Queer View Mirror

Producer Claire Holland and Director Max Tassell talk about their show Long Live the King at La Mama Theatre, which features an ensemble of drag kings and is based on Shakespeare's Richard the Third. Then Renee the Celebrant joins the show to discuss the upcoming Flash Romantics event involving a pop-up chapel, film photos, and matching tattoos for couples who want to be married.

With presenters Sam Elkin, Gemma Cafarella and Hamish McLachlan

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Cabaret performer Miss Cairo, performer of 'Breasts Become Her' at Melbourne Fringe, chats about hormones, unpacking what womanhood means, and the show's reference to the movie 'Death Becomes Her'. Then arts organizers Alex, Mayhem, and Steph explain the connections, collaborations, and workshops that lead up to the event Making our Mark in Merri-bek: Festival of Trans* Awesomeness.

With presenters Sam Elkin, Gemma Cafarella and Hamish McLachlan

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Sylvia Martin, the author of three biographies about women who have been ignored in Australian literary and cultural history, talks about the republishing of her book 'Passionate Friends: Mary Fullerton, Mabel Singleton and Miles Franklin'. Then Luka Gracie and Monique Solnordal join the show to talk about their dark comedy show at Melbourne Fringe, titled 'We All Die in the End', about loss, gender, sexuality, and the end of the world. And Liza Walsh, the Victorian Socialist lead candidate for the western metropolitan region, briefly discusses threats to abortion rights in Victoria and conservative politicians advocating for the re-criminalization of abortion. With presenters Sam Elkin, Gemma Cafarella and Hamish McLachlan

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Performer and comedian Jacci Pillar joins the show to talk about her Melbourne Fringe Show, Gold Star Failure, and about her work in anthropology, social science, and comedy.

Then filmmaker, radio producer, and digital journalist Suzi Taylor discusses the doco series 'Love in Full Colour' which follows 12 queer teenagers over several years and the current plans to film follow-up '10 Years of Full Colour' which visits the protagonists of the first series 10 years on.

With presenters Sam Elkin, Gemma Cafarella and Hamish McLachlan

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Performance artist and poet Alok V Menon talks about returning to Australia, healing, queer comedy, and using humour to de-naturalize systems of power. Then writer Sophie Cunningham discusses her new novel 'This Devastating Fever', a meta story about an author writing a book about Leonard Woolf, the husband of Virginia Woolf. With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella.

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Author Georgina Young chats about her new YA novel 'Bootstrap', a scifi, time-travel, romance set in a fictional small Australian country town. Then comedians Scout Boxall and Aurelia St Clair join the show to talk about their respective Fringe shows, 'Buck Wild' and 'I Said What I Said'.

With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella

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Yves Rees, Simona Castricum, and Sasja Sydek join the show to talk about 'Nothing to Hide', a new anthology of trans and gender diverse writing and both Simona and Sasja do short readings of their contributions to the anthology. Then Nevena Spirovzka, the co-convenor of the Victorian Pride Lobby discusses the advocacy work that the lobby undertakes. With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella.

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Professor Rebecca Jennings, editor of 'Between Me and Myself: a memoir of muder, desire, and my struggle to be free', discusses the extraordinary life of the late Sandra Wilson, and how 1960s cultural attitudes around lesbianism and mental illness converged within the medical and incarceration systems to affect Wilson. Then, Mykaela Saunders, editor of 'This All Come Back Now: An anthology of first nations speculative fiction' joins the show alongside two contributors to the anthology, Timmah Ball and Merryana Salem. They discuss what speculative fiction is, the beauty and contrast of anthologies and how they allow for sharing multiple perspectives, and Merryana Salem gives a short reading. With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella.

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Novelist Jay Carmichael reads an excerpt from his new novel 'Marlo' set in 1950s Melbourne, and discusses his influences, queer history archives, and the use of archival images in his book. Then curator at the Shrine of Remembrance, and former member of the Australian Defence Force, Kate Spinks and Yvonne Sillett, exhibition participant, explain a new exhibition at the Shrine of Remembrance, which uncovers the complex history of LGBTQI people and their history with the military. With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella.

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Writer, educator, and zine maker Rae White joins the show to discuss their new poetry collection, 'Exactly As I Am' which speaks to their lived experience as a non-binary transgender person, and reads one of their poems titled 'Rainbow Confetti Pixels'. Then Heather and Jono from the band Cry Club discuss their new song 'People Like Me' which has been described as an unapologetic queer anthem. With presenters Sam Elkin and Gemma Cafarella.

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