Live coverage of the Protest Peter Dutton Defend Trans Rights across Tranzmission and Worker’s Power that happened 18th February 2025 outside Peter Dutton’s office at Mac’s Corner in Strathpine, Queensland.

Brought to you by the Worker’s Power, Tranzmission, and Queer Radio team.

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Sean, your Abomination About Town is in the studio with "Our Girl in Madrid", Hazel recapping the outstanding rallies, protests and events of the weekend. The conversation covers community solidarity, the tactics of conservative federal politicians and how some people just need to slither back into the haunted mirrors that spawned them.

Timestamps and Links:

• 01:19 - Trans Justice Project’s Protect Trans Youth Call To Action
• 03:58 - Current QLD Review
• 12:13 - Aaminah Khan from LGBT Legal Service Inc.
• 20:34 - Leah talking Community
• 29:56 - Steven Bates, Federal MP of Brisbane - Greens
• 35:30 - Mark Butler, Shadow Minister of Health and Aged Care of Hindmarsh - ALP
• 44:02 - Stay Strong, Take Time, Join In.

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The Tranzmission team stands in solidarity with trans young people. We are sharing interviews with the parents of trans young people in our community, conducted by the Tranzmission team. A huge thanks to the parents and families who so bravely shared their stories with us.

Links:

• Australian Professional Association for Trans Health (AusPATH)
• Transcend Australia
• Queensland Children’s Gender Service
• Relationships Australia Transilience Course

Trans Justice Project:

• Anti-Trans Disinformation Handbook
• Call to Action - 10am Saturday 8th February 2025

Open Doors Youth Service Inc.:

• Stronger Together Drop-in Mondays 3-5pm

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This week Ez is joined by Haydi LeFay Nucoorilma/Gamilaaroy Trans Femme to discuss trans solidarity with First Nations people. Covering topics such as right wing ideology, media, looking after ourselves and being there for community. They also play a clip from TikTok influencer @DecolonizationCoven about why right wing people are obsessed with trans people (SPOILER: the answer is patriarchy).

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:53 - Trans Solidarity w/ First Nations
• 03:27 - Fighting Racism In Your Space
• 10:40 - This is My Default
• 12:36 - Right Wing Obsession with Trans People
• 19:15 - Patriarchy
• 19:44 - Bathrooms: Disconnect = Division = Discrimination
• 23:15 - Future Steps: What can we do? Find your mob!

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This week Sean and Ez are joined in studio by local poet, author and zine maker Rae White to discuss their new book coming out on the 29th of January titled All The Colours Of The Rainbow illustrated by Sha'an D'anthes. The trio discuss the creative process, tra(i)ns, and mostly obnoxious bullshit that evolves into deep profound conversation about being a creative in a capitalist world.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:10 - Promotions: Toiling under the yolk of capitalism (they/them)
• 02:29 - Transing the Children: All the Colours of the Rainbow
• 06:28 - Off the “Rails” Discussion
• 09:00 - I Didn’t Know I Had To The Pronoun Thing Again - They/Them
• 10:34 - Rae White: All the Colours of the Rainbow - 29 January 2025
• 11:37 - Rae White: Book Summary
• 12:23 - Rae White: Creative Process
• 17:01 - Gender As A Human Experience/Arbitrary Construct/Cosmos
• 21:18 - Wholesome (Marketing Your) Pronouns
• 22:17 - Events: Shelf Lovers Launch 1st Feb - SOLD OUT
• 23:22 - Events: Where The Wild Things Are Launch 12th Feb
• 25:10 - Rae White: Advise/Guidance
• 32:11 - Sora Ferri - Baby Me

PREORDER Rae White’s kids book All the Colours of the Rainbow. _ Don’t forget to check out Rae’s other published work mentioned on the show Milk Teeth and Exactly As I Am,_ plus much more found on their website https://raewhite.net/

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4ZZZ's community lives and creates on Turrbal, Yuggera, and Jagera land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

This week Ez & Bette are in studio catching you up on what's happening with the LNP government changes for the QCGS (Queensland Children's Gender Service) as well as some history and context around "Conversion Therapy" and the Red Flags to look out for in therapeutic spaces.

Protect Trans Youth Health in Queensland - Sign Petition Here

Timestamps and Links:

• 03:03 - What’s Going On With QCGS - Petition Link
• 04:47 - Gillian Spencer and the RANZCP
• 06:40 - Speculation: Worst Case Scenario
• 07:53 - Briefly Bette: Surviving Social Conversion Therapy
• 11:46 - Looking Back at Conversion Therapy - Karl Bryant
• 14:54 - Looking Back at Conversion Therapy - Erika Muse
• 19:05 - Aspects of Contemporary Conversion Therapy - 🚩Therapy First
• 22:08 - Aspects of Contemporary Conversion Therapy - Michelle Telfer
• 23:24 - 🚩 Therapy First and SEGM 🚩
• 27:14 - Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria: No Evidence
• 29:12 - 🚩 Red Flags To Look Out For 🚩 - Correction in Notes.
• 31:42 - Public Health Act of 2005 Clause
• 33:22 - Sign the Petition to Protect Trans Kids

Red Flags List:

• Using the word ‘detransition’ as if it were a medical term. This term has no strict definition.
• Utilising the following as medical terms: Desistance, Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria (RODG), Trans Identification/Identified, Natal Males/Females, “Transgender”/“Cisgender”,
• Utilising the following points: Exponential Increase in Trans Self Identifying, Conflating Gender Dysphoria with Gender Identity Disorder, Refusing to use Pronouns or Referred Name, Interrogating sexuality, kinks, fetishes, and porn use.

CORRECTION: The terms “natal male” and “natal female” are commonly used as a way to avoid using the term “sex assigned at birth”, not to avoid the term “cisgender”. Bette got flustered from talking too fast.

Further Reading: Florence Ashley — Interrogating Gender Exploratory Therapy

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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, on November 20th is a day to memorialise those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. This episode is a heavy one where Sean, Sev and Ez are in studio together. Every year the Transgender Murder Monitor releases their count the number of trans, non-binary and gender diverse people who’ve been lost to violence in the last year. Counted from the 1st of October 2023 til the 30th of September 2024, the demographics wont surprise you. Overwhelmingly they’re people of colour. Overwhelmingly they are transfeminine. Staggering numbers of them are sex workers, migrants or refugees. This year 350 trans and gender diverse people were murdered. To read the full list click here.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:48 - TGEU Trans Murder Monitor 2024
• 04:57 - Remembering those we have lost
• 13:32 - Sit With Us
• 24:52 - Can you be a safe place? By Nonamey
• 26:58 - 8th Wonder of the World by Bobby Sanchez
• 31:04 - Celebrating Life
• 33:05 - Support us by Supporting 4zzz

Behind the scenes footage for this episode at 4zzz Podcasts - Sit With Your Discomfort

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Hey podcast listeners Tranzmission is going on a hiatus until next year. We are brewing some big plans as well as having a much needed break for our team. We've consistently pumped out podcasts for the three years and we've decided three months is a good time to have a rest. We'll still be live each week on 4ZZZ 102.1FM each Tuesday from 9am. You can also listen back live on the website 4zzz.org.au/amrap/tranzmission Looking forward to coming back onto our podcasting platform in 2025.

This week Ez is joined in studio by George Levi to review Elliot Page and Dominic Savage's new film called Close To You. Together (and soon joined by Sean) they dicuss the style of film, what came up for them both throughout the story as well as other film recommendations.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:50 - Close To You
• 03:39 - New Farm Queer Film Festival @ Five Star Cinemas New Farm
• 04:02 - The Peoples Joker
• 05:32 - Close To You: Dominic Savage’s Style
• 07:10 - Close To You: Mixed Reception snd Representation
• 09:10 - Surprise Sean and Recap
• 12:06 - Close To You: Effects of Improvised Dialogue
• 12:37 - Close To You: Family
• 18:37 - Close To You: Cinematography and Pacing
• 21:12 - Elliot Page and Despair
• 21:57 - Will and Harper
• 23:49 - What else is on? Problemista and T-Blockers
• 27:02 - Close To You: Romance w/ an old flame
• 29:56 - Close To You: Final thought

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