Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebecka for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight we cover a range of topics; from access to surgery, to international attention on the trans community. First the team begin with a chat about their weekends, highlights include Joss and Jen’s night out at beers for queers and Joss getting an opportunity to communicate in Auslan. Rebecka saw “I know what you did last summer” which inevitably leads the group on a tangent about Sarah Michelle Geller for some time. A segment emerges after some slight technical difficulties. Quinn is thrown into the raging waters of time and washes ashore with a memory of a recent night out seeing the first drag performer featured at ACCA, Kween Kong! After a break we ease into some deeper topics brought to us by Jen and Rebecka. Jen opens a conversation about a trans/intersex rally in Dublin with and incredible turnout, sighting it had more people in attendance than St Patricks Day and how heartwarming this was to see. Jen mentions Ireland still has some way to go however in terms of policy, as conversion practices are still not banned in all of Ireland. Rebecka ponders the group their thoughts on surgery, and an in depth discussion of access and what that looks like ensues. Rebecca bings up the progress Australia has made, referring back to policies that made gender recognition far more restricted in the past. Joss points out the paperwork side of things for her was less difficult that she imagined. Altogether though the group echoes the sentiment that primarily finances make access difficult, but also things like location and a lack of free time is still an invariable barrier to surgery for many trans people today. We wrap up with and interview by Joss with local artist, Local Sweetheart. They discuss being non binary and they beauty and community of finding an audience as a queer artist. Originally aired with music from trans/non binary artists alongside the conversation.

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Join Joss, Jen, Chloé, Lee and special guest Kermy for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight’s episode the topic of the week is very close to home, it was NON BINARY AWARENESS WEEK! Our hosts include multiple wonderful non binary or gender fluid identities and between them and our other gorgeous hosts, they get into it over a broad range of non binary related hot topics. Originally aired with music from trans/gender non conforming artists alongside the conversation. Our team first get into their weekends, and we are introduced to the new voices of the show, Kermy and Lee. After introductions Joss reads a statement from Ray Sabean, discussing the importance of living outside of western held standards of gender. Lee talks about our first track by electric fields, how it relates to naidoc week, and the importance of recognising intersecting identities with gender non conformity, especially with our indigenous siblings. Afterwards Kermy expresses relating to the statement read confirming they too “don’t like much from the dominant culture” in relation to their gender. Kermy is asked a few questions by Chloé and all get into a juicy convo around some of their shared experiences, particularly Joss, Lee and Jen. After a break our hosts get into debunking myths about non binary people lead by Jen. As well as some questions for our in-house registered trans psych Lee.

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Join Joss, Jen, Chloe, and Quinn for a very special first episode back to The Gender Agenda!! The same show but revamped and remixed for the climate of 2025 with all new music and discussions. In Tonight’s episode the new crew introduce themselves, explain the rundown of the show and get into individually lead discussions about what brought them to the show and what their hopes are for the trans community. Our first segment is with Quinn, discussing what it was like to transition medically as a teenager. Quinn is a performer/writer living in naarm working across many venues such as the Motley Bauhaus and recently featured as a finalist in Thursgay’s yearly Pride Pageant. The following segment we hear from Jen and Chloe. Jen works in the construction industry alongside her work with JOY on other shows. She discusses toxic masculinity as well as radical acceptance from people she didn’t think would necessarily understand her. Chloe, a showgirl, performer and local trans icon. She discusses going stealth, and coming back out to the queer community amongst many other keen and witty insights along the way. Our final segment is lead by Joss, a well known voice on multiple shows on JOY, as well as an award winning influencer! She discusses transitioning in different generations, as well as her experience identifying as non binary before the full realisation of her womanhood. We hope you enjoy the fresh new episode of The Gender Agenda!

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Early days.

