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Queerstories

Join 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

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10:05

327 Erin Heine - Frocks

Queerstories ·

2023/05/15

Amidst an earthquake, Erin is caught looting frocks.Erin ‘Bullet’ Heine is the Program Manager LGBTIQ+ at Sydney Local Health District. Originally from New Zealand, of Māori and European heritage, they are passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ+ community. They won the Out Role Model at this year’s ACON Pride and Health in Wellbeing awards and completedthe NSW health management traineeship program (2012-2013) including a Masters of Health Science, Health Service Management

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326 Neville Williams Boney - Platonic Boyfriends

Queerstories ·

2023/05/08

Neville reflects on how each of his platonic boyfriends has helped him grow.Neville Williams Boney is a proud Wiradjuri/Weilwan man from Wagga Wagga. Neville is a 2018 Graduate of NAISDA Dance College. He is currently an independent, interdisciplinary artist living on Dharug Lands. Neville danced with Karul Projects in their work CO_EX_EN premiering at Dance Massive (2019, he was a Collaborator for Phunktional’s Beyond The Wall (2019), Associate Producer for Sydney Festival and 2021 Artist in

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10:23

325 Brooke Scobie - The Break Up Queen

Queerstories ·

2023/05/01

How many breakups does it take to break someone? When western culture runs on the power of the romantic couple, it took losing a best friend to prove to Breakup Queen Brooke that she wasn't made entirely of stone and ice.Brooke Scobie is a queer Goorie woman, single mum, poetry and prose writer, podcast host and community worker. Born and bred on Bidjigal country, and now living on Darkinjung land,she considers herself first and foremost a creative weirdo.As a writer she is dedicated to telling

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324 C S Pacat - The Tram Conductor

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2023/04/24

CS has always been told they got their knack for storytelling from their family, oral histories passed down, told over and over. But are there more to those stories than meets the eye?CS Pacat is the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Dark Rise; the Captive Prince trilogy; and the GLAAD-nominated graphic novel series Fence. Born in Australia, CS Pacat has since lived in a number of cities, and currently resides and writes in Melbourne.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+

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12:23

323 Yves Rees - The Apparatus of Hiking

Queerstories ·

2023/04/17

Yves shares their passion for hikingYves Rees is a historian at La Trobe University, co-host of the Archive Fever podcast and author of All About Yves: Notes from a Transition. They are also co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia. Rees was awarded the 2020 Calibre Essay Prize.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and

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322 Omar Sakr - Poems Part II

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2023/04/03

Omar shares his poems.Omar Sakr is the author of two acclaimed poetry collections, These Wild Houses and The Lost Arabs, which won the 2020 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Poetry. His debut novel, Son of Sin, is out now.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and followQueerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be

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321 Krystal De Napoli - The Ocean Above

Queerstories ·

2023/03/27

Krystal reflects on stargazing with her mumKrystal De Napoli is a Kamilaroi author and astrophysicist devoted to the advocacy of Indigenous knowledges and equity in STEM. She is the co-author of Astronomy: Sky Country, published in 2022, which explores the wondrous interconnected world of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander astronomy.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit

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12:55

320 Dylan Mooney - Still Thriving

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2023/03/20

Dylan reflects on the steps he took to make it as a professional artist.Dylan Mooney is a proud Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander man from Mackay in North Queensland working across painting, printmaking, digital illustration and drawing. Legally blind, the digital medium’s backlit display allows the artist to produce a high-impact illustrative style with bright, saturated colour that reflects his experiences with keen political energy and insight. This blending of digital technology and

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11:32

319 Kevin Yow Yeh - The Safari

Queerstories ·

2023/03/13

Kevin shares one of the most exceptional experiences of his life.KevinYow Yehis a Wakka Wakka and South Sea Islander man and current Higher Degree Research studentandSessionalAcademicat the Queensland University of Technology.Kevin is a Director at the Institute for Collaborative Race Research and isan active member of the Meanjin community where he enjoys collaborating with other First Nations peoples across academia, activism and the arts. Kevin has also appeared on the latest season of Gogglebox

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318 Lara Thoms - The Party

Queerstories ·

2023/03/06

Lara is tasked with producing a party at a funeral home for work, but life ends up complicating the process.Lara Thoms is interested in socially engaged, site-specific and participatory possibilities in contemporary art and performance. She works as an artist in Field Theory and is a co-director of Aphids. For ten years she has also been a curator and producer for organistations including Dark Mofo, Supplefox, Next Wave and Performance Space. Her work has been presented with Perth International Arts

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317 Ivy Hawke - Gamers, The Most Oppressed Minority

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2023/02/27

Ivy explains how Townsville turned her into the joke making abomination she is today.Inspired by both her father and Shaun Micallef, Ivy Hawke completed a law degree then went straight to Brisbane to become a comedian. Her comedic style is a mix of chaotic ramblings, punch lines about lessons she learnt growing up queer in Townsville and disaster tales formed from not paying attention to her surroundings. Ivy runs a dungeons and dragons radio show on zed digital where she encourages writers and

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11:40

316 Benjamin Law - So, You're A Homosexual

Queerstories ·

2023/02/20

Benjamin wrestles with a recent gay trauma, and finds a way to process it and plan for the future.Benjamin Law is an Australian writer, broadcaster and absolute icon.He’s written books, TV shows, plays, he hosts Stop Everything on ABC Radio National, he writes for Good Weekend, he’s hosted documentaries, he’s on Australian Survivor, I don’t know when he sleeps, it’s outrageous.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia

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315 Shanaya Donovan - Eyebrow Propoganda

Queerstories ·

2023/02/06

Shanaya reflects on her year 7 speech assignment.Shanaya Donovan is 18 and a proud Darug, Dhungutti and Gumbayngirr woman from Western Sydney. A lover of music and art, and believer in knowledge and truth. She’s staunch and aiming to change it up through breaking down social and cultural barriers and rewriting the rules of the world.She performed this story at Blacktown Arts Centre as part of Kolour Me Kweer an all First Nations line up curated by Steven Lindsay Ross and hosted by Neville Williams

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314 Keith Quayle - The Wounded Healer

Queerstories ·

2023/01/30

Keith writes a letter to someone who needs to hear it.Keith Quayle is a Malyangapa and Barkindji gay man, who was raised on Dharug country. His lived experience of the NSW correctional system informs the advocacy work he carries out on behalf of trans and gender diverse people in detention. He performed this story at Blacktown Arts Centre as part of Kolour Me Kweer an all First Nations line up curated by Steven Lindsay Ross and hosted by Neville Williams Boney.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+

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313 Gary Lonesborough - The Path to Sydney

Queerstories ·

2023/01/23

Gary remembers the events that led him from the small country town where he grew up to the big city.GaryLonesborough is an award-winning Yuin writer, who grew up on the Far South Coastof NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. His debut YA novel,THEBOY FROM THE MISH, was published in February 2021, and was published byScholastic in the U.S asREADY WHEN YOU AREin March 2022.THE BOY FROMTHE MISHhas been shortlisted for numerous awards, winning the 2022 BooktopiaFAB Award for Favourite

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312 Zac Roberts - Karen

Queerstories ·

2023/01/16

Zac learns an important life lesson: never travel with your ex.Zac Roberts is a Yuin man currently living on Wallamattagal land, Dharug country. He’s a historian, currently struggling through a PhD about the relationships between Indigenous and Jewish people in Australia since 1788. Zac has previously worked in museums, education, and as a pizza delivery driver.He performed this story at Blacktown Arts Centre as part of Kolour Me Kweer an all First Nations line up curated by Steven Lindsay Ross and

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311 Jinny-Jane Smith - Jumping the Fence

Queerstories ·

2023/01/09

Jinny-Jane realises there's something that makes her different from her loved ones, and she finds a way to tell them.Jinny-Jane Smith is a proud Wiradjuri/ Walbunja woman of the Yuin nation. Jinny identifies as a lesbian woman, mother and aunty to many.She is a dedicated advocate, giving her time toenhancecommunities, address social justice and self-determination for the betterment of community. Jinny is the Community Engagement Officer of BlaQ. She sits on the board of Gadigal information Service

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310 Chris Southcote - Oh, to be in the Netball Team

Queerstories ·

2022/12/19

A coming of age tale, from junior school to a Catholic high school via more than a few netball courts.Following a very, very long corporate career, Chris Southcote burst onto the comedy scene in 2020. He has since bagged gigs throughout Australia; he was a grand finalist in Sydney’s Comedy on Edge 2021, Queensland Raw Semi-Finalist 2021 and the Sunny Coast Festivals Laughable Runner Up 2021. At an age where he could quite possibly be hitting “mid life crisis” territory, he comes armed with years of

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309 Aurelia St Clair - Playboy Bunnies and First Jobs

Queerstories ·

2022/12/12

Aurelia tells a tale about working minimum wage in dimly lit stores, fashion internships and meeting Dennis Rodman at the Playboy Lounge.Aurelia St Clair is a comedian, writer, podcaster and dog mother who now calls Melbourne home. You can listen to another of Aurelia’s stories on the lockdown edition of the podcast I produced in 2020, head to Queerstories.com.au and look her up.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around

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308 Kirsty Webeck - Otway Panther

Queerstories ·

2022/12/05

Kirsty has an encounter with the Otway Panther...or does she?Kirsty Webeck is back with another tale, this one performed at Brisbane Comedy Festival in 2022. If you don’t know who Kirsty is, I’m not sure where you’ve been. She’s a national treasure.Queerstories an award-winning LGBTQI+ storytelling project directed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For more information, visit www.queerstories.com.au and followQueerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by

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