Queerstories
362 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★ - 55 ratingsJoin some of Australia's best storytellers for an evening of queerstories; reflections on lives well lived and battles fought, pride, prejudice, love and humour. The LGBTQI community has been sharing stories for centuries, creating our own histories, disrupting and reinventing conventional ideas about narrative, family, love and community. There’s more to being queer than coming out and marriage. Listen to an unexpected tale or two from a diverse line up of stars and strangers, hosted by Maeve Marsden
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114 Shaun D'souza - Assigned Indian At Birth
January 28, 2019 20:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBShaun sheds a spicy light on their experiences as a queer person of colour living so far away from home. Shaun D'Souza is a Brisbane based youth worker and LGBTIQ+ artivist, and a firm enthusiast of naps, books and tea. Their current projects include tackling transgender-homelessness in Brisbane and advocating for queer people of colour visibility through art and community building. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Austra...
113 Geraldine Hickey - Spiders
January 23, 2019 20:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MBGeraldine Hickey terrifies the listener with a slow burning tale about how she managed to manifest her own arachnophobia. Geraldine Hickey is revered in the industry as a comedian's comedian and has been shortlisted for the ‘Piece of Wood' award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival multiple times. A veteran of many seasons of The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she is also a regular on the club and pub circuit around the country. Geraldine is a co-host on Breakfasters on ...
112 Tara Suamba - There are absolutely no gay Balinese People
January 21, 2019 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.99 MBTara Suamba shares a story about her constant conflict between her queer and Balinese identities. Tara Suamba studies, practices and teaches law with a human rights focus. She enjoys time with her greyhound Sonny, taking down institutions from the inside and crosswords. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstori...
111 Mama Alto - The Last Time I Saw Aretha
January 16, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBTransgender singer Mama Alto recounts her experiences of traveling through the USA to attend an Aretha Franklin concert. Mama Alto is a gender transcendent diva, cabaret artiste, jazz singer and community activist. Her cabaret performances and collaborations have garnered critical praise at the Melbourne Recital Centre, Malthouse Theatre Company, Melbourne Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Darwin Festival, and so many more. Mama Alto was the 2017 Artist of the Year at the GLOBE LGBTI Awa...
110 Crusader Hillis - And So Forth…
January 14, 2019 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBCrusader reflects on his relationship to sex and his body, on the punk scene and on his long relationship with partner (and business partner) Roland. Crusader Hillis is a writer, editor, curator and producer. He co-founded (with Rowland Thomson) the queer bookshop Hares & Hyenas in 1991. In its 23-year history, Hares & Hyenas has presented over 700 literary and performance events, both here and interstate. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regu...
109 Nayuka Gorrie - On Loving Black Women
January 14, 2019 20:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBNayuka Gorrie has moved back to Melbourne. They share a little of their vulnerability and reflect on the strong black women who help them deal with it. Nayuka Gorrie is a Kurnai/Gunai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance writer who has written for The Guardian, Junkee, Vice, SBS and others. They also write for TV, most notably for ABC TV's Black Comedy. Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Bris...
108 Ginger Valentine - What a Difference a Name Makes
January 09, 2019 20:00 - 8 minutes - 7.91 MBGinger Valentine takes what they were given at birth, and makes it better. Ginger Valentine is a writer, a podcaster and a pop-culture commentator, pastimes that feel as natural to them as breathing. And, like breathing, they'll keep doing it even when no one's listening. You can buck the trend, and listen to their podcast, Common Sense with Burt Franklap. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event...
107 Epipola Taulafo - This is Me
January 07, 2019 20:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBPola remembers her childhood in Tonga, and shares her often heartbreaking journey becoming the woman she is now. Epipola Taulafo is an an entertainer, singer, dancer, and a member of the LGBTIQ group in the Asylum Seeker Centre. She is currently studying business management, and is a former Miss Galaxy Queen 2008-09. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and ...
