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Curator and artist Alec Reade chats with James & Yvette about their Midsumma exhibition Blak Queer Futurism and we also broadcast audio from the exhibition recorded by our producer Michele Vescio.  Musician William Elm discusses their music and their new album Spectrum and we play its title track.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovreignty was never ceded in this countr...

LGBTIQ community treasure and herstorian Joan Nestle gives a memorable interview.  Street artist Ms Saffaa talks about her amazing work.3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Sovreignty was never ceded in this country.

On our Survival Day 2018 episode, author and ally Dr Clare Land discusses her book Decolonising Solidarity: Dilemmas for Supporters of Indigenous Struggle.3CR broadcasts on the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation. Sovreignty was never ceded in this country. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, past, present and emerging.

James & Yvette interview curator Catherine Barrett about Never A Crime, a Midsumma photo exhibition by Lisa White & Alice's Garage, depicting men who have had their convictions expunged by Victoria's Government for consensual sex with other men.  Melanie Eagle from Hepatitis Victoria discusses Victoria's Hepatitis A outbreak and the free vaccinations programme announced by the Victorian Government...

Director Dirk Hoult chats with James about his Midsumma play We Were There, that tells the stories of women who cared for People Living With HIV/AIDS in the 80s and 90s, including Melbourne LGBTIQ community icon Yvonne Gardner, who Dirk shares anecdotes about during the interview.  

The Midsumma Festival's Daniel Santangeli chats about the 2018 Festival.  Manus Island detainee Walid Zazai speaks with James and Yvette on the line from the island.  Katheryn Cramp from Australian Lawyers for Human Rights discusses the plight of LGBTIQ asylum seekers.

Angela Bailey joins James and Yvette in the studio to talk about the We Are Here exhibition at the Midsumma Festival.  Dani Weber chats on the line about the Family edition of Archer Magazine.

It's the day after Australia's Parliament passed historic marriage equality legislation. Dennis Altman discusses the result, how we got there, and what we may expect next.

Natalie Browne from Positive Women Victoria and author JC Burke chat with James & Yvette about HIV/AIDS on World AIDS Day.  Geraldine Fela from No Pride In Detention & the Refugee Action Collective discusses the plight of asylum seekers on Manus Island now that the Australian Government has closed its detention facility there.

It's the week the Marriage Equality Postal Survey result was announced and we broadcast the announcement and celebrations that followed with audio recorded by our producer Michele Vescio.  James chats with Vote Yes activist Chris Kennewell about the result.  Yvette chats with Van Badham about the Me Too Movement.

Construction worker and former men-who-have-sex-with-men health promotion officer Nathan Niessen discusses concepts of masculinity and post gay identity.

LGBTIQ human rights advocate Adam Pulford discusses the recent arrests and human rights abuses of LGBTIQ people in Egypt, sparked by the waving of rainbow flags at a concert.  Georgia Kriz, the New South Wales Volunteers' Coordinator for the Australian Marriage Equality Campaign, analyses the Vote Yes Campaign as it nears the finish line.

Living with HIV advocate and activist Nic Holas, from the Institute of Many, discusses changes to the New South Wales Public Health Act, pertaining to people living with HIV.  https://theinstituteofmany.org/

Andreas Harsono from Human Rights Watch in Indonesia discusses the human rights of the LGBTIQ community in Aceh with James McKenzie.

Charlie Cooper from Headspace discusses the impacts of Australia's Marriage Postal Survey campaign on the mental health of young LGBTIQ+ people.  Dr Nilmini Fernando from WIRE speaks with Yvette Kean about issues for women in financially abusive relationships.  https://headspace.org.au/  https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/  https://www.wire.org.au/  QLife 1800 184 527.

As Australia awaits a High Court decision about whether the Marriage Postal Vote Survey may proceed, Rodney Croome analyses the campaign so far with James McKenzie.

Mama Alto delivers an in depth interview with James McKenzie about her music as a platform to transcend oppression.  3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovereignty was never ceded. 

Writer Brandon Cook gives a candid studio interview and shares his thoughts on the Australian Government's proposal for the mandatory testing of young welfare recipients.  https://www.qlife.org.au/

Beau Newham from Australian Volunteers For International Development discusses working in the HIV/AIDS sector at Yayasan Gaya Dewata in Bali, Indonesia.

Lisa Dib discusses Slut Walk Melbourne, its Slut Fest fundraiser and the global movement of empowerment behind the Walk.https://qlife.org.au/ https://www.rape-dvservices.org.au/

Human Rights activist Adam Pulford from Pink Wolves discusses reports about the killing of queer men in Chechnya. Little Ones Theatre Director Stephen Nicolazzo and actor Sapidah Kian discuss their production Merciless Gods, an adaptation of the writings of Christos Tsiolkas. 

Matt Parsons & Russ Vickery from My Other Closet, The Cabaret, chat in the studio about their production.  DJ Niveen Abdelatty, the trumpet player from Candy Royale And The Freed Radicals, joins James & Yvette later in the studio.3CR broadcasts from the stolen lands of the Kulin Nation.  Sovreignty was never ceded in this country.