DIBS BARISIC SPREM, Sydney-born personal trainer and fitness professional based in Canada,  helps us all to stay well at home in everyday life without fancy gear. PRINCESS NOKIA provides our music to exercise by and is a queer, non-binary, Puerto Rican rapper and actress from New York. We have uplifting news, our regular warm and fluffy segment and try the links below follow us on the socials @genderagenda.joy Sign the petition to get top and bottom surgery to be covered by medicare (almost...

Trigger Warning. This podcast contains material that may disturb some listeners and the hosts will pre-warn. The segment runs from approximately 33:00 to 42:10 SAV ZWICKL from the trans medical research group TRANSform joins us and speaks about this important project. We have news from around the world and speak in memoriam about past lives lost, along with our regular features. Music is from MILA JAM,  a Black trans woman and pop artist!  QLife 1800 184 527 https://qlife.org.au/ Lifeline...

In this episode of the Gender Agenda Rebeckah and Rowan return with a conversation with Blayke Percival about how they have been relating to their music and their voice since starting their transition. The team discuss legal cases in the US involving teachers and trans students clashing over whose rights come first; Marvel celebrating trans kids on Disney+, but still lacking trans heroes in comics; and ‘They’ being Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2019. Featuring live music...

Our guest this evening is a poet, author and an all-round creative. Kian Hall is on the line to talk about their current projects and what identity means to them! We have our world wrap of news, Light and fluffy segment and we feature the music of SKYLAR KERGIL – a trans man, YouTuber and creative of many talents. We will be playing his folk music tonight but he’s also a painter and essayist, with a memoir “Before I Had the Words” out now.  * Sign the petition to get top and bottom surgery...

Johnny Valkyrie is our guest and is an LGBTIQA+ activist and consultant. Johnny Valkyrie talks about intersectional queerness, complex identity and activism.   We have our regular world news wrap and our music artist is Dua Saleh. Dua Saleh is a Sudanese-American non-binary rap artist based in Minneapolis who got their start in slam poetry. They rap in both English and Arabic, exploring topics of race, sexuality and bilingualism. Their new EP ‘ROSETTA’ will be out soon.  Speak – to access...

Sage Akouri joins us and is the co-founder of a new community initiative titled Speak. Speak is an online platform that allows LGBTIQA+ community members to connect and feel safe while also promoting empowerment. We have our regular news from around the world, warm and fluffy time and music from SOPHIE. SOPHIE is a trans, Scottish DJ and electronic pop artist with an industrial influence and has produced for acts such as Madonna, Charli XCX, Dorian Electra, Kim Petras, Flume, and many more....

Rowan and guest cohost Ana are in the studio.  Our guest this evening Felix – alongside their partner – recently helped Minus18 produce resources for parents of queer kids, and discuss these resources and the importance of supporting parents alongside their LGBTIQA+ children.   There’s world news and more uplifting warm and fuzzy topics 🙂 Don’t forget The Validation Station – a free daily trans positivity text service www.validationstation.net  We feature the music of Openside, a Kiwi pop...

Our guest this evening is Geri O’Leary, a music producer, performer and sex worker. Geri has a strong sense of the woman she is and has joined us this evening to talk about her music, work, personal journey and so much more.   We also have news from Idaho and Philadelphia in the USA, and acknowledge the passing of Aimee Stephens– while awaiting a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court.  There’s more news and discussion topics,  as well as our feature music artist Alex the Astronaut. Alex...

Our guest this evening is Asha Naomii, a queer trans woman, who creates art and poetry about queerness, mental health and spirituality.  We also have more world news and feature the music of Shea Diamond. Shea is an American singer, songwriter, and trans rights activist. Her music is chiefly soul and R&B, and includes elements of blues, rock, hip-hop and folk. Needing a boost ?- then try The Validation Station – a free daily trans positivity text service 🙂 (Recorded May 7 , 2020)

In this podcast, Rowan and Bec return to the  JOY94.9 studios and bring you further interviews from the Better Together Conference in January 2020, CN Lester, along with activist and Mr Gay India – Suresh Ramdas. We also have trans news from Panama and uplifting stories from around the world including India and Argentina. Although Radiothon might be over for 2020, you can join and donate at any time on the JOY94.9 webpage. Today we feature CN Lester – a writer, musician, academic, and...

Rowan and Bec are back and coming to you from home. Today we look back on some old interviews from the Better Together Conference in Jan, and catch up of how we and the world are going. We feature the music of Rae Spoon, anon-binary artist from Canada whose been in the scene since the 90s and whose musical style has since varied from pop and country to folk punk and electronic-influenced indie rock. (Recorded April 12, 2020)

Sebastian Torero joins us to talk about his role in the short film, The Fall, and about the joy of playing a cis character. Some of the panellists from Culture X Gender join us to discuss culture and gender and stories of growing up in accepting families. We discuss Pakistan’s healthcare support for trans people. We feature the music of Janelle Monáe. This episode was originally broadcast on 30 January 2020.      