106 Liz Duck-Chong - Left Wanting
December 31, 2018 20:00 - 8 minutes - 7.58 MBFaced with the chance to change herself, Liz Duck-Chong had to ask herself if the act of changing would involve a bigger shift than expected. Liz Duck-Chong is a writer, sexual health advocate, filmmaker and transgender bon vivant who is a true renaissance figure in the sense that most of them were really gay. She can be found on Twitter at @lizduckchong, in your ears on the podcast Let's Do It, or lying in the sun eating dolmades and thinking about sex. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytel...
105 Chantell Martin - The Awakening
December 26, 2018 20:00 - 8 minutes - 8.15 MBChantell Martin reflects on her experiences of transition and some of the major emotional turning points in her life. Originally from New Zealand, Chantell Martin has worked predominantly in the community sector. She worked for ACON as their housing officer, then went onto work for the Gender Centre as a case worker and housing officer within their residential project. Chantell is an active trans sex worker who works as the Transgender Outreach Officer at SWOP. And she is one of the foundin...
104 Wil Roach - Forgive and Forget
December 23, 2018 20:00 - 9 minutes - 8.95 MBWil shares stories about family and relationships, about how lives intersect messily but, in the end love helps us heal. Wil Roach is a writer of poetry, short stories and essays, and he has completed a memoir manuscript currently being edited for publication later this year. As a performance poet and creative producer, he has had work performed at the Sydney Writers Festival, Sydney Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Unspoken Word Festival, among others. Queerstories is an LGBT...
103 Groovii Biscuit - Life-skills Training through a Queer Lens
December 19, 2018 20:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBGroovii Biscuit recalls a series of queer life lessons learnt while living at the Twenty10 LGBTQI youth refuge in the late 80s. In the 90s, Groovii Biscuit contributed to many a queer gathering, Club Bent and the Alternative Mardi Gras parties to name a few. Groovii was one of the original trio that birthed Club Kooky and is committed to sprinkling the Kooky ethos wherever life takes her, trailing behind her like a fine mist. For fun nowadays she likes to move furniture out of the way as bl...
102 Rebecca Shaw - The Sky is Gay
December 17, 2018 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MBOriginally performed at Nailed It (another excellent Giant Dwarf event), Rebecca Shaw's thesis that the sky is gay is watertight, and bloody hilarious. Rebecca Shaw AKA brocklesnitch, is a writer and creator of the parody Twitter account @notofeminism, which was developed into an illustrated book with Affirm Press. She was on the writing team at Tonightly, and has written for Junkee, The Guardian, Daily Life, Kill Your Darlings and heaps of other outlets. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storyte...
101 Mitch Hibbens - The Ditch
December 12, 2018 20:00 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBMitch Hibbens speaks frankly and openly about his relationship to alcohol. Mitch Hibbens is a failed athlete, emerging academic, Aboriginal activist and part-time Drag Queen. He has been a performer all his life but has only recently stepped onto the stage. A Wiradjuri man and country boy to his core, Mitch currently volunteers his time as an Indigenous Rights Campaigner for Democracy in Colour. He is a Board Member at the local Aboriginal Health Service and is employed in the tertiary educ...
100 Dr Rachel Richardson - On Being Seen: Stories from a trans childhood
December 10, 2018 20:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBRachel Richardson talks about growing up trans in a cisgender world and the devious play strategies she used as a kid to help her cisgender playmates see her. Rachel is a writer, academic, and advocate for transgender health services – especially those cutting edge medical technologies available nowadays for children and others who know their bodies don't reflect the truth of their gender. Dr Rachel Richardson is currently Sub-Dean, Learning and Teaching, with the Faculty of Arts & Educatio...
99 Steven Oliver - Because of Her
December 05, 2018 20:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBSteven shares his memories of his mother, and reflects on how she impacted his life as a gay, black man. Steven Oliver is a descendant of the Kuku-Yalanji, Waanyi, Gangalidda, Woppaburra, Bundjalung and Biripi peoples. He has worked with numerous theatre companies and arts organisations across Australia but became notorious with ABC's hit sketch show Black Comedy. He flies about the country working as an actor, writer, MC, keynote speaker, poet, wannabe cabaret performer or as he simply lik...
