The Gender Agenda

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss some international good trans news before talking with director Walt Dyson and nonbinary actor, Faun Xe about the new play, “All Bull”, about toxic masculinity, played by an all-female and TGD cast. We also chat with nonbinary DJ and musical artist, Dirty Versachi, about their brand-new single, ENBY COWGIRLFRMHELL . Music played on tonight’s...

Joss, Rebeckah and Jen discuss the upcoming Tilde Trans Film Festival, recap the Queer Wedding Expo and Trans Book Festival and talk about trans and lesbian solidarity as part of Lesbian Visibility Week. We also chat with trans music journalist Ellie Robinson and nonbinary music artist Tay Blunt about their upcoming all-trans music festival, TRANSGENRE Volume III, in Adelaide on 23rd of May, as we...

Joss, Rebeckah, Pharrell, Jen and Quinn discuss the Trans Book Festival, the upcoming release of the Tilde Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival program and next weekend’s Queer Wedding Expo where Rebeckah will be modelling. Plus, we also recap the TGD content from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. We also chat with Erin and Bec about their incredible trans-owned, trans-run busin...

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss a bit of trans-centred good news from around the world, International Asexuality Day (with Joss and Jen discussing some of their asexual relationship) and we talk about some of our own writing experiences within the trans community space and other forms of creativity that trans people are drawn to. We round out the show with a discussion about self-care and su...

Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen, Joss and Lee start off by discussing what Trans Day of Visibility means to us as trans people. We also chat with non-binary comedian Maddy Weeks about their show, Queerly Beloved before we get DJ, Activist and trans woman of colour, Miss Katalyna talking about what visibility means for trans people of colour and we round out the show with Joss asking our trans gender-queer ps...

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss Transgender Day of Visibility events and A Very Fruity Ball. We also chat with trans masc. comedian Chris McAllister about his Comedy Festival show as well as Yoz Mensch from South Australia about their show.  We also take a look at the fabulous queer representation at this year’s Comedy Festival. Music played on tonight’s live show: Franco –...

Joss, Rebeckah and Quinn discuss Quinn’s return after her recent surgery as well as Neurodiversity Celebration Week and the huge intersection of neurodivergence and being trans. We also chat with Trans Book Fair festival director Eli and Book Editor Savannah about the Trans Book Fair event and writing in the trans community. Music played on tonight’s live show: Falling So Hard (LION Ge...

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Miranbda discuss the Chillout Festival and International Women’s Day events and play back some of the Midsumma Pride March interviews Rebeckah did with members of the TGD community on the day. We also play back a chat we had with trans Naarm-based writer and performer, Gabrielle Fallen, about her play, Mature Skin, being performed 11 – 22 March. Music played on...

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss and reflect on our highlights from the summer’s queer events. We also chat with visiting professor, Oliver Haimson from University of Michigan about his book “Trans Technologies”, and drill down into a specific discussion about enhancing safety for TGD and BIPOC people using technology. We also chat with US expat, Associate Professor Phoebe T...

Miranda, Quinn, Joss and Jen discuss our feelings and experiences around gender-affirming surgeries and the many ways TGD folks affirm our genders aside from surgery. We also play back a pre-recorded interview Joss and Jen did with Transgender Victoria’s Communications Manager, Hank, where they talk about the important advocacy work TGV does for the trans and gender diverse community, partic...

Rebeckah, Miranda and Quinn discuss OG TGA host Miranda’s time on one of JOY’s other shows, Geeks Out and catch up on what’s been going on in Miranda’s life since she last co-hosted the show. Rebeckah reports back on her Valentine’s Day date, Quinn talks about her experience at the Laneway music event and Miranda talks about where the name of the show “The Gende...

Joss, Quinn and Jen discuss the singer from Mark of Cain coming out as transgender, we talk about the recent Pride street party in Melbourne and some of the unfortunate transphobia occurring around the Sydney Mardi Gras. We have a fabulous discussion with Melbourne transgender playwright, Daxie Carnay, as she talks about her upcoming new show, “Mr Big”. Music played on tonight’s...

It’s our first LIVE episode back after the summer break! Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss what’s in store for our second season and recap all the fabulous summer queer and trans community events. We also chat with Renea and Charlotte, the mother & daughter team behind the awesome and incredibly popular Ballarat TGD Swap Shop. Music played on tonight’s live show: Sticky &...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this, our final show for the year, we talk about some exhibits by trans artists at Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts (ACCA) and more Midsumma events. We talk about our personal highlights for the year and what brings us joy during the holidays . We then get to know Victoria’s Commissioner...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about our favourite seasons , our favourite things about summer and play our favourite songs of summer (listed below). We talk about NZ following the international right-wing trend of banning puberty blockers for trans young people and discuss the impact of the UK statements on gender that may...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about Trans Awareness Week, culminating in Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) and we have a minute’s silence in honour of all the members of our trans community who have lost their lives to violence. We talk about why visibility and awareness is so important and discuss...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen and Quinn for another fresh episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our week, then discuss Transgender Victoria’s recent Gender Revel Gala , which we all attended. We also talk about what we each saw at the Tilde trans film festival , and chat with non-binary filmmaker Luka Gracie about their incredible film, “ Found “,...

Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah  and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our week, discuss the ongoing petition to reverse the QLD government’s ban on puberty blockers for trans kids, and chat to some trans creatives. First off the rank, we chat with Mish Keating about their short film, “Bagua” . Next we chat with Melbourne darling...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss,  Rebeckah,   Jen, and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, briefly discuss Halloween, then the latest international trans news , talk  about the Queensland government redefining “female” and having their puberty-blocker ban overturned ( for a few hours, at least… )  We chat with festival curat...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn, Rebeckah and Pharrell for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, discuss the interactions between dysphoria and sexuality , talk  about the NT prison system’s impact on trans people and celebs involved in the Harry Potter remake and their claims that they had no knowledge of JKR’s transphobia bef...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! It’s Festival time, so in this show, we recap our weeks, discuss the Fringe Festival shows we saw , talk some more about the upcoming TILDE TGD Film Festival and tomorrow night’s opening of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the fact that it seems to contain more fabulous trans content ever...

Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah, Jen, Joss and Quinn for another all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, we talk about the upcoming TILDE (Trans) Film Festival running from October 31st to November 2nd, as well as looking ahead to Transgender Victoria’s “Gender Revel Gala” and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival program launch. We also discuss International Lesbian Day...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! In this show, Jen talks about her attendance at a discussion group debunking myths about trans women in sport , we discuss the awesome trans representation at the Melbourne Fringe Festival , we get to know a bit more about our Trans Psychologist, Lee and we pose some very interesting listener questions...

Join Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee as we respond to the news that co-host Quinn just got engaged – congratulations, Quinny!! So of course we have a discussion about our thoughts on getting married. We also have a report back about a panel discussion Jen attended on debunking trans myths in sport and we talk about the general state of sport around the world and the ways trans people are exclude...

Join hosts Quinn, Joss and Jenn as they discuss marriage in the trans community, a promising new study on the positive effects of progesterone for trans women on HRT, and we ask our resident trans psychologist for answers to some more curly questions. The post Episode 011 – Marriage in the Trans Community appeared first on The Gender Agenda .