Megsy is fired up and Michelle is back from playing on TV, so the girls dive in to recap the IQ2 debate and give their thoughts and views on such a hot debate topic: “Society must recognise Trans People’s Gender Identities”.

View IQ2 debate on ABC iView.

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This week Megsy and Michelle talk to the legendary US transgender advocate Andrea James.  Megsy and Michelle talk to her about how she got into advocacy; supporting the transgender community and building awareness over the years.

Megsy also has something to say about recent events that have happened in the wider community that have impacted on the transgender community.

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Michelle and Megsy talk to Janet Rice and Dr Michelle Telfar about the families with transgender children gathering in Canberra to lobby for hormone treatment law changes.

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Michelle and Megsy follow up with Jo Hirst “The Gender Fairy” to discuss her experience on her Canberra trip and get a status update on the meeting with the parliamentary committee relating to amendments to the FLA to permit stage 2 CSHT for adolescents negating the need for Family Court endorsement. This was followed by Kelly Glanney who speaks about Stephen Whittle, Gender Trailblazers, & IQ2ed.

Gender Trailblazers (GT) came into being in 2014. Check out this review of the inaugural GT in 2014 with Chaz Bono and Catherine McGregor.

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Nicola Jane Chase has kindly taken time out of her Australian holiday from NY to have a talk with Michelle and Megsy about her book “Tea and Transition”. As she says herself, “Equipped with my British heritage, Asian connections, and a New York State of Mind, I transversed three continents to confront my past life as a DJ and broadcaster and my future one, with a new voice.”

The three ladies discuss martinis on top of the world, the pyramids at dawn, fireworks over Hong Kong and high-speed motorbike rides through Asian back streets. But Tea and Transition is far more than another right-soul-in-the-wrong-body tale or globetrotting travelogue. This is a wonderfully personal journey through places beyond the physical. Of change and the human spirit, love and family values, and how one man became one woman.

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Sally Nichols of Nichols Family Law and Dr Michelle Telfar come in to help round out Michelle and Megsy’s series looking at back to school for transgender children.

The focus has now shifted the to legal and legislative issues surrounding the Family Court authorisation for stage 2 cross sex hormone therapy, as it falls outside the bounds of parental consent and the child being Gillick Competent with the Court evaluating Gillick Competency instead of the treating medical specialist.

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Michelle and Megan are joined by Sarah, a teenager in transition and Mel from the Safe Schools Coalition.

Sarah catches up with the girls 6 months after meeting Michelle at a public speaking event at her school. Sarah talks a little about her coming out and going full time in the last few months of her school year. Mel shares her story with Sarah’s coming out and how the Safe School Coalition is involved with coming out and transition in schools.

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Megan and Michelle have a chat with regular friends of the show, Kylie Lee and Jo Hirst who are parents of trans cildren. The group discuss the end of school holidays and how back to school time is more than new backpacks and pencil cases, as there are often challenges as well as celebrations in returning to school.

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This episode of Transpositions follows a very successful Carnival Day in Melbourne. Carnival Day is the launch of one of Melbourne’s favorites LGBTIQ events each year, the Midsumma Festival.

Michelle & Megsy also reflect on a special JOY 94.9 screening of ‘The Danish Girl’ which took place the night before. The cinema was packed with community supporters and the atmosphere was ecstatic. Hear Megsy’s review of the film and the experience of the event itself. 

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The Transpositions team talk to Jo Hirst, author of ‘The Gender Fairy’ and proud parent of a transgender child.

The Gender Fairy is a simple story about two children feeling the relief of being heard; two children who are taking their first joyful steps toward living as their true selves. It is an educational resource for both children and adults to understand what it might feel like to be a transgender child.

For children aged four and up, The Gender Fairy is designed to be read aloud in the classroom or at home. It includes notes for parents and teachers to aid discussion and learning, and was completed in collaboration with Roz Ward from La Trobe University.

In this podcast, the team discuss gender diverse kids, the Safe Schools Coalition, LGBT youth, and support for parents dealing with their child coming out.

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