Feminism & LGBT activism in China, gender diversity meets classical music & Irish referendum.

Sunday, 7 June 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Wei Tingting and Tonié Field

Queering the Air's Lia Incognita talks to Wei Tingting, one of China's Feminist Five who was detained for over a month for a planned action against sexual harassment on International Women's Day 2015. It's her first interview with Australian media and we chat about the campaign for her release, international solidarity, and the current climate for transgender, lesbian and bisexual women in China. For more political and cultural background on contemporary feminism in China, check out Queering the Air's interview with University of Michigan Gender Studies professor Dr Wang Zheng in May 2015

We have genderqueer, ARIA-winning classical guitarist Tonié Field playing live in studio and talking about hir video project Corpus is Opus, bringing gender diversity into classical music.

We also hear Irish activist Aoife Cooke talk to Ania from 3CR's Tuesday Breakfast about the successful campaign for marriage equality in Ireland.

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