In Ya Face

Documentary with queer artists and musicians during Covid.  Features Jacob Thomas, Philip Soliman, Fabio Perozzi, Kitty Chrystal & Nite Fruit, Joshua Francis, Bradley Storer, HeartAttracks with Hny Mlk, Guy James Whitworth, Benedict, Joshua Pocius, Lore Burns, Ben Youdan, Michael Butera, Benjamin Trillado, Skye, Tanya George.  Includes songs by the musicians. Interviews recorded remotely, May to O...

Interviews with Dr Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia and Kirsti Miller.  Fascism historian Dr Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia from Texas State University discusses Trump and the Far Right during the election campaign.  http://burntcitrus.com/  Diversity in sport expert and former world champion athlete Kirsti Miller critiques World Rugby's ban on transgender women players. She also discusses the inclusion pro...

Interviews with April, Ghassan Kassisieh and Graeme Watson.  April from Community Action For Rainbow Rights talks about their protest in Sydney last weekend against One Nation's Education Bill.  Ghassan Kassisieh from Equality Australia discusses their campaign to abolish the Gay Panic Defence in South Australia.  Graeme Watson chats with James about the latest LGBTIQ news in Out In Perth.  3CR br...

Interviews with actor Lore Burns and filmmaker Alfred Pek.  Lore Burns chats about their non-binary identity and their acting, including upcoming play Early Days. They also chat about pirates, cancel culture and asexuality.  Alfred Pek discusses his documentary Freedom Street, about refugees stranded in Indonesia.  https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/freedom-street/  https://www.kickstarte...

Interviews with Luke Forester and Joe Ball.  Queer performer Luke Forester discusses life after the Gays Are Revolting and sexual racism in the community.  https://www.instagram.com/lukeslikeanant/  Switchboard CEO Joe Ball discusses their new Rainbow Door support service for the LGBTIQA+ Community.  https://www.rainbowdoor.org.au/  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Soverei...

Interviews with queer activists Brent Allan Kidd and Neil Pharaoh.  Brent Allan Kidd discusses Mental Health and how he battled Australia's discriminatory Immigration regime to remain in Australia with his partner and won. He also chats about life in rural Victoria during Covid.  Neil Pharaoh shines a light on astroturfing and how to spot it. He also chats about Give Out Day, polarising media cove...

Interviews with artist Fabio Perozzi and community worker Suzy Malhotra.  Fabio Perozzi chats about Covid in Milan, his migration to Australia and his artwork and journey as an illustrator.  https://www.instagram.com/undermyskin73/  Suzy Malhotra discusses her work at Living Positive Victoria, the peak body for People Living With HIV in Victoria, and her journey working with the Living with HIV Co...

Skye talks about their new single Love Like That.  Tanya George chats about her new single Normality.  Dr Catherine Barrett discusses two of her latest projects: Queer Strong and The Kindness Pandemic.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded.  https://www.facebook.com/watch/iamskyemusic/  https://www.tanyageorgemusic.com.au/  https://www.thekindnessp...

Interviews with Adam Carr and Ben Youdan.  Journalist and activist Adam Carr discusses co-founding Melbourne's gay and lesbian press in 1979 and reporting on HIV/AIDS during the early years of the epidemic.  UK artist Ben Youdan discusses his visual art, Tom of Finland and the influences the Leather Community has on his work and identity.  http://benyoudanart.com/  3CR broadcasts from the stolen l...

Interviews with Bradley Storer and Alastair Lawrie.   Bradley Storer discusses Dark and Weimar Cabaret and his move into acting. We play his cover of Nick Cave's Little Water.  Alastair Lawrie explains how One Nation's Education Amendment (Parental Rights) Bill  erases the rights of queer and gender diverse kids in New South Wales schools under the guise of parents' rights.  He discusses the impac...

Interviews with three non-binary guests: Kitty Chrystal from queer music duo Nite Fruit and activists Jacob Thomas and Joel Murray.  Nite Fruit are Kitty Chrystal (pic left) and Prani Harrison. We open the show with their new single Mine, from their newly released EP Disintegrate and chat with Kitty about their music.   https://www.facebook.com/nitefruitband  Jacob Thomas talks about their activis...

