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Queerstories
Join some of Australia's best storytellers for an evening of queerstories; reflections on lives well lived and battles fought, pride, prejudice, love and humour. The LGBTQI community has been sharing stories for centuries, creating our own histories, disrupting and reinventing conventional ideas abo...
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349 Episoden347 Joshua Whitehead - Shoot, Shovel, Shut-Up
Joshua shares a poetic narrative about being Indigenous and queer in Canada.
Joshua Whitehead is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cal...
346 Leanne Yong - Failing at Failing
Leanne shares her greatest failures for your entertainment and edification, and as a terribly public method of therapy, one might suppose.
Leann...
345 Sophie Cunningham - Getting Old is A Real Trip
Approaching 60, and reckoning with family histories, physical stuff, and the world at large, Sophie makes a list.
Sophie Cunningham is the autho...
344 Daniel Lavery - Dangers, Toils and Snare Drums
Daniel recounts the meaningful form of lying.
Daniel Lavery is the cofounder of The Toast, served as Slate's Dear Prudence from 2016–2021, and t...
343 Bernie Hobbs - Ghostly Encounters
Bernie shares her experiences with the supernatural.
Best known as a judge from The New Inventors and her many years with ABC Science, Bernie Ho...
342 Alison Wright - There and Back Again
Alison is plagued by indecision when choosing between two seemingly perfect job opportunities in Germany.
Dr Alison Wright is a Scientist at Gri...
341 Joni Sytsma - Rocket Proctology
Joni attempts to launch a rocket while discreetly transitioning; or she attempts to discreetly transition while launching a rocket.
Dr Joni Syts...
340 Dr Jesse Hooley - Transgender Activism: Past and Present
Jesse reflects on the way her activism has shifted over the years, and the people who were fundamental to her work and life.
Dr Jesse Hooley is...
339 Malaika Mfalme - Handsome
Malaika rides the rollercoaster of grief and new beginnings.
Malaika Mfalme {Angel King} is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and event producer...
338 C.Moore Hardy - Life is Short
C.Moore shares snapshots of her life.
Along with an outstanding career as a queer social documentary photographer & exhibiting artist and curato...
337 Lisa Salmon - The G.O.D. Gang
Lisa visits the Australian Queer Archives and is transported back to a different time in her life, shifting the way she thinks about her present.
336 Natali Caro - A Golden Thimble
Natali recalls a long-awaited visit to Chile that unknowingly set the scene for a life-changing moment.
Natali Caro is a queer Colombian/ Chilea...
335 Damien Webb - Blak Lady Moses
Damien shares a story of his ancestors, connecting it to his present, to crossing oceans and preserving stories.
Damien Webb is a proud member o...
334 Ian Roberts - Mate
Ian recalls a treasured moment with his former coach, and reflects on how much things have changed.
Ian Roberts started his career as a professi...
333 Ellia Green - Liberation in the Dark
Ellia was sure they were always destined to be someone and something, they just had to find their way to the truth of it all.
Ellia Green is a r...
332 Patrick Abboud - Safe House
After a wild night of partying among fellow closeted friends, Patrick nearly loses the safety he has carefully created for himself.
Patrick Abbo...
331 Handsome - I Hope To Remember Paradise
HANDSOME takes us through a series of moments, of community, connection and belonging.
HANDSOME is a self-described tomboy pop artist who’s musi...
330 Bev Lange - Finding Mardi Gras
Bev shares her Mardi Gras journey
Bev Lange volunteered on the Fair Day Committee for Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and then went on to chair...
329 Kerry Bashford - Bloke Can Write
Kerry discovers a fictional version of himself.
Kerry Bashford started his queer career as a baby activist, organising rallies at the age of 18...
328 Shauna Jensen - The Town Of Make Believe
Shauna shares her path to 'The Town of Make Believe'.
Shauna Jensen has lived, loved and worked in the music biz for over 50 years. An icon in t...
327 Erin Heine - Frocks
Amidst an earthquake, Erin is caught looting frocks.
Erin ‘Bullet’ Heine is the Program Manager LGBTIQ+ at Sydney Local Health District. Origina...
326 Neville Williams Boney - Platonic Boyfriends
Neville reflects on how each of his platonic boyfriends has helped him grow.
Neville Williams Boney is a proud Wiradjuri/Weilwan man from Wagga...
325 Brooke Scobie - The Break Up Queen
How many breakups does it take to break someone? When western culture runs on the power of the romantic couple, it took losing a best friend to prove...
324 C S Pacat - The Tram Conductor
CS has always been told they got their knack for storytelling from their family, oral histories passed down, told over and over. But are there more to...
323 Yves Rees - The Apparatus of Hiking
Yves shares their passion for hiking
Yves Rees is a historian at La Trobe University, co-host of the Archive Fever podcast and author of All Abo...
322 Omar Sakr - Poems Part II
Omar shares his poems.
Omar Sakr is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections, These Wild Houses and The Lost Arabs, which won the 2020 Pri...
321 Krystal De Napoli - The Ocean Above
Krystal reflects on stargazing with her mum
Krystal De Napoli is a Kamilaroi author and astrophysicist devoted to the advocacy of Indigenous kno...
320 Dylan Mooney - Still Thriving
Dylan reflects on the steps he took to make it as a professional artist.
Dylan Mooney is a proud Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander man...
319 Kevin Yow Yeh - The Safari
Kevin shares one of the most exceptional experiences of his life.
Kevin Yow Yeh is a Wakka Wakka and South Sea Islander man and current Higher D...
318 Lara Thoms - The Party
Lara is tasked with producing a party at a funeral home for work, but life ends up complicating the process.
Lara Thoms is interested in sociall...
317 Ivy Hawke - Gamers, The Most Oppressed Minority
Ivy explains how Townsville turned her into the joke making abomination she is today.
Inspired by both her father and Shaun Micallef, Ivy Hawke...
316 Benjamin Law - So, You're A Homosexual
Benjamin wrestles with a recent gay trauma, and finds a way to process it and plan for the future.
Benjamin Law is an Australian writer, broadca...
315 Shanaya Donovan - Eyebrow Propoganda
Shanaya reflects on her year 7 speech assignment.
Shanaya Donovan is 18 and a proud Darug, Dhungutti and Gumbayngirr woman from Western Sydney....
314 Keith Quayle - The Wounded Healer
Keith writes a letter to someone who needs to hear it.
Keith Quayle is a Malyangapa and Barkindji gay man, who was raised on Dharug country. His...
313 Gary Lonesborough - The Path to Sydney
Gary remembers the events that led him from the small country town where he grew up to the big city.
GaryLonesborough is an award-winning Yuin w...
312 Zac Roberts - Karen
Zac learns an important life lesson: never travel with your ex.
Zac Roberts is a Yuin man currently living on Wallamattagal land, Dharug country...
311 Jinny-Jane Smith - Jumping the Fence
Jinny-Jane realises there's something that makes her different from her loved ones, and she finds a way to tell them.
Jinny-Jane Smith is a prou...
310 Chris Southcote - Oh, to be in the Netball Team
A coming of age tale, from junior school to a Catholic high school via more than a few netball courts.
Following a very, very long corporate car...
309 Aurelia St Clair - Playboy Bunnies and First Jobs
Aurelia tells a tale about working minimum wage in dimly lit stores, fashion internships and meeting Dennis Rodman at the Playboy Lounge.
Aureli...
308 Kirsty Webeck - Otway Panther
Kirsty has an encounter with the Otway Panther...or does she?
Kirsty Webeck is back with another tale, this one performed at Brisbane Comedy Fes...