The Gender Agenda

Join Rowan and Beck in this weeks podcast where we replay an interview with Sabreena Lachlainn ,    planning to be the first trans woman to sail solo around the world starting right here in Melbourne, Sabreena shares her story, life and plans.  We have news, our warm and fluffy segment and finally our music artist is Sam Smith. Sam is  a genderqueer pop artist from London with many hits. If you ha...

ERIN KYAN & LEE DAVIS-THALBOURNE Rowan and Rebeckah return to the studio and present all their news, fuzzy and warm segments and a wrap of everything that’s been going on these past few weeks. We present an encore interview with ERIN KYAN & LEE DAVIS-THALBOURNE , the creators behind radio plays Love & Luck , Supernatural Sexuality with Dr Seabrooke , and Nym’s Nebulous Noti...

Beck and Rowan have a full show tonight and present an encore interview when Miranda chatted with Bowie Stover . Bowie Stover   is a non-binary fitness coach and friend of the show.  Rowan has discovered great artists and tonight we have BACKXWASH .  BACK X WASH is a Zambian-Canadian rapper and trans woman of colour . Her most recent album ‘ God Has Nothing to Do With This, Leave Him Out of It ’ i...

  Lucy Kerr LUCY KERR is a researcher with La Trobe University who we had on the show back in 2018 to talk about cancer and the trans community. The research we discuss in the interview with Lucy Kerr  has since been published as of October , 2019 and is called ‘ TRANScending Discrimination in Health & Cancer Care: A Study of Trans & Gender Diverse Australians’ . Our feature music art...

This week on The Gender Agenda, hosts Rebeckah and Rowan present an encore interview hosted by Miranda and Rowan. They’re with guests Rory Storm and Lou Olsson. We find out what they’ve been up to since their last appearance, the importance of names, and Lou’s coming out as genderqueer at the work Christmas party. Our feature music is from AYE NAKO .  AYE NAKO are a Californian p...

Jet Atlas Jet Atlas   is a Melbourne non-binary fashion icon going strong in pink for three years now, but here’s a nother throwback interview from December 2018. Find them on i n s tagram at 6pink6goblin6 .   EZRA FURMAN (she/he) is a n American non-binary musician who’s been around long enough to have played with all kind s of sounds, from jazz to alt rock. Her newest album is ‘Twelve Nudes’ and...

Blayke Percival In this episode of the Gender Agenda Rebeckah and Rowan return with an encore interview and conversation with  Blayke  Percival. They discuss about how they have been relating to their music and their voice since starting their transition. Featuring new and live music from  Blayke Percival who has featured on TripleJ unearthed. We have our regular news wrap from around the world an...

Alison Evans We present an encore interview with ALISON EVANS . Alison  is a YA author based in Melbourne and  we talk about their novel ‘Highway Bodies’ from 2019, though their most recent novel is ‘Euphoria Kids’ , released earlier in 2020. We have our regular segments and news and we feature the music of ANOHNI .  ANOHNI is an English-born singer, composer, and visual artist. In 2016, she becam...

Mary Haddock-Staniland On this week’s show hosts Rowan and Rebeckah replay an encore interview with New Zealand transgender personality Mary Haddock-Staniland. Together they spoke about the importance of diversity, visibility, and the future. New Doctor Who BBC audio drama ‘Stranded’ will have a trans companion, played by trans actress Rebecca Root (who had been in Doctor Who audio dramas be...

Dibs Barisic Sprem DIB S BARISIC SPREM , Sydney-born personal trainer and fitness professional based in Canada,  helps us all to stay well at home in everyday life without fancy gear. PRINCESS NOKIA  provides our music to exercise by and is a queer, non-binary , Puerto Rican rapper and actress f r om New York.  We have uplifting news, our regular warm and fluffy segment  and try the links below fo...

Trigger Warning. This podcast contains material that may disturb some listeners and the hosts will pre-warn. The segment runs from approximately 33:00 to 42:10 SAV ZWICKL fr o m the t rans m edical r esearch g roup TRANSform joins us and speaks about this important project. We have news from around the world and speak in memoriam about past lives lost, along with our regular features. Music is fro...

In this episode of the Gender Agenda Rebeckah and Rowan return with a conversation with  Blayke  Percival about how they have been relating to their music and their voice since starting their transition. The team discuss legal cases in the US involving teachers and trans students clashing over whose rights come first; Marvel celebrating trans kids on Disney+, but still lacking trans heroes in comi...

