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Bridge to Safety is a new legal service that prepares and lodges applications for queer refugees and asylum seekers to come to Australia.  It's based at the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) in Sydney in partnership with the Forcibly Displaced People Network (FDPN).  Lawyer Gretel Emerson from RACS' LGBTIQ+ Safety Team joins us for an interview. RACS | Refugee Advice & Casework Service Forcibly Displaced People Network – We are the voice of LGBTIQA+ displacement 

Damien Nguyen interview.  Damien will co-chair with Luna Choo the annual Mardi Gras Street Rally organised by Pride In Protest, Sunday, 15 February in Sydney.  Begins 1 pm at Pride Square in Newtown and finishes at Victoria Park at Fair Day. Pride in Protest | Facebook

Director Suzanne Chaundy interview.  Thirty years after Port Arthur, Tom Holloway's Beyond The Neck plays at Theatre Works, 19 March to 4 April.  It's about community survival, grief and recovery. Beyond The Neck | Theatre Works

Possible Prince X and Istanbul DJ Mustafa Basal released the I Won't Break Remix today and Possible Prince X joined us for an interview.  Includes a sample of I Won't Break from our world premiere radio broadcast today. Possible Prince X – possibleprincex

Shitzulover07 interview celebrating Black Dahlia.  Sydney's trans femme, dance-pop resurgence queen will release a 24-track album soon. shitzu / verona (@shitzulover07) • Instagram photos and videos

Interview with performer Ruby Slippers ahead of Victoria's Pride Street Party in the Smith-Gertrude-Peel precinct in Fitzroy and Collingwood, Sunday, 8 February.  

Madam Nightingale aka Phaedra Gunn chats about their shows Dynamic Darkness and New Beginnings (a collaboration with Cloutie Will and Pauli Field aka Flip That Groove). Midsumma Festival - Dynamic Darkness Midsumma Festival - New Beginnings  

Jessi Ryan dives into SKIN, their incendiary performance and exhibition at Collingwood's @14 for Midsumma. Midsumma Festival - SKIN: THE PERFORMANCE Midsumma Festival - SKIN: THE EXHIBITION

Thorne Harbour Health's Rachel Cook chats about Wise Words, a night of intergenerational storytelling for Midsumma.  5 February, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, 75 Reid St, North Fitzroy.  Speakers: Candy Bowers, Cherry Zeng, Kate Rowe, Mira Robertson, Krystal De Napoli, Simone O'Brien, Jax Bulstrode, Gabrielle Griffin. Midsumma Festival - Wise Words – A Night of Intergenerational Storytelling 

Ben MacEllen interview about his play The Placeholder.  A trans man comes out to friends in an Australian town.  Plays at fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 27 January to 8 February for Midsumma.  Directed by Kitan Petkovski. Midsumma Festival - The Placeholder

Activist lawyer Danish Sheikh performs Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love for Midsumma.  Pop culture intersects with Taylor Swift and the fight to overturn India's colonial-era criminalisation of homosexuality.  Gasworks, February 4 to 7. Midsumma Festival - Much to do with Law, but more to do with Love

Interview with Australian Open actor Jane Montgomery Griffiths.  A gay man tells his family his open relationship would continue after his wedding after all they wanted to talk about was his partner's match against Roger Federer.  Plays at Theatre Works, January 21 to 31.  Written by Angus Cameron.  Directed by Riley Spadaro.  Performed by Eddie Orton, Sebastian Li, Alec Gilbert, Melissa Kahraman, Jane Montgomery Griffiths. Home | Theatre Works

Performer and writer Josh Moyes interview.  "In the vulnerability, there's a lot of laughs sometimes." Finding Glitter in the Storm stages at Club Voltaire, North Melbourne, January 22 to 25.  Directed by Lachlan Plain. Midsumma Festival - Finding Glitter in the Storm

Interview with Midsumma's Karen Bryant.  Includes discussion about pill testing at Victoria's Pride and why Police aren't marching at Pride March.    Midsumma Festival - Midsumma Festival - Home

Nate Hudson aka Faker discusses new single Comet and reflects on his career, including coming out in 2008 during a pinnacle for the band. Nathan Hudson in a band called Faker (@natefaker) • Instagram photos and videos

