Well, Well, Well

1 Dec 2023

Susan Stryker talks Somatechnics, Queer Monstrosity, and Trans Politics

Advocacy and Activism, Community, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC), Trans & Gender Diverse

Rachel and Jacinta chat with author, documentary filmmaker and superstar academic Susan Stryker about Somatechnics, Queer Monstrosity, Trans politics, and more.

Susan Stryker, Ph.D., is the author of Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution, co-director of the Emmy-winning documentary film Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, co-editor of the multi-volume Transgender Studies readers, and was founding executive co-editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly.

A collection of her essays, When Monsters Speak, edited by McKenzie Wark, will be published next year by Duke University Press.

Check out our other JOY Podcasts for more on LGBTIQ+ health & wellbeing.

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Find out more about LGBTIQ+ services and events in Victoria at Thorne Harbour Health and in South Australia at SAMESH.

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Health, HIV, Men's Health, Science & Medicine, Sexual Health, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

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Thorne Harbour Health (VAC), Trans & Gender Diverse

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Health, Thorne Harbour Health (VAC)

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