Kian Hall Our guest this evening is a poet, author and an all-round creative.  Kian Hall is on the line to talk about their current projects and what identity means to them! We have our world wrap of news, Light and fluffy segment and we feature the music of  SKYLAR KERGIL , a  trans man , YouTuber and creative of many talents. We will be playing his folk music tonight but he’s also a painter and...

Johnny Valkyrie Johnny Valkyrie is our guest and is an LGBTIQA+ activist and consultant. Johnny Valkyrie talks about intersectional queerness, complex identity and activism. We have our regular world news wrap and our music artist is Dua Saleh .  Dua Saleh  is a Sudanese-American non-binary rap artist based in Minneapolis who got their start in s lam poetry . They rap in both E nglish and Arabic ,...

Sage Akouri Sage Akouri  joins us and is the co-founder of a new community initiative titled Speak . Speak is an online platform that allows LGBTIQA+ community members to connect and feel safe while also promoting empowerment. We have our regular news from around the world, warm and fluffy time and music from SOPHIE .  SOPHIE is a trans , Scottish DJ and electronic pop artist with an industrial in...

Rowan & Rebeckah Rowan and guest cohost Ana are in the studio.  Our guest this evening Felix – alongside their partner – recently helped Minus18 produce resources for parents of queer kids, and discuss these resources and the importance of supporting parents alongside their LGBTIQA+ children.    There’s world news and more uplifting warm and fuzzy topics Don’t forget  The Validatio...

Geri O’Leary Our guest this evening is Geri O’Leary , a music producer, performer and sex worker . Geri has a strong sense of the woman she is and has joined us this evening to talk about her music, work, personal journey and so much more.    We also have news from Idaho and Philadelphia in the USA, and acknowledge the passing of Aimee Stephens – while awaiting a landmark decisio...

Asha Naomii Our guest this evening is Asha Naomii , a queer trans woman, who creates art and poetry about queerness, mental health and spirituality.  We also have more world news and feature the music of Shea Diamond.   Shea is an American singer, songwriter, and trans rights activist. Her music is chiefly soul and R&B, and includes elements of blues, rock, hip-hop and folk. Needing a boost ?-...

In this podcast, Rowan and Bec return to the  JOY94.9 studios and bring you further interviews from the Better Together Conference in January 2020, CN Lester, along with activist and Mr Gay India – Suresh Ramdas. We also have trans news from Panama and uplifting stories from around the world including India and Argentina. Although Radiothon might be over for 2020, you can join and donate at...

Rowan and Bec are back and coming to you from home. Today we look back on some old interviews from the Better Together Conference in Jan, and catch up of how we and the world are going. We feature the music of Rae Spoon , anon-binary artist from Canada whose been in the scene since the 90s and whose musical style has since varied from pop and country to folk punk and electronic-influenced indie ro...

Sebastian Torero joins us to talk about his role in the short film, The Fall , and about the joy of playing a cis character. Some of the panellists from Culture X Gender join us to discuss culture and gender and stories of growing up in accepting families. We discuss Pakistan’s healthcare support for trans people. We feature the music of Janelle Monáe . This episode was originally broadcast...

It’s our annual pageant show , with  Vienna Salvo (Miss Trans of 2019) and Taylor Cougle (Miss Trans contestant 2020) joining us to talk gowns, the value of being an out role model, and saving the world. We discuss: trans girls in Canadian pageants, the South Korean Military’s treatment of a trans soldier, and  Steven Universe .  We feature the music of Eliot Sumner . This episode was...

If you’re looking for inspirational trans and gender diverse people to read, watch or listen to, we have have something of each for you tonight. Beckah and Rowan are joined by author Melissa Seymour to discuss the inspiration behind her four (4!) novels. The writer and director of Love by the Hour then join them to share enough juicy gossip about the show’s origins to make us keen to s...

Musician and comedian Cassy Judy dials in from NSW to discuss music and regional Australia with Anastasia, Rebeckah and Rowan. We discuss: reports of a the first murder of a trans person in the US this year;  Gavin Grimm’s  election to American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Board of Directors; Jude’s Law; Jazz Jenning’s scars; and  Josie Totah  in ‘Saved by the Bell’. We feature t...

It’s a night of Girlpower with Rebeckah, Ana and Miss Katalyna! Follow Trans Sisters United to find out more about getting involved in the first Melbourne Trans Pride Walk on Saturday 28 March 2020. We discuss: the Trans Obituaries Project; the privilege of prettiness in a ‘lookist’ culture; and how things have  changed for trans people over the past decade.  We feature the music...