Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, on November 20th is a day to memorialise those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. This episode is a heavy one where Sean, Sev and Ez are in studio together. Every year the Transgender Murder Monitor releases their count the number of trans, non-binary and gender diverse people who’ve been lost to violence in the last year. Counted from the 1st of October 2023 til the 30th of September 2024, the demographics wont surprise you. Overwhelmingly they’re people of colour. Overwhelmingly they are transfeminine. Staggering numbers of them are sex workers, migrants or refugees. This year 350 trans and gender diverse people were murdered. To read the full list click here.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:48 - TGEU Trans Murder Monitor 2024
• 04:57 - Remembering those we have lost
• 13:32 - Sit With Us
• 24:52 - Can you be a safe place? By Nonamey
• 26:58 - 8th Wonder of the World by Bobby Sanchez
• 31:04 - Celebrating Life
• 33:05 - Support us by Supporting 4zzz

Behind the scenes footage for this episode at 4zzz Podcasts - Sit With Your Discomfort

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4ZZZ's community lives and creates on Turrbal, Yuggera, and Jagera land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Hey podcast listeners Tranzmission is going on a hiatus until next year. We are brewing some big plans as well as having a much needed break for our team. We've consistently pumped out podcasts for the three years and we've decided three months is a good time to have a rest. We'll still be live each week on 4ZZZ 102.1FM each Tuesday from 9am. You can also listen back live on the website 4zzz.org.au/amrap/tranzmission Looking forward to coming back onto our podcasting platform in 2025.

This week Ez is joined in studio by George Levi to review Elliot Page and Dominic Savage's new film called Close To You. Together (and soon joined by Sean) they dicuss the style of film, what came up for them both throughout the story as well as other film recommendations.

Timestamps and Links:

• 02:50 - Close To You
• 03:39 - New Farm Queer Film Festival @ Five Star Cinemas New Farm
• 04:02 - The Peoples Joker
• 05:32 - Close To You: Dominic Savage’s Style
• 07:10 - Close To You: Mixed Reception snd Representation
• 09:10 - Surprise Sean and Recap
• 12:06 - Close To You: Effects of Improvised Dialogue
• 12:37 - Close To You: Family
• 18:37 - Close To You: Cinematography and Pacing
• 21:12 - Elliot Page and Despair
• 21:57 - Will and Harper
• 23:49 - What else is on? Problemista and T-Blockers
• 27:02 - Close To You: Romance w/ an old flame
• 29:56 - Close To You: Final thought

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4ZZZ's community lives and creates on Turrbal, Yuggera, and Jagera land. Sovereignty was never ceded.

In this week’s episode, Bette (she/they), Lizard (they/them), and special guest Ludo (he/ze) discuss such thorny concepts as the so-called sex/gender distinction and whether or not gender should be abolished entirely. The conversation touches on sex as a “cluster concept”, social gender vs gender identity, gender as collaboration, gender nihilism, and the implications of the recent Tickle v Giggle ruling for self-ID.

Timestamps and Links:

• 01:09 - Community Events: New Farm Queer Film Festival
• 04:04 - Community News: BMA goes Neutral
• 06:04 - Who is our Special Guest? Ludo
• 08:36 - Terms Definition: Biological Sex
• 10:13 - Terms Definition: Gotcha Gametes
• 10:34 - Terms Definition: Cluster of Traits
• 11:20 - Terms Definition: Gender Identity
• 14:35 - Gender Abolition: A Personal Utopia
• 19:48 - Ludo: Biological Sex v Social Gender - A Truer Reality
• 20:54 - Ludo: Lived Gender
• 21:46 - Tickle v Giggle and the State Sanctioned Vagina
• 24:42 - Gender Nihilism

Further Reading:

• Evidence Based Critique of Cass Review
• Integrity Project

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4ZZZ's community lives and creates on Turrbal, Yuggera, and Jagera land. Sovereignty was never ceded.