Queering The Air

This week on the show Em speaks with Sumarlinah and Daisy about their experiences working as different embodiment practitioners with queer and trans people.  More info on Transomatics can be found hereMore info on Feel Free Yoga can be found here  Songs featured on the show today were Shawty by BVT, Shadows by Pillow Pro, 4AM by Nitefruit ft Fairy Boy, The name of the sun is slowly spoken by Papap...

We hear from Latoya Aroha Rule speaking on the Justice for Fella campaign, including the campaign nationally to legislate a ban on dangerous spit hoods, and on abolition politics—as well as news and tunes. Latoya is an Aboriginal & Maori, Takatāpui researcher, undertaking their PhD at UTS on Gadigal Land. Wiradjuri, Kokatha and Wirangu man, Wayne Fella Morrison, their brother, was a father, fisher...

Support Queering the Air's radiothon at our crowdraiser! Shout outs to support Wuurn of Kanak and Love for Crystal Love. We hear from Gala Vanting speaking on the Emerging Writers' Festival and The Intro Room's event, Sex work in Space, who speaks about her practices, sex worker advocacy and community. We then hear from Leilani who speaks on local films: Skate Bitches, Atong Atem's Banksia, My Fir...

First, we shout out to the Justice for Wayne Fella Morrison campaign, including the petition to #BanSpitHoods to Stop Black Deaths in Custody. Also, check out the campaign's Gofundme. We then hear from part of the Rally for Harm Reduction in the Inner West, chaired by Phoebe McDonald and Liz Walsh (Vic Socialists). Speakers include: Sione Crawford, Harm Reduction Victoria; Yasemin Jensen-Solyom, F...

We hear first from Samah Sabawi speaking at the Free Palestine rally (follow Free Palestine Melbourne).Next, Iris speaks to Nick about the disruption to the police marching in Midsumma pride parade (see Pride in protest Naarm).Then, Em chats to Laniyuk, who shares poetry on pride, exploring the systemic problems with the corporate, colonial, cop friendly politics of pride. Also see by Laniyuk, 'Wr...

First, we hear a little from the Stop Black Deaths in Custody rally held on April 10th, in the week of 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal deaths in Custody. Support the grassroots Dhadjowa foundation, and see demands from families here. Second, we hear from the Justice for Mhelody Polan Bruno rally.  In Melbourne on April 6th, Filipino, Trans, and Asian communities held a vigil an...

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions and discussions of mental health and illness, othering, and queerphobia that may be distressing for some listeners. If this type of content is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, or lifeline.org.au, Switchboard Victoria on 1800 184 527 or switchboard.org.au, or contact your state-based service.  Michele Vescio speaks with Hunt...

We hear from the No to transphobia rally held at the Univesrity of Melbourne on the 3rd of March, held by student union queer groups and the NTEU. The rally responds to the University defending trans exclusionary rhetoric and a new website by one academic as 'free speech'. We hear from a representative from the Queer political action collective, Amelia Bright the UMSU Queer Officer, Geraldine Fela...

14:57: We hear from Tilly talking about The Food Angels, a queer mutual aid project(chuffed, Instagram). 30:10: Second, we hear from Leilani and Morag on their art collaborations, friendship, ableism and care. See Leilani and Morag's art from March 9 as part of an exhibition curated by Jemi Gale at the Bus Projects. MentionsSubscribe to 3CR to keep us going! Pride in Protest "MEDIA RELEASE: SAVE S...

Kee'ahn - Better ThingsTracy Chapman - Talkin' bout a revolution 6:30 - Introductions, shout out to Futuna Youth Nursery,  Wuurn of Kanak, Fundraiser, podcast with more on Women on the Line. Alice Skye - Speak Your Language 17:17 - We hear from Alex who talks about the House of Mutual Learning initiative, talking on themes of community support, mental health, to healing. HOML's fundraiser, Instagr...

First we hear some news and shout-outs (below). Then we hear from Pas Forgione, who has been active in welfare rights for many years on a range of topics including reflections on 2020, to welfare and queers, to precarious work. Second, we'll hear from Alex Bouchet, lead candidate for Pride in Protest's push to get on the board of Mardi Gras, challenging pink dollar cop friendly politics,  talking...

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions and discussions of violence against women and girls, physical and emotional abuse, sexual violence, economic abuse, isolation, and queerphobia that may be distressing for some listeners. If this type of content is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, or lifeline.org.au, Switchboard Victoria on 1800 184 527 or switchboard.org.au...

