Nick Lawson joins Logan Timmins to explain the benefits they experienced after increasing active engagement with community, and the opportunities this then presented. These included not only being a writer for, but also a co-editor of, the recently launched book – In Flux: Trans and Gender-Diverse Reflections and Imaginings (December 2022), a community anthology by trans and gender-diverse (TGD) writers, that grew out of Melbourne-based writing workshops and a national call for submissions.
More of this
Quests By Community: Growing up was like a Bad Dream | Pharrell Shaymar
Pharrell Shaymar grew up feeling that each day was like being in a bad dream, knew early on, in the wrong body, supposed to be a man, experiencing reduced opportunity in high school, a boxer community activist, PAD Trainer, with sport becoming an important part of his life, learning to accept himself, and doing away…
View episodeTalk-ist | Guest Ki Hayward
Double leg amputee Ki Hayward joins us in a show breaking down stereotypes, about everything and nothing, in which our guest joins in – You did what? – presenting interesting little-known facts about themselves – Newsworthless – analysing a weird news story, and – Nerd Wars – where they out nerd our host on a…
View episodeQuests by Community: Healthier Relationships
Starlady identifies as a Trans Woman, Transfeminine, Queer, who has been a passionate activist from a young age. First Nations communities where she lived and worked, and a close family, gave her the space to grow, to mature, to explore gender identity, all seeing her as she was, acknowledging and celebrating her, with none of…
View episode