I've been privileged to have incredible trans & non-binary writers perform at #Queerstories. Our community - our society - is better because trans people are in it, so you-know-who can fuck right off. Don't read her books, don't listen to her her transphobic bullshit. Instead...

Listen to writer @quinn_writes' heartbreaking ode to all the lesbians he's loved before. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/melb-quinn-eades-rpl?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to one of the founding members of the only Transgender Housing Co-operative in NSW, Chantell Martin, with her gorgeous story The Awakening. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/105-chantell-martin-the-awakening?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to one of my all time favourite, top 5 Queerstorieses ever, @bobuqsayed's The Pipe Masters. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/131-bobuq-sayed-the-pipe-masters?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to the utterly delightful, perfectly executed 'A History of Suits' by @whathaveyoudunn. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/156-teddy-dunn-a-history-of-suits?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to @sandyosullivan discuss their research into museums, the gays and the gaze, and their place in academia as a queer Indigenous person. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/202-sandy-osullivan-museum-queeries?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to @thegendercentre's @e_dbrook's brilliant piece Fighting Nazis With Newsletters about her work rebooting one of the longest running transgender newsletters in Australia - Polare. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/194-eloise-brooke-fighting-nazis-with-newsletters?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to another one of my all time favourite pieces of writing performed at Queerstories, @iMissPockets' Small Talk. Truly excellent. Watch her doco on Channel 10 too. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/193-cadance-bell-small-talk?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Lisen to the always fierce, absolutely stunning @NaaviKaran performing For Bhoorah at @Bris_Powerhouse last year. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/197-shaun-dsouza-for-bhoorah?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to writer @_proudbeauty_'s frank and open-hearted performance at @SydWritersFest in 2019, 'Drive Away Fear (then buy his book Sisters of No Mercy). https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/162-vincent-silk-drive-away-fear?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to comedian @scoutboxall talk all things LARP and identity in Everyday Armour. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/141-scout-boxall-everyday-armour?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to iconic cabaret artiste @MamaAlto with The Last Time I Saw Aretha (or look up her earlier story Rise Up Singing) - she's so good I've booked her multiple times. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/111-mama-alto-the-last-time-i-saw-aretha?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to Epipola Taulafo share the story of coming to Australia as a refugee in order to live her truth. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/107-epipola-taulafo-this-is-me?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to the beautiful @EadricAyres honouring some of the women who paved the way for us all. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/116-eddie-ayres?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to @yeneriksen's adorable coming of age saga about going out (and losing shoes) in Canberra, Seeking Real Lesbians. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/151-yen-eriksen-seeking-real-lesbians?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to community lawyer Sam Elkin's tribute to his friend, I'll Ride With You. Sam set up Victoria's first LGBTIQ legal service at Thorne Harbour Health, and launched a trans and gender diverse legal service in partnership with Transgender Victoria. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/219-sam-elkin-ill-ride-with-you?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to @lizduckchong's gorgeous command of language and story in Knowing and Unknowing (and find her second entry on the Queerstories podcast too!). https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/03-liz-duck-chong-knowing-and-unknowing?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

Listen to Emily Nicole Wilkinson's quietly beautiful piece The Invisible Girl. https://omny.fm/shows/queerstories/20180406-sydney-emily-wilkinson-v1?in_playlist=queerstories!podcast-1

And then go and read and listen to more trans writers and thinkers and musicians and teachers and lawyers and activists and nurses and randoms on twitter, and just stop giving air time to transphobic fuckery. Sending love to you all. x

If you're young and trans and/or queer and are finding this week tough, we're doing a FREE #Queerstories over zoom this Friday with Glen Eira Youth Services, with stories by @FindingNevo1, @AGeekwithaHat, @mlchaelsun & @Brenna_Harding. Includes a Q&A. https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=651937&fbclid=IwAR3KG2hGNmGv_qOfn8jOuIrS5abaG0tuiB4GqVspjZDBvNJnHoaus-5-8QY