Transgender Warriors

31 Oct 2019

Transgender Warriors: Trans and gender diverse issues and the union movement

activism, JOY 94.9, lgbtiq, transgender, Unions

On this episode Sam chats with Jess Mattar from Transgender Victoria, Austin Fabry from the Australian Services Union and Laura McLean from the Finance Sector Union about the role that unions can play in our working lives better.

We discuss how each our our guests got into the union movement, how trans and gender diverse people experience sexual harassment in the workplace, whether Pride networks can really save us and how we need to keep fighting for gender-affirming healthcare under Medicare. Finally, to bring us home the gang tell us a few heartwarming union tales.

PLAYLIST:

Billy Bragg: Sexuality

Cable Ties: Say What You Mean

George Michael: Flawless

Crass: Do they Owe us a Living?

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16 Apr 2020

Transgender Warriors: Fury

JOY 94.9, lgbtiq, Literature, Local Hero, non-binary, Performing Arts, transgender, writer

On our last episode of season 2 we interview the Melbourne-based writer, performer and graphic novelist Fury, one of the ...

9 Apr 2020

Transgender Warriors: Simona Castricum

Academia, activism, Architecture, JOY 94.9, lgbtiq, Local Hero, transgender

Simona Castricum is an architecture academic, musician and designer from Melbourne. As an educator and PhD candidate at the University of ...

2 Apr 2020

Libraries Special Episode with Clare O’Hanlon and Anne Rowlands

JOY 94.9, lgbtiq, Libraries, Literature, Local Hero, transgender

In this episode we chat with Clare O'Hanlon and Anne Rowlands, two librarians with a passion for queering the archive. ...