98 Faustina Agolley - How I Beat Anxiety
December 03, 2018 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.86 MBFaustina Agolley reflects on her anxiety issues and on the strategies she used to kick it to the curb! Faustina Agolley is a TV Host, Actor, DJ, Producer and writer. She's hosted Video Hits, The Voice and the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Last year she made her stage debut with a Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company's co-production and she's toured Australia and New Zealand as Oprah's resident DJ. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsde...
97 Liz Jackson - The Sleeper
November 29, 2018 03:50 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBLiz Jackson reflects on her nickname, on relationships and on moments of connection. Liz Jackson looks at disability through the lens of fashion and design. She is the founder and president of The Disabled List, a disability design self-advocacy organisation, and WITH, a fellowship that helps match creative disabled people with design studios and other organizations. Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Br...
96 Simon Hunt - Passing Time in West Berlin
November 27, 2018 02:50 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBSimon Hunt reflects on his time in West Berlin, and a night spent hunting for a gay bar. Simon Hunt is a composer, performer, activist and writer who lectures in Media at the UNSW Faculty of Art & Design. He has won awards internationally as a filmmaker and composer, but is best known for his character ‘Pauline Pantsdown' - a drag simulacrum of politician Pauline Hanson - who enjoyed a top ten hit in the 1990s made from Hanson voice samples, and has more recently operated online as a virtua...
95 Kait Fenwick - Tracking Butch
November 21, 2018 20:00 - 8 minutes - 8.16 MBFrom dagger dykes to dapper daddies - butch history from the perspective of a masculine of centre millennial. Kait Fenwick is a queer poet living in Newcastle. In 2017, they completed their Honours thesis titled ‘Digital Queeries', a series of poems that explored the relationship between millennial queers and the internet. Their work has been published in the Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry anthology, Butch Is Not a Dirty Word magazine, Archer and Cordite Poetry Review. Queerstorie...
94 William Yang - GAY B C
November 19, 2018 20:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MBWilliam Yang shares his experiences being gay and Australian Born Chinese. William Yang moved to Sydney from North Queensland in 1969 and worked as a freelance photographer documenting Sydney's social life which included the glamorous, celebrity set and the hedonistic, sub-cultural, gay community. In 1989 he integrated his skills as a writer and a visual artist and began to perform monologues with slide projection in theatres. He has done eleven full-length works and toured the world. “Sadn...
93 Kaya Wilson - Power Pose
November 14, 2018 20:00 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBKaya Wilson reflects on his photoshoot in an abandoned gay sauna with Patrick Boland. This story was shared at Queerstories x Archer Magazine launch in Sydney. You can see the images Kaya refers to in his story by ordering a copy of Archer Magazine's 10th issue. Kaya Wilson is a writer and scientist based in Sydney. He writes lyrical non-fiction essays with a focus on queer identity and his work has been published widely. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve M...
92 Razia Zakarya - Rebel With a Cause
November 12, 2018 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.49 MBRoused rebel Razia Zakaria experiences seemingly different cultures only to find they have more in common than first expected. This story was shared at Queerstories x Archer Magazine, launching the magazine's 10th issue in Sydney. Razia Zakarya is a PhD candidate in Science at UTS. Her secret superpowers are mondegreens and malapropisms. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www....
91 Sara Knox - In the Garden of Unearthly Delights
November 08, 2018 03:14 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBSara reflects on her time spent in Orlando, Florida in 1998, on a man she met there, and on memory itself. Sara Knox was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in the year that country got television. She was raised in a family addicted to BBC dramas and books, where humour counted as the seventh sense. Her first novel, The Orphan Gunner, was short-listed for the regional Commonwealth Writer's Prize and won the Asher prize for the best novel by a woman about war. Sara has been a poet, and an essa...
90 Bali Padda - The Big Snip
November 05, 2018 20:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBBali shares a story about an intimate and life-changing experience: his first haircut. Bali is the ultimate slashie - Actor, Producer, Director, Development Executive and Diversity Advisor for Australia's theatre and screen industry. He is the Chair of MEAA's Equity Diversity Committee and represents Australia's professional actor community as an elected representative on MEAA's National Performers Committee. He's performed in theatres around the world, as well as on TV, he's even been on H...
89 Jen Peden - Moustaches
October 31, 2018 20:00 - 10 minutes - 9.88 MBFacial hair, family advice, and how not to use a razor. Jen Peden is a committee member for queer soccer club, the Flying Bats FC, falling over on the field for them during games on Sundays and pfaffing around on their social media through the week. And she recently received an Inner West Council Volunteer Recognition Award. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.c...
87 Elizabeth Humphreys - My Tabloid Life
October 24, 2018 20:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MBNot exactly a story about queer activism... Elizabeth Humphrys is an academic at UTS. She researches work, trade unions and social movements. She grew up in a working class family in Werribee, Melbourne, and has been temporarily living in Sydney for the past twenty years. She is an AFL obsessive and Stupendous Bisexual. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, a...
86 Francis Jimoh - My Journey through the Catholic Seminary
October 23, 2018 01:00 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBFrancis explores the realities of his childhood in Nigeria and his sexual experience in the seminary. Francis Jimoh, a former Roman catholic seminarian from Nigeria. Francis trained for the catholic priesthood and worked in various catholic social and religious projects across 3 continents. The bulk of his experience has been in studies of catholic teaching, youth work, pastoral care and building communities, and before he left the church to live freely as a gay man he completed a Bachelor ...
85 Gary Paramanathan: The Skin We Live In
October 17, 2018 20:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBGary takes us back to the early naughts when, as a teenager, he learns about the paradoxes of desire, identity politics and meeting people online. Gary Paramanathan works at the intersection of arts, culture and community. Born in Sri Lanka and raised in Australia, Gary has written and directed a number of short films, including for ABC iView. He has written feature essays and recounted personal narratives. This is his first attempt at telling a story to a live audience. Queerstories is an...
84 Jacob Thomas: An Ode to Keith
October 15, 2018 20:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MBA story of floral duvets, survival, and being set free by an old mate. Jacob Thomas works and volunteers in numerous fields including aide and development, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, gender equality, start-up consultancy, higher education, human rights, youth development, and international policy. Jacob sits as the SOGI executive member of the Commonwealth Youth Gender and Equality Network (CYGEN), and sits on the UN Women's Taskforce for Youth and Gender Equality. In 2016 they were one of two Aust...
83 Nevo Zisin: Baby-dar
October 09, 2018 00:43 - 10 minutes - 9.87 MBWhy kids are in fact the greatest, far better than adults, potentially better than you. Nevo Zisin is a Jewish, Queer, non-binary activist, public speaker and author of Finding Nevo, a memoir on gender transition. They run workshops and professional development in schools and workplaces around gender inclusivity. They have appeared on SBS Insight, Hack Live, One Plus One, The Morning Show and other media. Nevo is a contact point in the Jewish community for other children and families confro...
82 Lisa-Skye: Femme Daddy
October 08, 2018 02:15 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBMelbourne comedian and storyteller Lisa-Skye explores labels and desire when things are less 'black and white' and more 'unicorn sneezecough'. Lisa-Skye is Melbourne's favourite sparklepuppy muppet dominatrix comedian. Her uniquely positive and inclusive humour and her glitter-bomb high-energy delivery have made her a favourite on the international arts festival circuit. She really is a treasure, we often find ourselves at Fringe festivals at the same time and you can count on her to a) be ...
81 Peter Waples-Crowe: Me and My Ghost Stories
September 24, 2018 21:59 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBPeter shares stories about his spirituality and otherworldly happenings. Peter Waples-Crowe is an award winning Ngarigo queer visual and performing artist whose work has featured in many spaces throughout Victoria. His art practice plays at the intersection of his experiences as an Aboriginal queer man and his work with community health and community arts organisations such as The Torch, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and his current role at the Victorian ...
80 Jordan Raskopoulos: If I Could Turn Back Time
September 16, 2018 21:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBJordan Raskopoulos takes a trip down memory lane, recalling some of her more frustrating encounters with the entertainment industry. Jordan Raskopoulos is a writer, comedian and singer. She's been on tele, she's toured the world with her band The Axis of Awesome, had a few viral hits and then had a supporting role in a telemovie about Julian Assange. Since coming out and transitioning she's also taken on a lot of speaking and advocacy work, hosting the ABC podcast This is About and creating...
79 Annaliese Constable: Relax Massage
September 10, 2018 21:00 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBAnnaliese Constable is massaged within an inch of her life. Annaliese Constable is a writer, performer and queer rights activist working across standup, queer performance and theatre. Renowned for self deprecating and tragic comedic works Annaliese has been a regular contributor to Erotic Fan Fiction, Confession Booth, Story Club and FBi's Versus with Eddie Sharp. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstor...
78 Nina Oyama: In a Haze of Bong Smoke
September 03, 2018 21:00 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBConsistently baked and severely depressed, Nina Oyama moves to Melbourne to work on a fancy TV show. Nina is a stand up comedian and writer. She has performed at various festivals across Australia, as well as on TV on SBS2's Stand Up @ Bella Union, C31's About Tonight, In The Zone 2015 and Tonightly with Tom Ballard. Nina also has writing credits for You're Skitting, The Chaser's Election Deskand Squinters. In 2017, Nina was a recurring cast member of multi award winning show Utopia, playin...
77 Tim Bishop: My Man and Me
August 28, 2018 05:58 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBA road trip and love story about going back to country. Tim Bishop is from Albury on the mighty Murray River, known as ‘Indi” to the upper river First Peoples. Raised around open fires and kitchen tables, he is a singer-songwriter, storyteller and radio broadcaster, among other skills. Tim has worked professionally as an actor and voice artist, an arts administrator, a theatre and costume designer, stage manager, tour manager and lighting designer and technician. He was Co-producer, Yabun A...
76 Garry Wotherspoon: Max's Party
August 20, 2018 21:00 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBA party is usually defined as “a joyous affair, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment,” but at this one the entertainment was, well, not what was expected. Garry is a historian, writer, and activist, a former academic at the University of Sydney and a former NSW History Fellow. He has written several books and has been published internationally. A 78er, he was awarded Australia's Centenary of Federation medal for his work as an academic, researcher, and human rights activi...
75 ZahraStardust: Stripper Fails 101
August 13, 2018 21:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBZahra Stardust shares her worst - and most hilarious - stripper fails. Zahra has travelled the world as an award winning striptease artist, pole instructor, porn star and Penthouse Pet. Since realising corporate law was not the best fit for her, she has worked in sexual health and human rights with the United Nations, in policy and leadership positions at ACON, the Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby and Scarlet Alliance, and as a Teaching Fellow in criminology at UNSW. Currently Zahra is finishin...
74 Robyn Kennedy: The Pursuit of Particular Friendships
August 06, 2018 21:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBRobyn Kennedy tells her tale of victory over the Sisters of Malevolence. Robyn has worked at senior levels in both the public and not for profit sector working across social and affordable housing, homelessness, Aboriginal housing, disability and health. Robyn is a proud 78er with a long history of involvement in LGBTIQ activism commencing in 1975 when she joined the Executive Committee of CAMP NSW. She was an active member of the Gay Task Force and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of F...
73 PatrickLenton: A Robust Game Of Man-Ball
July 30, 2018 21:00 - 12 minutes - 11 MBPatrick Lenton tells us a story in which he tries to throw a cool party for his friends and instead ends up interrogating the concept of masculinity. Patrick is a writer and author living in Sydney, Australia. He is a staff writer at pop-culture and entertainment publication Junkee. He has a book of short stories called A Man Made Entirely of Bats, which the critics have called ‘odd', and was shortlisted for the Most Underrated Book Award 2016. His book of comedic essays Uncle Hercules and...
72 Peter Mitchell: Nunsense in the City of Desires
July 23, 2018 21:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBPeter Mitchell AKA Sister Mary Sit-On-My-Face reveals her adventures with the San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during the 1983 gay and Lesbian Freedom Parade. Peter came into this world in 1957 in metropolitan Sydney and spent his formative years between rural Maitland and industrial Newcastle. Now residing in Lismore in Bundajalung Country, he is the author of the poetry chapbook, The Scarlet Moment and crafts poetry, short fiction, memoir, literary criticism and a range of jo...
71 Alex Ward: Remote
July 16, 2018 21:00 - 9 minutes - 9.11 MBAlex Ward has a taste of what it would be like to be an only child. Turns out it tastes like revenge with more than a hint of defeat. Alex is a Melbourne based stand-up comedian who has performed around the country, including at Brisbane and Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. Following a successful debut with sold out shows in 2017, Alex is excited to return to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with her 2018 show ‘Good, great'. When not performing stand-up, Alex is writing for...
70 Kate Rowe: Same Sex Marriage 90s Style
July 09, 2018 21:00 - 10 minutes - 9.78 MBKate Rowe reflects on her marriage to a dear friend. Kate worked in medical administration and is a fitness and health fanatic who went to her first Gay Games as a cyclist in New York in 1994. She went on to participate as an athlete, a volunteer and board member for 20 years. She is still is a triathlete hoping to qualify or the World Triathlon Championships in September. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Q...
69 Kelly Azizi: A Shit Queer
July 02, 2018 21:00 - 8 minutes - 7.41 MBKelly Azizi talks about the shittier side of what makes up 'community'. Kelly is a writer whose field of interest includes the politics of ethno-cultural identity, the diaspora, and non-white feminism. In 2016, she completed her Master of Cultural Studies degree at the University of Sydney. Kelly plays an active role in Sydney's art community, and is an advocate for its cultural diversity and inclusiveness. She was the Gallery Administrator at 55 Sydenham Rd - an independent art space in M...
68 Emily Wilkinson: The Invisible Girl
June 25, 2018 21:00 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBEmily Wilkinson contemplates the consequences of getting what you wished for. Emily is someone you typically find behind the scenes. An IT sysadmin by day and a theatrical audio tech by night, both careers in which success is defined as no one noticing when she screws up. She writes short stories that she shows to no one, and has a blog with all its posts set to private. She has a fondness for non-gestational-lesbian-Mum jokes, despite not yet being a non-gestational-lesbian-Mum. Queerstor...
67 Nayuka Gorrie: Going The Distance
June 18, 2018 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBNayuka's in love...but then her worst nightmare comes true. Nayuka Gorrie is a Kurnai/Gunai, Gunditjmara, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta freelance writer. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook. The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on Booktop...
66 Peter Taggart: A Country Practice
June 11, 2018 21:00 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MBPeter Taggart attempts to satisfy his curiosities in a rural heterosexual wasteland. Peter is a writer and podcaster from Brisbane. He was born on the glittering Gold Coast and raised in St George – a small farming township in southern Queensland. Peter has written for Junkee, The Guardian, Meanjin and SBS, has hosted shows on 2SER/Star Observer Digital and 4ZzZ and has contributed to various programs on triple j and ABC Radio Brisbane. His podcasts include the popular Bring A Plate and l...
65 David Abello: Paul
June 04, 2018 21:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBDavid Abello shares stories about his dear friend, Paul Young. David was born in the inner-west of Sydney where he still lives. He became involved in the lesbian and gay movement in 1975 and in 1980s was a member of the Gay Liberation Quire and the Gaywaves Gay Radio Collective amongst other things. He's been active in the disability movement since the 1980s and in membership-based organisations concerned with employment, advocacy, multicultural advocacy and housing. In the late 1990s he wa...
64 Ben McLeay: Kerouacking Off
May 28, 2018 21:00 - 8 minutes - 7.69 MBIn which Ben McLeay contemplates the worst thing that could possibly happen to him: rudeness. Ben is a Brisbane-based writer at Pedestrian.tv and co-host of political comedy podcast Boonta Vista Socialist Club. Ben is featured in the Queerstories book which can be ordered on Booktopia. Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories on Facebook...