Trans Day of Audibility returns for its third year running in 2024. Listen up as community radio’s foremost gendermongers bring you all the very best of transgender lives, loves, culture and politics. 12-4pm, 31 March, Easter Sunday - tune in via AM, Digital, online, OR join us in at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy for live performances and friends.
12-1 pm
Out of the Pan with Sally Goldner
Sally welcomes Laura Dess and Samyak Shrestha from Rainbow Gym, Sam Dengate from T-Generation Gym and Mitch Nivalis, Creative Director for Equal the Contest film to talk about trans bodies and fitness.
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Transcript here.
1-2pm
The Vibe Consultant with Elysium
Join Elysium for music from some of their favourite local trans and non-binary artists. They’ve also invited Chloe Alison Escott front woman of renowned post punk duo ‘The Native Cats’. Chloe will be travelling from Hobart to join Elysium for an interview and solo live performance of her more stripped back music. Chloe’s solo and other works are released under the label Chapter music.
https://thenativecats.bandcamp.com/music
https://chloealisonescott.bandcamp.com/
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Transcript here.
2-3pm
'Hi Ma!' - the importance of Trans Elders with Kikki Temple
Join Kikki from PX Whanau as she chit chats with mothers of our community and talks about why it’s important that we allow trans mothers (or fathers) to speak into our lives as we transition. Guests include Aunty Lawrencia Tahuriorangi and Mikha Diesel of The House of Diesel – both trans leaders in the Maori and Pasifika communities and members of PacifiqueX.
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3-4pm
Fighting for trans liberation with Priya
Bhenji Ra put it best when she said ‘what is visibility without protection? a trap’. In this segment we explore the fight for trans liberation with a focus on trans peoples' interactions with the colonial carceral industry in so-called Australia, troubling the definitions of visibility, protection, resistance and liberation under a violent status quo. What does it mean to lean into the connection between trans liberation and prison abolition, to imagine care, community and trans futures otherwise? Tune in for the low down from solitary to the front line.
This segment was programmed collaboratively by Priya, who does not have lived experience of incarceration, and their dear friend who is a trans woman currently within the Victorian prison system.
Content note: The conversations during this hour are necessarily tough listening. They show the brutal reality of life for trans women subjected to the violence of the prison system, and as such contain discussion of transphobia, physical and sexual violence, racism, and discrimination.
If you need to speak with someone or seek support about any of the topics covered in the segment, please consider reaching out to:
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QLife (national) - 1800 184 527 (3PM - midnight)
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Rainbow Door (Victoria) - 1800 729 367 (10AM-5PM)
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For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners:
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13 YARN (national) - 13 92 76 (24/7)
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Yarning SafeNStrong (Victoria) - 1800 959 563 (24/7)
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For crisis mental health support please contact Lifeline (national, 24/7) on 13 11 14, or the Suicide Callback Service (national, 24/7) on 1300 659 467.
If you have the means, please consider donating to:
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Beyond Bricks and Bars, who do vital work to support incarcerated and criminalised trans and gender diverse people in Victoria
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The Incarcerated Trans and Gender Diverse Community Fund (national)
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Flat Out (Victoria)
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Sisters Inside (Queensland)
The fundraiser mentioned at the end of the show supporting Reem, Amal and Noor, three trans women raising money to evacuate Gaza, has now reached its goal! Give @trans_solidarity4gaza a follow on Instagram for updates on future fundraising to support Reem, Amal and Noor to rebuild their lives, as well as for other trans siblings in/leaving Gaza.
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Transcript here.
This project is funded through the Pride Events and Festivals Fund - Small Stream
