Queers

Two recent news stories get Simon and Benjamin thinking about the idea of "safe spaces", and wondering whether gay men's claims that those spaces have been invaded are everything they appear to be.

An editors' note from The Daily Beast on the Rio Olympics story: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/11/a-note-from-the-editors.html

Shannon Power's Star Observer article: http://www.starobserver.com.au/opinion/gay-men-need-stop-sexually-assaulting-women-shannon-power/152159

Benjamin is back from the International AIDS Conference in South Africa, and talking with Simon about the experience leads to a discussion of misogyny, masculinity, and what HIV can tell us about the politics of gay-male sex and experience.

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Benjamin is back from the International AIDS Conference in South Africa, and talking with Simon about the experience leads to a discussion of misogyny, masculinity, and what HIV can tell us about the politics of gay-male sex and experience.

At the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, Benjamin interviewed Cianán Russell, a trans man who ran the only session in the conference program focused on transmasculine folk. Starting from a discussion of how the session came together, Cianán touches on misogyny among gay men, the complications of identity politics, male sexual entitlement, the need for men to explore vulnerability, and more.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault. Sections of the interview were published in Star Observer: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/aids-conference-2016-trans-men-navigating-the-politics-of-misogyny-in-gay-spaces/151122

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At the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, Benjamin interviewed Cianán Russell, a trans man who ran the only session in the conference program focused on transmasculine folk. Starting from a discussion of how the session came together, Cianán touches on misogyny among gay men, the complications of identity politics, male sexual entitlement, the need for men to explore vulnerability, and more.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.

Sections of the interview were published in Star Observer: http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/aids-conference-2016-trans-men-navigating-the-politics-of-misogyny-in-gay-spaces/151122

In the wake of a Federal Election in Australia, Benjamin and Simon talk bigotry, and wonder whether there are more constructive ways to deal with issues like homophobia than throwing around words like "bigot" in the first place. NOTE: Apologies for the poor audio quality on this episode—something went wrong in recording, but we'll have it sorted for the next one.

Margot Kingston writing on Pauline Hanson: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/04/pauline-hanson-takes-centre-stage-again-but-this-time-we-should-listen-not-lampoon

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In the wake of a Federal Election in Australia, Benjamin and Simon talk bigotry, and wonder whether there are more constructive ways to deal with issues like homophobia than throwing around words like "bigot" in the first place.

NOTE: Apologies for the poor audio quality on this episode—something went wrong in recording, but we'll have it sorted for the next one.

Margot Kingston writing on Pauline Hanson: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/04/pauline-hanson-takes-centre-stage-again-but-this-time-we-should-listen-not-lampoon

In the second episode of a two-part discussion about distinctions between queer politics and queer identities, Simon and Benjamin get to the question at the heart of the matter: what are queer political movements? If the political diversity of queer people is becoming more and more visible, can and should these movements even exist?

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In the second episode of a two-part discussion about distinctions between queer politics and queer identities, Simon and Benjamin get to the question at the heart of the matter: what are queer political movements? If the political diversity of queer people is becoming more and more visible, can and should these movements even exist?

Following the previous episode on Safe Schools and queer role-models there have been significant developments. In a quick update Benjamin and Simon talk about what's happened in the Safe Schools debate, discussing the suspension of academic Roz Ward and a new article from Catherine McGregor.

News on Roz Ward: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jun/03/la-trobe-lifts-suspension-on-safe-schools-academic-roz-ward

Catherine McGregor's "The Ugly Face of the Revolution": http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/the-ugly-face-of-the-revolution/news-story/223af67eaaaa1f0d41f729110908c3f6#load-story-comments

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