The Gender Agenda

Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Quinn dive into Pageantry with global entrants to Miss Trans Global.

The team is then joined live by Isabel of Bbsanii, electronic music producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist to chat music and listen to her new track Murcielago, a song telling four spellbinding tales. Find Bbsanii here and support local artists.

The team then dive into the Tilde Film Festival and talk about their all time favourite trans films.

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Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss some international good trans news before talking with director Walt Dyson and nonbinary actor, Faun Xe about the new play, “All Bull”, about toxic masculinity, played by an all-female and TGD cast.

We also chat with nonbinary DJ and musical artist, Dirty Versachi, about their brand-new single, ENBY COWGIRLFRMHELL.

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Joss, Rebeckah and Jen discuss the upcoming Tilde Trans Film Festival, recap the Queer Wedding Expo and Trans Book Festival and talk about trans and lesbian solidarity as part of Lesbian Visibility Week.

We also chat with trans music journalist Ellie Robinson and nonbinary music artist Tay Blunt about their upcoming all-trans music festival, TRANSGENRE Volume III, in Adelaide on 23rd of May, as well as what we can expect for their planned TRANSGENRE Volume IV in Melbourne later in the year (August 2026).

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Joss, Rebeckah, Pharrell, Jen and Quinn discuss the Trans Book Festival, the upcoming release of the Tilde Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival program and next weekend’s Queer Wedding Expo where Rebeckah will be modelling. Plus, we also recap the TGD content from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

We also chat with Erin and Bec about their incredible trans-owned, trans-run business for the trans community, Sock Drawer Heroes. We talk about the importance of reasonably priced, comfortable gender affirming clothing, particularly undergarments, zeroing in on packers, binders and breast forms.

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Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss a bit of trans-centred good news from around the world, International Asexuality Day (with Joss and Jen discussing some of their asexual relationship) and we talk about some of our own writing experiences within the trans community space and other forms of creativity that trans people are drawn to. We round out the show with a discussion about self-care and surviving religious holidays as a trans person.

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Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen, Joss and Lee start off by discussing what Trans Day of Visibility means to us as trans people.

We also chat with non-binary comedian Maddy Weeks about their show, Queerly Beloved before we get DJ, Activist and trans woman of colour, Miss Katalyna talking about what visibility means for trans people of colour and we round out the show with Joss asking our trans gender-queer psych about visibility for trans masc people.

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Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss Transgender Day of Visibility events and A Very Fruity Ball.

We also chat with trans masc. comedian Chris McAllister about his Comedy Festival show as well as Yoz Mensch from South Australia about their show.  We also take a look at the fabulous queer representation at this year’s Comedy Festival.

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Joss, Rebeckah and Quinn discuss Quinn’s return after her recent surgery as well as Neurodiversity Celebration Week and the huge intersection of neurodivergence and being trans.

We also chat with Trans Book Fair festival director Eli and Book Editor Savannah about the Trans Book Fair event and writing in the trans community.

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Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Miranbda discuss the Chillout Festival and International Women’s Day events and play back some of the Midsumma Pride March interviews Rebeckah did with members of the TGD community on the day.

We also play back a chat we had with trans Naarm-based writer and performer, Gabrielle Fallen, about her play, Mature Skin, being performed 11 – 22 March.

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Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss and reflect on our highlights from the summer’s queer events.

We also chat with visiting professor, Oliver Haimson from University of Michigan about his book “Trans Technologies”, and drill down into a specific discussion about enhancing safety for TGD and BIPOC people using technology. We also chat with US expat, Associate Professor Phoebe Toups Dugas from Monash University’s Human Centred Computing program.

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Miranda, Quinn, Joss and Jen discuss our feelings and experiences around gender-affirming surgeries and the many ways TGD folks affirm our genders aside from surgery.

We also play back a pre-recorded interview Joss and Jen did with Transgender Victoria’s Communications Manager, Hank, where they talk about the important advocacy work TGV does for the trans and gender diverse community, particularly around key community events like Trans Day of Visibility and Trans Awareness Week.

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Rebeckah, Miranda and Quinn discuss OG TGA host Miranda’s time on one of JOY’s other shows, Geeks Out and catch up on what’s been going on in Miranda’s life since she last co-hosted the show. Rebeckah reports back on her Valentine’s Day date, Quinn talks about her experience at the Laneway music event and Miranda talks about where the name of the show “The Gender Agenda” came from.

We also have a chat with Nathan from Queer Connect, who talks about Queer By Design, featuring all queer models, designers and make-up artists, kicking off on...

Joss, Quinn and Jen discuss the singer from Mark of Cain coming out as transgender, we talk about the recent Pride street party in Melbourne and some of the unfortunate transphobia occurring around the Sydney Mardi Gras.

We have a fabulous discussion with Melbourne transgender playwright, Daxie Carnay, as she talks about her upcoming new show, “Mr Big”.

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It’s our first LIVE episode back after the summer break!

Joss, Rebeckah, Jen and Quinn discuss what’s in store for our second season and recap all the fabulous summer queer and trans community events.

We also chat with Renea and Charlotte, the mother & daughter team behind the awesome and incredibly popular Ballarat TGD Swap Shop.

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Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this, our final show for the year, we talk about some exhibits by trans artists at Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts (ACCA) and more Midsumma events.

We talk about our personal highlights for the year and what brings us joy during the holidays.

We then get to know Victoria’s Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities, Joe Ball and have so much fun that we keep him on for the rest of the show!

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Join this week’s hosts, Joss and Rebeckah for another episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this show, we talk about our favourite seasons, our favourite things about summer and play our favourite songs of summer (listed below).

We talk about NZ following the international right-wing trend of banning puberty blockers for trans young people and discuss the impact of the UK statements on gender that may see trans people (and probably others) barred from services based purely on their appearance.

We play back an interview that Miranda did with Irish performer, Kylie Ao...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Rebeckah, Quinn, Jen and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this show, we talk about Trans Awareness Week, culminating in Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) and we have a minute’s silence in honour of all the members of our trans community who have lost their lives to violence.

We talk about why visibility and awareness is so important and discuss what trans awareness looks like for each of us. We then share what TDoR means to each of us and share memories of love...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen and Quinn for another fresh episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this week’s show, we recap our week, then discuss Transgender Victoria’s recent Gender Revel Gala, which we all attended. We also talk about what we each saw at the Tilde trans film festival, and chat with non-binary filmmaker Luka Gracie about their incredible film, “Found“, which featured at Tilde.

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Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this week’s show, we recap our week, discuss the ongoing petition to reverse the QLD government’s ban on puberty blockers for trans kids, and chat to some trans creatives.

First off the rank, we chat with Mish Keating about their short film, “Bagua”.

Next we chat with Melbourne darling Naavikaran about their short film, “Where Are You From”.

We finish off the show by talking with occasional host Pharrell, about his book release, “Sleeping With Str...

Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Rebeckah, Jen, and Quinn for another episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, briefly discuss Halloween, then the latest international trans news, talk  about the Queensland government redefining “female” and having their puberty-blocker ban overturned (for a few hours, at least…) 

We chat with festival curator Ro Bright about the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the Tilde Trans Film Festival.

We finish off the show with a discussion about trans film making.

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Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn, Rebeckah and Pharrell for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this week’s show, we recap our weeks, discuss the interactions between dysphoria and sexuality, talk  about the NT prison system’s impact on trans people and celebs involved in the Harry Potter remake and their claims that they had no knowledge of JKR’s transphobia before signing on…

We also talk about Melbourne Fashion Week and the opening of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival that Quinn attended.

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Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda!

It’s Festival time, so in this show, we recap our weeks, discuss the Fringe Festival shows we saw, talk some more about the upcoming TILDE TGD Film Festival and tomorrow night’s opening of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the fact that it seems to contain more fabulous trans content every year!

We talk about Coming Out Day from the past weekend and our Trans Psych, Lee, talks us through pre-coming-out anxiety, where to seek s...

Join this week’s hosts, Rebeckah, Jen, Joss and Quinn for another all new episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this show, we talk about the upcoming TILDE (Trans) Film Festival running from October 31st to November 2nd, as well as looking ahead to Transgender Victoria’s “Gender Revel Gala” and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival program launch. We also discuss International Lesbian Day, which turns into a discussion about our own sexuality and how that’s affected (or not!) by our gender identities.

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Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda!

In this show, Jen talks about her attendance at a discussion group debunking myths about trans women in sport, we discuss the awesome trans representation at the Melbourne Fringe Festival, we get to know a bit more about our Trans Psychologist, Lee and we pose some very interesting listener questions to them.  We finish off the show with a discussion about our “Transperations” – people that have inspired us during our trans journeys.

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Join Joss, Jen, Rebeckah and Lee as we respond to the news that co-host Quinn just got engaged – congratulations, Quinny!! So of course we have a discussion about our thoughts on getting married. We also have a report back about a panel discussion Jen attended on debunking trans myths in sport and we talk about the general state of sport around the world and the ways trans people are excluded and sometimes included. We also have a discussion about international sign language day and the intersection of trans and deaf-blind identities as well as tackling some more hairy listener qu...

Join hosts Quinn, Joss and Jenn as they discuss marriage in the trans community, a promising new study on the positive effects of progesterone for trans women on HRT, and we ask our resident trans psychologist for answers to some more curly questions.

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Join hosts Quinn and Miranda as we get reintroduced to Miranda who was part of the first incarnation of The Gender Agenda here on JOY, and discuss trans self-care as well as Sabrina Carpenter’s speech at the VMA’s.

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Join Joss, Quinn, Jen and Lee as we talk about the very first trans people we ever met, discuss the rally outside the Queensland Health Minister’s office in protest of trans healthcare being abruptly cut off for young people and in the light of that we discuss how we and others in the trans community take care of ourselves. We also address a few gnarly questions with our resident trans psychologist.

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Join Joss, Chloe, Rebeckah and Jen as we talk about Alan Cummings championing the trans community on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Chloe relates a story of violence towards trans women within the LGBTQIA+ community and we get to know our guest, Kavitha, as she talks about her life and her work with the Community Legal Service.

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Join Rebeckah, Jen and Joss as we talk about how to take care of ourselves in uncertain and stressful times and we chat with our guest, Cleo, about her new trans-supporting hair styling business and the program she’s created to allow trans people to support each other to look their ideal selves.

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In this episode, Joss and Jen talk with Merrin Wake about her trans son’s experience of coming out, her own issues finding support for her son and the family, and the difficulties in finding good gender-affirming care for children, especially in regional areas.

We also talk with Annie, the mother of a seven-year-old trans girl about her experience of supporting her young daughter and then facilitate a conversation between Merrin and Annie about how to find supports and resources to support the whole family as well as their trans child.

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Join this week’s hosts Rebeckah, Jen, and Joss for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight we talk all things science for Science Week, and trans scientists across Australia, including an interview with climate scientist Dr. Chloe MacKallah.

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Listen to the full version of Joss and Jen talking with Transgender Victoria’s Communications and Fundraising Manager, Hank (they/them).

We chat about what it was like for Hank to march in the Midsumma Pride March this year for the first time, about the difficult decision TGV made last year to withdraw from the march and about Hank’s vision for the Trans and Gender Diverse community in the next 25 years.

Hank is someone with a lot of passion for supporting and advocating for the TGD community and their words are passionate, wise and insp...

Join this week’s hosts Quinn, Rebeckah and Chloe for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight we cover a range of topics; recent media coverage of The Greens, how to treat trans people with respect, and Laverne Cox on family feud.

Don’t forget to contact us anytime on our socials and email thegenderagenda@joy.org.au
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Join this week’s hosts, Joss, Jen, Quinn and Rebecka for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight we cover a range of topics; from access to surgery, to international attention on the trans community. First the team begin with a chat about their weekends, highlights include Joss and Jen’s night out at beers for queers and Joss getting an opportunity to communicate in Auslan. Rebecka saw “I know what you did last summer” which inevitably leads the group on a tangent about Sarah Michelle Geller for some time. A segment emerges after some slight technical difficul...

Join Joss, Jen, Chloé, Lee and special guest Kermy for an all new episode of The Gender Agenda! Tonight’s episode the topic of the week is very close to home, it was NON BINARY AWARENESS WEEK! Our hosts include multiple wonderful non binary or gender fluid identities and between them and our other gorgeous hosts, they get into it over a broad range of non binary related hot topics. Originally aired with music from trans/gender non conforming artists alongside the conversation. Our team first get into their weekends, and we are introduced to the new voices of the...

Join Joss, Jen, Chloe, and Quinn for a very special first episode back to The Gender Agenda!! The same show but revamped and remixed for the climate of 2025 with all new music and discussions. In Tonight’s episode the new crew introduce themselves, explain the rundown of the show and get into individually lead discussions about what brought them to the show and what their hopes are for the trans community. Our first segment is with Quinn, discussing what it was like to transition medically as a teenager. Quinn is a performer/writer living in naarm working across many ve...

Early days.

Rowan and Rebeckah are back in the JOY94.9 studio and present a mix of new music from some of their favourite artists, along with two interviews and all our regular segments. Our first interview is with Brooke Murray. Brooke is a theatre maker, video artist and inclusion artist living on Wurundjeri land. Brooke currently works as an inclusion support artist at St Martins Youth Arts, using this learning about diversity and empowerment to inform their practice, and is the Director of Early Days, an upcoming play that will be released this year!  The following interview is wi...

Our guest this evening is a singer/songwriter who combines pop, soul, and R&B sounds into an expression of self-love and resilience. Summer Luk debuted her autobiographical track, “I Am A Girl”, which narrates her introspective search for self-acceptance. Rowan and Rebeckah interview Summer Luk and also share the music.

If you have a trans musician to recommend or an event you want us to call out or a question to ask, please email us at thegenderagenda@joy.org.au .

This podcast originally aired on JOY94.9 on January 21, 2021.

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Rebeckah and Rowan wrap-up The Gender Agenda for 2020 and share their stories and feelings by interviewing each other. There are also our usual segments of news along with our favourite warm and fluffy segment. We will return live on Jan 21, 2021 but you can always find all our podcasts at Joy.org.au

Our featured music artist is Kim Petras. Kim Petras is a German pop artist and one of the most famous trans people in the music industry. 

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