Interviews with Dr Joshua Pocius, Dylan and Peaches from Vixen Collective and novelist Peter Polites.  Dr Joshua Pocius discusses Post AIDS Cinema, porn from an academic perspective, bio politics and health ethics.  http://joshuapocius.com/  Dylan and Peaches discuss issues for sex workers during Melbourne's Stage Four restrictions and Victoria's Sex Work Decriminalisation Review. An emergency fun...

Interviews with Benedict and Justine Dalla Riva.    Benedict talks about her new single Warzone and music video and we play the track.   Justine Della Riva discusses the Victorian Pride Centre and its community vision.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9D4bfMkN_g https://pridecentre.org.au/  Pride Centre update: building sub-contractors may now work on multiple sites under Victoria's Stage Four re...

Interviews with artist Guy James Whitworth and Pink Advocate editor Jesse Jones.  Includes music.  Guy James Whitworth talks about how the miners' strikes in the UK, when he was a child, instilled a punk and anarchist ethos in his art that is expressed today through social justice symbolism.  Jesse Jones talks about sex workers' rights and welfare, community health, trans people in rugby, queer bo...

Interviews with Linzi Kurileff, Michael Butera and Nevena Spirovska.  Linzi Kurileff chats about her years on Bent TV and her time managing lesbian bar The Glasshouse in Melbourne.  Michael Butera talks about his new single The Green Garden, his music career in Canada and the United States and his theatrical work in Melbourne.  Nevena Spirovska talks about the newly named Victorian Pride Lobby, fo...

Interviews with Dr Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia and Cheryl Overs.  Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia is a queer person, author and Fascism expert. He is the Assistant Professor of Digital History at Texas State University.  He discusses Trump's handling of the current pandemic in the United States, Trump's Far Right policies and Fascism and the upcoming Presidential Election.  http://burntcitrus.com/  Cher...

Interview with Dean Lim about Victoria's Sex Work Decriminalisation Review.  Dean is a sex worker, advocate and broadcaster.  He participated in a recent consultation by Sex Workers' Voices Victoria to ascertain issues and insights from male-identifying sex workers for a submission to the Review.  Sex Workers' Voices Victoria  is a pop-up project of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health at Mo...

Interviews with Rick Spencer and Spiro Economopoulos.  Rick Spencer is a non-binary person, teacher and researcher, who advocates for safe spaces and best practice policies for queer and gender diverse students and teachers.  They are the Sociology of Media in Australia Convenor for the Australian Sociological Association.  Spiro Economopoulos is the Program Director at the Melbourne Queer Film Fe...

Interviews and new music from queer musicians HeartAttracks & Benjamin Trillado.  We hear four beautifully polished demos from HeartAttracks aka Alexandre Dubois, including a collaboration with Yvonn Raphael aka Yoann Pareja.  HeartAttracks talks about the tracks and the emotional journeys that inspired their creation.  Instagram @heartattracks  https://soundcloud.com/heartattracks  Benjamin Trill...

Interviews with Joe Ball, Switchboard & Rodney Croome, Just Equal.  Joe Ball discusses the impacts on Switchboard's clients and staff during the pandemic, changes to Switchboard's service delivery during Covid and the need for $100,000 in additional funding for Switchboard to meet LGBTIQ Community demands during this time.     QLife https://www.qlife.org.au/ 1800 184 527.   Rodney Croome discusses...

Queer Wiradjuri Mitch Hibbens gives an extended interview, including connections to country, family and community, systemic racism in Australia, Blak Lives Matter and racism within the LGBTIQ community.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded in this country.   3CR's Online Appeal runs throughout June to keep our community radio station on the airwav...

Music in solidarity with Black Lives Matter. Our music selections were inspired by the protests in America and issues that evoked them.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded in this country.  Events have moved very quickly in Australia since we pre-recorded the show and went to air.  3CR has produced a riveting podcast of the speeches from Melbourn...

Philip Soliman aka DJ Goat Spokesperson chats about being a Virtual DJ in social isolation.  Includes music.  https://www.facebook.com/philsolimanartist  http://philsoliman.com/wp/   3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Simo Soo Guest DJs on In Ya Face. First broadcast on 3CR 11 January 2019.    Language warning: includes coarse lyrics.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded.

Interviews with Ruan Uys and Joshua Francis.  Ruan discusses their Living with HIV/AIDS support work at the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation in Sydney and their own personal experiences and insights living with HIV. Melbourne queer arts producer Joshua Francis discusses their work and shares their insights about living as a queer artist during Covid-19.  3CR broacasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin...