Queering The Air

In this episode, we spoke with Saara, Alana and Sea about the exciting new queer film Camp Therapy; a reverse take on the cultish absurdity of conversion therapy advocates. In amongst that we spoke about how queer life lends itself to queer film making and vice versa.

On this episode of Queering the Air, we spoke with Thea Riley about their musical methods, the use of song titles to drive a songs theme, regulating a song's tempo and syncopation to affect the listener and the difficulty in maintaining focus on this with so much distraction from ‘the biz’. PLEASE DONATE for Radiothon! It would seem that a great proportion of Queering the Air listeners are podcast listeners. To stay on the air, both Queering the Air and 3CR heavily rely on the generosity of all our listeners. As such, I hope that you can show your solidarity by donating to our Radiothon. The crowdraiser page, that will stay open until the end of July, is givenow.com.au/cr/queeringtheair. If you donate via that specific page, you will be making clear to 3CR program management of your support for our show.

On this episode of Queering the Air, part of the 3CR Radiothon broadcast, we:Heard our resident fictional character DJ T-Boy scratch some records,Listened to some examples of what makes QTA pop, including hot takes from our International Women’s Day show, an on air discussion about bi-erasure, and various guests describing their points of resistance and pride. It would seem that a great proportion of Queering the Air listeners are podcast listeners. To stay on the air, both Queering the Air and 3CR heavily rely on the generosity of all our listeners. As such, I hope that you can show your solidarity by donating to our Radiothon. The crowdraiser page, that will stay open until the end of July, is givenow.com.au/cr/queeringtheair. If you donate via that specific page, you will be making clear to 3CR program management of your support for our show.

This special episode is a broadcast of the Trans Book Festival’s First Nations Panel, first recorded on 19th April at the Wheeler Centre. First Nations writers and poets Arlie Alizzi, moirra., and Lay Maloney (Weaving Us Together) yarn with chair Jazz Money (mark the dawn) about what it means to be a trans Ancestor, the responsibility of truth-telling with ink, and how Blak Love transcends all expectations.

On this episode, we:Heard from the organising committee of Trans Feminists United about their ethos and resulting methods, leaving us with no doubt as to how they managed to so smoothly organise the Anti-Femicide rally of the previous week, and with an assurance that we will be seeing much more from them in the future.Spoke with the lovely Rae from 4ZZZ’s Tranzmission show; about community radio, the Trans Book Festival (which we were at, at the time) and the Meanjin queer community / environment.Learned about photography through a queer lens (see what I did there?), with Teague, photographer of the Trans Book Festival and Midsumma March.Listened to extracts of a 1991 episode of the 3CR show Open House, and their coverage of the World Aids Day. 

On this episode, we went live to the Trans Feminists United rally at the Victorian State Library forecourt to join, in solidarity, with their timely refusal to accept the rising number of murders of women and girls of every intersection across the globe. This rally was broadcasted live, and this podcast is a recording of that broadcast. It has been lightly edited to remove some moments in-between finding audience members to speak with and in-between rally speakers. Enjoy!

In this episode, Madison Moffat:Learned from visual artist and performer Ebony Hickey about translating the challenges of adoption and estrangement from one’s homeland into art.Continued to explore the very queer monthly Headless Poetry event, by speaking with poet Jocasta Suzanne about the Headless social mission.All the while, joined in the studio by Ivy Crago and Maxine Palmerson of Big Dog Theatre, whose new production ‘The Devil in Her Undies’ (19-30 May, Motley Bauhaus) explores the radical act of giving yourself permission to fail.

In this episode, we hear from Dzenana Vucic and enterthevessel. They discuss their motivations and experience in participating in this month’s Headless Poetry Night, an event that is held in Naarm every first Monday of the month. Along the way, a range of social topics of a queer nature come up; all truly befitting this anti-normative event.

Join Madison in the studio to chat with Bernie Dieter from Club Kabarett.

Madison chats with Sam Elkin about the 2026 Trans Book Festival: 17-19 April https://events.humanitix.com/trans-book-festival-2026

Madison chats with Naavikaran, ALX GoSlow, and plays excerpts from Out of the Pan on 3CR with Sally Goldner.Plus- Wicked Words - Dyke Hands- The historical nature of policing queer people 

Madison interviews ALX; GoSlow  https://alxgoslow.bandcamp.com/

Madison interviews LXRP,  naarm based chorus pedal drum machine post punk post pop music for the heart. https://lxrp.bandcamp.com/ 

On this episode we:Spoke with Vadim, who escaped Russia and is currently living in Kazakhstan. He describes the conditions for queer folk who currently reside in Russia, why he absolutely had to flee his country of origin and how we can help those left behind.Spoke with Dr Yves Rees, about publishing as a form of resistance; including within the queer community. They will be part of a panel discussing resistance through publishing at theFootscray West Writers Fest at 2pm on Sunday 29 March 2026.Joining us as a studio guest was Sunny Youngsmith, to reflect on being a drag king (and thing), the joys of receiving and responding to hecklers and their Melbourne International Comedy Festival show ‘Cabin Pressure’, at the Motley Wherehaus, from 23rd March to 5th April at 6:15pm; bookings via www.comedyfestival.com.au.  

Madison speaks with Oscar and Anna about their experience and reflections of having attended two separate Annual General Meetings of queer organisations. This included a concerning keynote speech at one of those AGM (which does not necessarily reflect the thoughts of the organisation itself) that seems to be symptomatic of a shift away from activism towards a more conservative professionalism amongst those who represent queer folk to the wider mainstream community. 

On this episode, we discussedthe horrific podcast episode produced and released by the Equality Project, organisers of the Better Together conference.the less than satisfactory post-incident response from the Equality Project.how the conference itself played out over the course of the two days, as described by our on-the-spot correspondent Oscar.why it is perfectly reasonable to expect the Equality Project to step aside and forfeit their current socio-political position within the queer community.how we deserve more informed leaders and must expect a real reckoning following an incident of this kind.how queer elitism is consolidating itself here in Australia and how this incident acts as a warning sign.

On this episode of Queering The Air:Our 'Meow, Meow, Meow' section, where we discuss what events are happening in the Queer world, included a discussion on a number of Naarm-based drag performers and their recent and current (sometimes meta, sometimes primary) contributions to our queer culture.A retrospective chat about Leigh Bowery, that also covered Australian artists who venture elsewhere to make it big, resisting othering via the performance of a sharp identity, and the perils of posthumously attributing politics to performers of past periods in popular culture. 

On this week's edition of Queering the Air, Madison Moffat:Speaks further with Marcel Liemant about queer book self-publishing and their views on the future of queer literature.Explores a little about a fundamental queer and trans icon: Wendy Marcos, co-inventor of the Moog Synthesiser and legendary electronica composer and soundtrack producer.Revisits where the Melbourne LGBTIQA+ left the subject of Victorian Police marching at the Midsumma Pride March, the challenges that may therefore lie ahead and the need to therefore get on the front foot in late 2025 to avoid another traumatic 'debate'.Community Events: 'Unlikely Authors' writing workshop, coordinated by Vic Pride Centre staff member Ivy Crago. Saturday 13th September 5am, Flemington Library, 313 Racecourse Road, Flemington. Free Event.LGBTI+ Ageing Community Social Club, September 15 @ 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Victorian Pride Centre, 79-81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda.Artists Expressions of Interest Now Open for Victorian Pride Centre Gallery exhibition – 'Exhibition

During this episode, we spoke with queer community treasure Roland Thomson; who has been serving the community as our prime queer book vendor for too many years to count. We spoke about how it began, the various incarnations of Hares and Hyenas over the decades, and how it continues to beat the odds in an oppressive commercial world.

Madison Inteviewed Zara Jones of Thorne Habour Country about the monthly meet-up Bendigo Morning Cuppa. They discussedcreating spaces for regional queer communal gathering and information sharinghow such spaces can encourage greater understanding between members of various intersections of the queer community.Madison also spoke to Piani, a Morning Cuppa participant about the benefits of joining in.We also heard from trans disability advocate Jax Brown, as they were a panelist for Rainbow Inclusive Voices' celebration of LGBTIA+ Disability Pride. They spoke tothe differences between advocacy and activism,how disability access can be problematic at the most 'inclusive' of venues,how sexuality and intimacy remains a realm requiring disabilty activism,the challenges in gaining continuity in funding for disability rights issues that cannot be solved with the funds from one short-term grant.Madison then outlines some of the insights shared by the Rainbow Inclusive Voices panel, before allowing Skye de Vent, an audi