Queering The Air

Bobuck Sayed is a Queer Afghan Australian writer, performer and editor. They also wrote 'The Pinkwashing of Mlebourne Pride' in Archer Magazine.

Jessie & Thanh Hang celebrate Queer Lunar New Year on Queering the Air!bai bai wooden goat and hello Fire Monkey. Bringing you firey predictions and lunar love letters for the future ahead <3 Songs:- In a Foreign Tongue - Rainbow Chan- Det Tam Gai - author Ngoc Dai - Believer - Emily King- Monkey Magic- Em Của Ngày Hôm Qua - Sơn Tùng- La Neta - Fatima

We do an overview of some of the highlights of the Midsumma program, discuss social media and Invasion Day events

Nicki, Jessie and Luke talk all about classic and modern queer icons: divas, tragic figures, closeted queers and hot martyrs. We also review Buyer and Cellar and Hugh Jackman's Broadway to Oz.

J&T interview Arun Kundnani on radicalisation and radicalisation theory.  Arun Kundnani is the author of 'The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror'- a powerful critique of US surveillance of American Muslims. His book, 'The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain', was selected as a New Statesman book of the year in 2007. He is former editor of the journal, Race & Class, he was educated at Cambridge University and holds a PhD from London Metropolitan University. He is currently a lecturer at New York University.This is followed by an interview with Nathan Lean on the Islamophobia Industry. Nathan Lean is a writer and scholar of the Middle East. Nathan holds a Masters degree in International Studies (Middle East) from East Carolina University and a Master of Arts in Arab Studies (Arab Politics) from Georgetown University. He is the author of four books, including the award-winning 'The Islamophobia Industry'. His work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, New York Daily News, CNN, Salon and the Christian Science Monitor.

On this episode of Queering the Air, Thanh Hằng covers mental health, self-care, community care and it's place in the Arts. We hear from Judy Atkinson, a Jiman and Budjalong woman whose work focuses on arts, healing, trauma and 'educaring'.We also chat to Rani Pramesti, theatre-maker and Associate Producer at Footscray Community Arts Centre, as well as Dawn Dangkomen, digital artist and writer as well as a MA student of Counselling and Psycotherapy.and finally we hear from Festival Director, Liz Alexander on Tilde, Melbourne's Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival coming up 13th-15th November.

J&T Interview Sa'ed Atshan, Member of Palestinian LGBT advocacy group, Al-Qaws, and Jordy Silverstein, Executive member of Australian Jewish Democratic Society, and discuss a variety of topics. This is followed by an update on gendered violence in detention centres.

On this episode of Queering the Air Thanh Hằng covers the politics of QTPOC HairThanh Hằng chats to Amena, Raina and Rai as they share their experiences with hair care  + chats to Vaxx and Angela about the queer visibility/invisibility and race and gender politics of qtpoc hair. Vaxx, Angela and Thanh Hằng also read out love letters from various qtpocs about their relationship with their hair.

We chat with Anna, Regina and Dan from the Brunswick Renegades and James from Melbourne Surge about queerness and sport. Why are there so many queer girls in sport? How can sport be more inclusive? Who wins the ultimate war of Nerds v Jocks?

On this episode of the show J & T talk briefly about the refugee crises in Syria and the world, feature an interview with the Our Voices, Changing Cultures project, and review the "Asian Ghost-ery Show" playing at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.