Rae White, 4ZZZ Queer Presenter. Teague, Queer Photographer

About this episode

The episode features discussions on trans rights, community radio, and queer photography, alongside historical audio from a 1991 show.

On this episode, we:Heard from the organising committee of Trans Feminists United about their ethos and resulting methods, leaving us with no doubt as to how they managed to so smoothly organise the Anti-Femicide rally of the previous week, and with an assurance that we will be seeing much more from them in the future.Spoke with the lovely Rae from 4ZZZ’s Tranzmission show; about community radio, the Trans Book Festival (which we were at, at the time) and the Meanjin queer community / environment.Learned about photography through a queer lens (see what I did there?), with Teague, photographer of the Trans Book Festival and Midsumma March.Listened to extracts of a 1991 episode of the 3CR show Open House, and their coverage of the World Aids Day.

People in this episode

Guests: Rae White, Teague

Topics covered

• Trans rights
• Community radio
• Queer photography
• Anti-Femicide rally
• Queer community
• World Aids Day

Keywords

• Trans Feminists United
• 4ZZZ
• Tranzmission
• Trans Book Festival
• queer photography
• World Aids Day
• community radio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trans Feminists United, 4ZZZ, Tranzmission, Trans Book Festival, 3CR

Books & works: Open House

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