It’s our annual pageant show, with Vienna Salvo (Miss Trans of 2019) and Taylor Cougle (Miss Trans contestant 2020) joining us to talk gowns, the value of being an out role model, and saving the world. We discuss: trans girls in Canadian pageants, the South Korean Military’s treatment of a trans soldier, and Steven Universe.  We feature the music of Eliot Sumner. This episode was originally broadcast on 23 January. 

If you’re looking for inspirational trans and gender diverse people to read, watch or listen to, we have have something of each for you tonight. Beckah and Rowan are joined by author Melissa Seymour to discuss the inspiration behind her four (4!) novels. The writer and director of Love by the Hour then join them to share enough juicy gossip about the show’s origins to make us keen to see it. We discuss: Jonathan Van Ness’s book for kids and Nikkie de Jager’s coming out. And we get excited...

Musician and comedian Cassy Judy dials in from NSW to discuss music and regional Australia with Anastasia, Rebeckah and Rowan. We discuss: reports of a the first murder of a trans person in the US this year; Gavin Grimm’s election to American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Board of Directors; Jude’s Law; Jazz Jenning’s scars; and Josie Totah in ‘Saved by the Bell’. We feature the music of Rachel Maria Cox.    This episode was originally broadcast on 9 January. 

It’s a night of Girlpower with Rebeckah, Ana and Miss Katalyna! Follow Trans Sisters United to find out more about getting involved in the first Melbourne Trans Pride Walk on Saturday 28 March 2020. We […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2020/01/200102-GenderAgenda-Miss-Katalyna.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:04 — 50.4MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS

Rebeckah learns about Sabreena Lachlainn’s plans to be the first openly trans sailor to sail non-stop around the world. Rowan provides us all with some important health and safety tips on how to avoid breaking […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/12/191226-Sailing-with-Sabreena.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:20 — 50.7MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS

In this pre-Christmas episode of The Gender Agenda, Rebeckah and Rowan share some crazy time with The Love Bitez, a soulful jazz–inspired musical group from the Mornington Peninsula. In the news: Team Trans recently played ice hockey […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/12/191219-TheLoveBitez.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:41 — 50.1MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify |...

In this episode of the Gender Agenda Rebeckah and Rowan return with a conversation with Blayke Percival about how they have been relating to their music and their voice since starting their transition. The team discuss legal cases in […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/12/191217-GenderAgenda-Blayke-Percival.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:59 — 49.4MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts |...

In the first of their podcast exclusive episodes, The Gender Agenda team sit down with advocate and Joy personality Andrea and ask everything you wanted to know about what it’s like to live as someone […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/05/19.05.16-The-Gender-Agenda-Andrea-on-Intersex.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:09 — 39.3MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS

In this, the final episode of The Gender Agenda for the first half of the 2019 season, Miranda and Rowan have a chin wag with comedian and orator Cassie Workman about her award winning show, ‘Giantess’, […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/04/19.04.03-The-Gender-Agenda-Cassie-Workman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:42 — 70.2MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify | RSS

To celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility in 2019, Miranda Sparks and Rowan bring you a two hour Sunday special filled with guests and music representing the transgender community. In our second part we talk to […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/04/19.31.03-The-Gender-Agenda-TDOV-2019-Part-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:56 — 76.5MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android |...

To celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility in 2019, Miranda Sparks and Rowan bring you a two hour Sunday special filled with guests and music representing the transgender community. In our first part we talk to […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/04/19.31.03-The-Gender-Agenda-TDOV-2019-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:32 — 62.2MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Android | Spotify...

In this episode of The Gender Agenda; Sam Smith comes out as non-binary; Former Young Australian of the Year and transgender icon Georgie Stone joins the cast of Neighbours; filmmaker Tanwaran Sukkhapisit becomes first transgender […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/04/19.27.03-The-Gender-Agenda-All-the-news-of-the-World.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:40 — 77.5MB)Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple...

On this episode of The Gender Agenda, Miranda and Rowan welcome back the mischievous Helchild on the cusp of their brand new Melbourne Comedy Festival Show, The Apocalypse Variety Hour. It’s all fun and games, […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_thegenderagenda/p/joy.org.au/thegenderagenda/wp-content/uploads/sites/393/2019/03/19.20.03-The-Gender-Agenda-Helchild.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:25 — 77.7MB)