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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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16:17

51 Zoe Coombs Marr: You Should Use That

Queerstories ·

2018/02/27

Zoe Coombs Marr gets advice. From her parents, her audience, her peers and her dentist. Some of it is good. Some is unusable stories about wafflecones.Zoe is a performer, writer, artist and comedian. She grew up in Grafton, where she and her best friend staged a musical instead of going to schoolies week. Zoe has performed stand up comedy extensively in Australia, the UK and New York. Her latest solo show, Trigger Warning, won the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Barry Award as well as the Golden

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50 David Marr: Clearlight on a Bad Day

Queerstories ·

2018/02/20

David Marr tells us how the inescapable truth finally dawned on him one day late in 1975.David has won four Walkley awards for journalism in his 45 year career. He's now at Guardian Australia and is widely regarded as one of Australia's most influential commentators.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and followQueerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is

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49 Candy Royalle: Here, Queer and Arabic

Queerstories ·

2018/02/13

Poet Candy Royalle on the road to belonging.Candy was an award winning writer, performance artist, poet, storyteller, activist, educator and vulnerability advocate. Candy's album “Birthing the Sky Birthing theSea,” a collaboration with the band The Freed Radicals, explored a fusion of rock and roll, funk, experimental soundscapes, hip hop, poetry with song. She published two solocollections, “Love Spectacular” and “Heartbeats,” and toured extensively in Australia,

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10:05

48 Allison Gallagher: On Binaries and Button-Down Shirts

Queerstories ·

2018/02/06

Allison Gallagher explores the re-negotiation of their relationship to masculinity after coming out as trans.Allison is a writer and poet from Sydney. Their chapbook 'Parenthetical Bodies' was released in 2017 by Subbed In. Their poems have appeared in places like Overland, Potluck, Scum Mag and Moonsick, while other writing has appeared on i-D, The Sydney Morning Herald and Junkee. They also sing and play bass in the indie-punk band Sports Bra.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night

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11:16

47 Nell

Queerstories ·

2018/01/30

Nell gives us a Blessing For One Who Is Exhausted, Hard On For Love, Artist's Prayer, Yellow Glove and banter.Nell's practice traverses performance, sculpture, music, and painting. Small, intimate objects are just as probable as immersive installations. In creating her dramatic, idiosyncratic works Nell draws on an eclectic selection of material, ranging from the sacred to the popular. Her great love of Rock ‘n' Roll and small joys manifest in artworks that are everyday meditations on what is

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7:10

46 George Tillianakis: We’re not allowed to talk to...

Queerstories ·

2018/01/23

George Tillianakis tells us a true story from 1999.George is a Sydney based video performance artist, composer, and musician. George has been active in the arts for over 15 years, exhibiting and performing in galleries internationally, most notably in New York City.George has written, produced, and released music, under the name Melodiqa, a solo electronic project that saw two albums released in 2016, Donuts, and Cry, Fuck, or Fight, and with indie band Chainsaw Melody. All music under these names

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45 Lisa Freshwater & AJ Brown: Renovating a Relationship

Queerstories ·

2018/01/16

AJ Brown and Lisa Freshwater talk about healing the past through renovating a house and affirming gender.AJ is a landscape designer as well as an admin for a number of online groups including Trans Sydney Pride and Transgender International. Lisais a co-founder of The Theatre Division. Currently her production of Miracle City is playing at the Sydney Opera House. Together, Lisa and AJ have a fifteen year old son and a boarder collie called Fergus.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night

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44 Tilly Lawless: Stifling

Queerstories ·

2018/01/09

Tilly Lawless talks about her experiences at a massage parlour she worked at and the fling she had with another working girl there.Tilly is a queer, Sydney-based sex worker who is passionate about horses, sex worker rights and feminism. She utilises her online platform to speak about her personal experiences within the sex industry, in an attempt to shine a light on the every day stigma that sex workers come up against. Growing up in rural NSW, her writing is often a bucolic love letter to the

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18:20

43 Jordan Raskopolous: Critically Ashamed

Queerstories ·

2018/01/01

Jordan Raskopoulostells the sordid tale of her battle with the Logies.Jordan 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 Aboutand creating content around issues such as Australia Dayand Marriage Equality.Queerstories is an

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11:24

42 Ben Neutze & Cassie Tongue: A platonic partnership...

Queerstories ·

2017/12/26

Theatre critics Cassie Tongue and Ben Neutze tell a story of musical theatre legends, glitter emerald eye-shadow, and pants-wetting in the presence of a Minogue.Cassie and Ben are two of Sydney's leading theatre critics and are among the most influential performing arts commentators in the country. Cassie writes regularly for Time Out Sydney and Guardian Australia, and Ben is Deputy Editor of Daily Review. Ben and Cassie bring intelligence, politics, feminism and a queer eye to the fine art of

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11:03

40 johnny seymour: Chosen Family

Queerstories ·

2017/12/21

Jonny Seymour shares his reflections on a lifetime of creating chosen family, logical rather than biological.DJ and composer Jonny is one half of Stereogamous, the Sydney-based duo he formed with Paul Mac.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and followQueerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your

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8:18

39 Amy Coopes: Confession

Queerstories ·

2017/12/21

Amy Coopes muses on sacraments, sacrificial siblings, and the mindblowing power of the Catholic confessional.Amy is a writer, journalist, and editor at Croakey News.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events around Australia. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and followQueerstories on Facebook.The Queerstories book is published by Hachette Australia, and can be purchased from your favourite independent bookseller or on

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41 Christina Radburn and Bhenji Ra: Queer Sister Hooding

Queerstories ·

2017/12/21

Bhenji Ra and Christina Radburn tell their story of being two sisters growing up and growing together.Christina is an award-winning independent film producer based in Melbourne. Bhenji is an interdisciplinary artist. She belongs to the collective Club Ate and she is the overall mother of the house of Slé, a western Sydney based community performance group. They grew up in Moruya, a small coastal town in NSW. They are sisters, carrying the long bloodlines of their Filipino matriarchs who have

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38 Ginger Turner: The A is Not for Ally

Queerstories ·

2017/12/19

Ginger Turner reflects on their realisation that they identify as asexual. Ginger 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. Ginger is featured in the Queerstories book which can be ordered on Booktopia.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden,

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13:22

37 Teddy Cook and Kate Jones: Twins

Queerstories ·

2017/12/12

Kate Jones and Ted Cook tell us the story of a pair of twins, some snow and slamming it down fast, the perfect analogy for Teddy and Kate's beautiful queer life. Kate Jones launched The Vegan Teahouse in 2012, the Vegan Collective night market in 2014, and last year established MAKER, a queer feminist run shared commercial kitchen, education space and coffee bar in Petersham.Her identical twin, Ted works at ACON, is an affiliate member of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual

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36 Vicki Melson: Gotta Make Way for the Homo Superior

Queerstories ·

2017/12/05

Vicki Melson tells us a short tale of heroes, cock and cancer. Vicki is a Sydney based aromatherapist with a background in graphic design. She has recently completed an Arts degree majoring in English and Film which she hopes will encourage her to write more. She escaped from the UK in 1987 and has since been trapped in Australia due to her love of its flora and fauna. Vicki Melson is featured in the Queerstories book which can be ordered on Booktopia.Queerstories is an LGBTQI+ storytelling night

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12:54

35 Nic Holas: That Guy

Queerstories ·

2017/11/28

Nic Holas opens up for the first time about something very personal that happened to him, his sisters, and his Dad. Nic Holas is an activist, writer, and co-founder of The Institute of Many (TIM), Australia's largest grassroots movement for People Living with HIV. Nic's writing on HIV/AIDS, LGBTIQA issues, human rights, and pop culture has appeared in Archer, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, SBS, Hello Mr., The Lifted Brow, and Junkee, as well as in international and local queer media.Nic has

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12:49

34 Francis Voon & James Adcock: Marriage Equali-tee

Queerstories ·

2017/11/28

Francis Voon and James Adcock know the lead up to marriage equality may not be easy, but they are saying YES to love, even if that means wearing matching merchandise.Francis and James have been together for 5 years. James is an architect and Francis works on the marriage equality campaign.Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For Queerstories event dates, visit www.maevemarsden.com, and follow Queerstories

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33 Kirsty Webeck: A Life Lesson In Peru

Queerstories ·

2017/11/14

Kirsty Webecktells us how a trip to Peru changed the way she sees the world.Kirsty is a Melbourne-based stand up comedian. She hasnotably performed in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival,Adelaide Fringe Festival,hosted The GLORIAs at NSW Parliament House and performed at Mardi Gras. Kirsty is currently touring her 2018 festival show, 'I Get It Now!,'Queerstories is an LGBTQIA+ storytelling night programmed by Maeve Marsden, with regular events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. For

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9:25

32 Julie Low: My Names

Queerstories ·

2017/11/07

Julie Low talks about the wide variety of names she's collected throughout her life, along with what they mean to her and why she loves them all.Julie is an artist, writer, photographer, and podcast host. She is a graduate of the National Art School with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and is currently in the first year of her Masters of Teaching (Secondary) at the University of New South Wales. Her recent work includes co-hosting Trans-Mission Radio, an amateur anecdotal advice show by trans women, for

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