two editors discuss their different anthologies. Poet, director, playwright, spoken-word artist, and editor Mohammad Awad joins the show to chat about the new book that he co-edited called Admissions: Voices within mental health and reads an excerpt of his own poem Episodes from the anthology. Then American author and editor Joe Vallese discusses It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflec...