Queering The Air

On this episode of Queering the Air Thanh Hằng covers the politics of QTPOC HairThanh Hằng chats to Amena, Raina and Rai as they share their experiences with hair care  + chats to Vaxx and Angela about the queer visibility/invisibility and race and gender politics of qtpoc hair. Vaxx, Angela and Thanh Hằng also read out love letters from various qtpocs about their relationship with their hair. 

We chat with Anna, Regina and Dan from the Brunswick Renegades and James from Melbourne Surge about queerness and sport. Why are there so many queer girls in sport? How can sport be more inclusive? Who wins the ultimate war of Nerds v Jocks?

On this episode of the show J & T talk briefly about the refugee crises in Syria and the world, feature an interview with the Our Voices, Changing Cultures project, and review the "Asian Ghost-ery Show" playing at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

On this episode of Queering the Air Thanh Hằng explores Women's Emotional Labour, Feminism, Capital Value and Theory with Melbourne-based writer and artist, Aurelia Guo and co-founder of the Feminist Theory Reading Group, Eva Birch.We also hear from with Arrente woman, Celeste Liddle's s talk at Liquid Architecture's FMX: What would a Feminist Methodology sound like? .   

Nicki and Jessie review Pregnant Butch by AK Summers, The Inner Circle by TC Boyle and Holding the Man by Timothy Conigrave.

Thanh Hằng and Sasha review two queer films screening at Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2015!From sleeping soldiers in Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour to Maya Newell's Australian documentery Gayby Baby. 

We look at the intersection of sound, sexuality and stereotypes as Jessie, Jack and Luke explore the so-called "gay voice". What does it sound like? What's behind it? Does it even exist?

Listen to an interview with a collective of the MASIL collective & a discussions of RISE's response to the ALP turn the boats back policy

Lia Incognita chats to Declan Greene about his play I AM A MIRACLE at Malthouse Theatre. They talk about his play, injustice, queer sincerity and how to make theatre about brutality without creating a spectacle of suffering.+Thanh Hằng chats to Gabi Briggs, a Koori woman from sovereign Anaiwan and Gumbangier peoples and is a photographer as well as a video and performance artist. She is also a co-founder of Sovereign Apocalpse. Gabi chats to Thanh Hằng about Indigenous Sovereignty, the future, zine making and her installation at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival. Music:Trying to Leave my Body - M.LamarPay the Rent - Paul GorrieShe is the Light - Zaachariaha FeildingPemulwuy - Marlene Cummins 

 Thanh Hằng is joined by newest Queering the Air presenter, Jules Pereira.We hear from Thành Nguyễn, director of Queer Forever Festival, chat about Independent Arts and Censorship in Hà Nội  + the traditional vs the contemporary in classical Indian dance with Mohiniyattam dancer, Raina Peterson. Raina Peterson shares with us details about her upcoming show with dance partner Govind Pillai, 'In Plain Sanskrit' at Footscray Community Arts Centre. More details on In Plain Sanskrit here: http://footscrayarts.com/event/plain-sanskrit/Queer Forever Festival : https://www.facebook.com/Qforeverfestival   

In this episode, Arjun speaks to academic Gilbert Caluya, who is a research fellow based at the university of South Australia in Adelaide. Gilbert has written about race, sexuality and the cultural politics of intimacy, and in this interview he explores some of his ideas in greater depth.

Thanh Hằng recently visited Hà Nội Vietnam to check out what's happening in the queer community over there. She's brough back some interviews with Queer Forever Festival Director, Nguyễn Quốc Thành, as well as Queer Zine Collective, Hà Nội Panic.  

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.

Arjun talks to Dean Beck, JOY 94.9 broadcaster and producer who hosts the amazing shows Word for Word and On the Line, and is speaking at the Emerging Writer's Festival on 2 June. Jessie and Nicki cover the racist anti-Islamic rally in Richmond, and discuss militarism, the police and hate speech.

Thanh Hang and Jessie present to you a special show marking International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia.Today we celebrating and honor trans and gender diverse artists from around the world as well as from our home town, Melbourne. Special live performance by June Jones as well as hearing her thoughts on gender, music and representation. Plus, a sneak preview of last night's Reframing Gender event held at Northcote town Hall: an event showcasing local talent from trans and gender diverse artists in Melbourne. Music:Two Steps on the Water Diamond StylzTina Hanae     

We chat about feminism and LGBT activism in China following the Free Chinese Feminists campaign which successfully pressured the Chinese government to release 5 young women who had been detained for 37 days for a planned action on sexual harassment. Lia speaks with Dr Wang Zheng of University of Michigan, who was active in the campaign and one of the founders of Chinese Society for Women’s Studies (海外中华妇女学学会) back in the early 90s.

Interview with Kerith Manderson-Galvin, Queer femme showgirl and Tobias Manderson-Galvin, creative director MKA about their upcoming show "Expen$$$ive: Get in lovers. We're Doing Witchcraft" part of the Metanoia Live Works Program at the Mechanics Institute , Brunswick .  Additionally a short discussion on ANZAC Day and International and local queer current events.

Thanh Hang and Lia Incognita cover International Women's Day Symposium at FCAC