Rowan and Rebeckah are back in the JOY94.9 studio and present a mix of new music from some of their favourite artists, along with two interviews and all our regular segments. Our first interview is with Brooke Murray. Brooke is a theatre maker, video artist and inclusion artist living on Wurundjeri land. Brooke currently works as an inclusion support artist at St Martins Youth Arts, using this learning about diversity and empowerment to inform their practice, and is the Director of Early Days, an upcoming play that will be released this year!  The following interview is with Lore Burns. Lore Burns is a non-binary actor, composer, writer and cellist with a special interest in stage combat and martial arts. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2012 with a Bachelor of Theatrical Production, Lore has pursued a varied career as a sound designer and technician, cellist, instrumental teacher, composer and actor. Lore will be performing in the upcoming play “Early Days”, directed by Brooke Murray! 

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This podcast originally aired on January 28th 2021.

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Our guest this evening is a singer/songwriter who combines pop, soul, and R&B sounds into an expression of self-love and resilience. Summer Luk debuted her autobiographical track, “I Am A Girl”, which narrates her introspective search for self-acceptance. Rowan and Rebeckah interview Summer Luk and also share the music.

If you have a trans musician to recommend or an event you want us to call out or a question to ask, please email us at [email protected] .

This podcast originally aired on JOY94.9 on January 21, 2021.

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Rebeckah and Rowan

Rebeckah and Rowan wrap-up The Gender Agenda for 2020 and share their stories and feelings by interviewing each other. There are also our usual segments of news along with our favourite warm and fluffy segment. We will return live on Jan 21, 2021 but you can always find all our podcasts at Joy.org.au

Our featured music artist is Kim Petras. Kim Petras is a German pop artist and one of the most famous trans people in the music industry. 

If you would like to submit your own wishlist to TranSanta, organizers encourage you to start by emailing [email protected], and the elves will take it from there. Finally if you have a trans musician to recommend or an event you want us to call out or a question you want us to answer on the show, please email us at [email protected]  or message us via the socials.

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Trigger warning. This podcast contains content that may be distressing for some which will be explained prior to the interview with Sandra Pankhurst.

SANDRA PANKHURST has had an amazing variety of jobs and joins the team for an encore interview to share her story now presented in the book The Trauma Cleaner.

ARCA is a Venezuelan trans woman based in Barcelona. She is a producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter of avant-garde pop, industrial and electronic music and has worked with artists such as Björk, FKA twigs, and Frank Ocean. 

All our usual great segments are here too, along with Christmas celebration memories. We always want to hear from our listeners, so please keep in touch with us via the socials and email at [email protected]

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Rebeckah and guest host Miss Katalyna chat with SAM ELKIN from St Kilda Legal Service about aiding the community and appearing in court as a non-binary lawyer. Further information can also be found at Thorne Harbour Health and the LGBTIQ Legal service

NOMI RUIZ, whose music has been released under many names, such as JESSICA 6 or HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR, is a trans woman and Puerto Rican-American singer, actress, essayist and producer. In her 15-years of making music, she has covered many genres, from hip-hop to disco, and house to R&B. Follow the links or search the web for more information.

There’s news, warm and fluffy segments and please contact us via the socials, here at JOY 94.9 or email us at [email protected]

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As it’s transgender awareness week (Nov 13-20) and Transgender day of remembrance on November 20, we have many sensitive topics in this podcast which may be a trigger for some. Crisis support is always available through Lifeline on 13 11 14, and other agencies which can be found at joy.org.au/support

In our podcast during Transgender awareness week, we present an encore interview with Cassie Workman. Cassie Workman is an Australian comedian and orator and in this interview we chat about her award–winning show, Giantess, which was part of the 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival.  Follow our links for more information on Cassie.

Our music artist is Ahya Simone, who works across myriad disciplines as an artist, performer, filmmaker and harpist. In this podcast, Ahya Simone and others, present soothing sounds that we hope you enjoy.

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Our interview encore is presented by Miranda who caught up with Logan Mucha & Sally Conning, the forces behind ‘We’re In This Together’, a reenactment documentary that screened at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival last year (2018)

Our music artist features June Jones, who is an Australian artist and trans woman. She used to front the punk band Two Steps on the Water, who we have played before. Now she’s producing slow soulful solo music. 

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