Born this way: gender identity – All In The Mind – ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). A podcast from ABC Radio National (that you can download too!) about the issues surrounding and leading up to a physical change of gender. It’s really nice to see FTM peeps included too! The interview features Julie Peters, Craig Andrews and Fintan Harte, of the Victoria based Southern Health Gender Clinic. Note: while the peeps in the audio …
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JOY 94.9’s Generation Next > Interviews from Monday 13th August, 2012. The podcast of our interview with Generation Next is now available on their website. There’s lots to hear, but if you want to skip to the GQA interview, move to around 30 minutes in!
See all photos on samesame.com | Photographer Travis de Jonk’s portfolio In 2012, the IDAHO (International Day Against HOmophbia and transphobia) flashmob was photographed by Travis De Jonk and posted on the website SameSame.com The theme this year was balloons, and the organiser picked green ones to signify genderqueer people who are discriminated against. The participants joined hands at Flinders street station, and walked through the city to their destination, the Melbourne Library, where they released …
Genderqueer the new frontier – Gay News Network Summary Read our interview on Gay News Network, and featured in last week’s Melbourne Community Voice magazine. Special thanks to Rachel Cook for the interview and the write-up! We’re going to ask them if we can publish a transcript on the site soon!
Fab local artist Rose has created some lovely stick figure drawings for GQA and the slowly expanding set is displayed below for your visual edification!
I’m sitting in Thousand Pound bend this morning, the 2nd of July and about to do some odds and ends of work. The launch on Saturday went really well – and a group of lovely awesome people came along to get us underway. While there wasn’t any champagne to bash on the side of the vessel’s mighty bow, there was lots of soy chai which to my mind can be just as nice in a …
Thousand Pound bend, 361 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne | 2pm-5pm, Saturday 30th June 2012 Summary The day is upon us! Genderqueer Australia is launching with a brand new website! To celebrate, we’re holding a bake-sale and clothes swap upstairs at Thousand Pound Bend in Melbourne. All human-identifying people welcome 😉 Bring One Swap One! Bring an article of clothing to swap with other people! Bring one Eat one! Bring baked goods to donate or coins to purchase …
For Midsumma 2012, Butch Femme Trans (BFT) and Melbourne Genderqueer (MGQ) are doing a picnic at Midsumma carnival. All Sex and Gender Diverse people are welcome, together with partners, friends and interested people too! We’ll have a tent or two set up on the hill near the entrance decorated with blue and purple balloons. Bring your drinks and a share plate along and come and enjoy what Melbourne’s queer community has to offer. Make sure …