We hear from Arika Waulu being interviewed by Priya Kunjun from 3CR's Thursday Breakfast on the Wuurn of Kanak Landback initiative. Second, we hear from Emily and Victor of the alt rock band Edith Lane on the recent launch of their album, Eden on the Park. Also MentionedIRL Infoshop xmas hampersIncarcerated Trans & Gender Diverse Community FundTracksKee'ahn - Better ThingsAlice Skye - Grand IdeasE...

Our guest this week is LGBTIQ+ liberationist, Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women member, Alison Thorne who discusses the need for a health response, instead of policing the pandemic, including protest repression, as well as reflections on responses to the HIV / AIDS pandemic in the time of another pandemic. Fundraiser shout-outsCOVID-19 Victorian First Nations Mutual Aid FundIncarcerated Tr...

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode contains descriptions and discussions of intimate partner violence, psychological abuse, family violence, domestic violence, physical violence, queerphobia, and mental health issues. If this is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline (13 11 14), Switchboard Victoria (1800 184 527), or contact your state-based service. In this episode, we discus...

This week we cover two areas: stories from people who have been inside prisons, and organising to change conditions of precarious housing. These are both areas where the pandemic have intensified already existing inequalities. First, we hear extracts from two speakers from the Abolition and Transformative Justice Centre's webinar Stories from Inside Prison in late July, featuring author and advoca...

We are in a serious global pandemic health crisis. States around the world, including the Andrews state government have tackled the virus cop-heavy and with blanket responses minimising their own health failures and leaving many behind. We can imagine another approach, grounded in resourcing communities, health and harm reduction. We hear from four guests, who touch on some of the significant issu...

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode contains descriptions and discussions of discrimination towards queer people, othering, Islamophobia, sex, and religion. If this is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline (13 11 14), Switchboard Victoria (1800 184 527), or contact your state-based service. Michele Vescio speaks with Niveen Abdelatty, a queer Muslim woman of colour and a politi...

We hear a conversation with Petra Blagojevic on violence within queer relationships (non-graphic), survivor support, politics beyond the not-for-profit industrial complex, care in the pandemic, mutual aid, reflections and more. MentionedUndercurrent's Support and Safety Planning resources during the Covid-19 pandemicThe Revolution will not be FundedHolding accountable [Instagram]Pandemic fundraise...

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode contains descriptions and discussions of HIV stigma and discrimination. If this is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au, Switchboard Victoria on 1800 184 527 or switchboard.org.au, or contact your state-based service. Michele Vescio speaks with activist, writer, and amateur archivist Beau Newham about his HIV h...

We hear from Karen d'Konyak on Victoria Police and the state turning public housing into temp prisons in the name of 'public health'. The interview with Karen was done by Mini from DIY show Satellite Skies. Later hear from Positively Positive in Seattle on Black Lives Matter to HIV, not-for-profits, asexuality, friendship, creativity and more. Music:Poison - Dark WaterWoke Blokes - Thelma PlumSong...

Content warning: Please be aware that this episode contains descriptions or discussions of state violence, queerphobia, mental health, suicide, and the effects of structural racism. If this is a trigger for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au, Switchboard Victoria on 1800 184 527 or switchboard.org.au, or contact your state-based service. Michele presents a series of commen...

We hear an excerpt from 3CR's live cross at WAR's Stop Black Deaths in Custody rally / Black lives matter rally in Melbourne, with Meriki Onus' opening speech. We then hear from Sam Elkin from the St Kilda Legal Service's LGBTIQ Legal Service on the launch of the Roberta Perkins Law Project. Next we revisit interviews from 2019 on sociologist, trans and sex worker rights activist Roberta Perkins,...

Queering The Air acknowledges the injustices happening in America and the protests in relation to the recent death of George Floyd. We acknowledge that since 1991 that over 420 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in police custody as a result of continued colonialism, capitalism, white supremacy, and neoliberalism. Stop Black Deaths in custody. Indigenous Lives Matter. Black Liv...

We hear shout-outs to crowdraisers: First Nations Covid-19 fund, Undocumented Migrants Covid19 fund, Emergency Support Fund for Sex Workers, and RISE's Emergency Appeal. We then hear from Julia Rose Bak on care work and disability (Previously aired on GNC and women's voices show Women On The Line).Support the June 3CR Station Appeal to keep radical radio alive! Finally, we go back to September 201...