COMEDY made their 70s' inspired music video for L.A. Perfume at the John Curtin.  Francis Glass from the band joins us. C O M E D Y (@comedy__band) • Instagram photos and videos 

Myllo released new EP Cause + Effect this week and joined us for a chat ahead of its launch at Shotkickers.  Music | Myllo

Interview with Charly Oakley celebrating Against The Odds.  The Melbourne artist has recorded ten songs with acclaimed LA producer Xandy Barry. charly ★ (@charly.oakley) • Instagram photos and videos  

We discuss funding cuts, multicultural engagement, a slight rise in HIV cases in Victoria and an unusual ministerial absence at a World AIDS Day event with Living Positive Victoria CEO Richard Keane.  World AIDS Day, 1 December, 'No one left behind'. Living Positive Victoria

Interview with Possible Prince X celebrating the 7th Heaven remix of You Can Feel It.  Includes world radio premiere. Facebook

Adam Noviello interview celebrating their latest single Ballet Boy and their performances in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Adam Noviello (@adamnoviello) • Instagram photos and videos

Television is the latest single and music video from This Empty City.  Hope, Rachel & Mat join us in the studio. This Empty City - Television (Official Music Video)

Sally Goldner reflects on trans activism and support in the 90s and 2000s and what's needed today in an interview to celebrate her receiving the Legacy Award at the Trans Visibility Awards.  Celebrating the Finalists of the 2025 Trans Visibility Awards!

Kate DeAraugo interview.  Kate celebrates 20 years since winning Australian Idol with live shows at JazzLab in Brunswick on November 21 and at Universal in Sydney on November 28. FROM IDOL 'TILL NOW: Kate DeAraugo w/ special guest Greg Gould - The JazzLab - Bennetts Lane Jazz Club Brunswick FROM IDOL TILL NOW Kate DeAraugo w/ Greg Gould & Paulini Tickets, Universal Sydney , DARLINGHURST | TryBooking Australia

Paul Hetherington live to air interview celebrating the release of Cruel.  Paul Hetherington (@paulhofficial) • Instagram photos and videos

Brendan Welch joins us for a studio interview to celebrate his new album Returning. Brendan Welch

Featuring local Asian artists, Limitless Play is an immersive takeover at Melbourne's No Vacancy Gallery that blurs the boundaries between visual, physical and auditory art.  Artist Joshua So aka Juniper Care joins us for a studio interview.  Limitless Play is on now until 16 November. 

Interview with Morgan Rose from Rawcus.  Immersive theatre created by Jackson Castiglione and Rawcus, local residents play the protagonist in One Night Only at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, November 26 to 30. One Night Only by Jackson Castiglione & Rawcus Darebin Arts

Director Emily O'Brien-Brown discusses wit incorporated's production of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.  November 25 to 29 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, Footscray and 13 December at the Bowery Theatre, St Albans. Wit Incorporated Theatre Company

Second Idol's Kate Farquharson interview celebrating the band's new single Spineless Wonders. "The concept emerged from the music."  SECOND IDOL (@second_idol) • Instagram photos and videos

Krishna Istha interviews potential sperm donors in their Melbourne Fringe reality theatre show First Trimester at Arts House, North Melbourne. On now until October 18. Melbourne Fringe Festival - First Trimester

Psyarchy celebrates the release of their debut EP 17 with an interview in the 3CR studios.  Includes their track Principles from 17. Psyarchy (@psyarchy) • Instagram photos and videos

Interviews with Mitch Jones, punk clown show Strange Chaos, Anna Lumb, femme bot burlesque show Queen Machine and Queer soul and RnB songwriter Thorne.   Melbourne Fringe Festival - Strange Chaos Melbourne Fringe Festival - QUEEN MACHINE Thorne (@thorne_music) • Instagram photos and videos

Interview with drag kings Teddy Clitter & Alf Alpha. Alf Alpha (@thealfalpha) • Instagram photos and videos Teddy Clitter (@teddyclitter) • Instagram photos and videos 

Two women yap on the beach while the world burns.  Alex Hines & Sarah Stafford star in camp comedy BIRDS for Melbourne Fringe.  Directed by David Stewart.  Meat Market - The Stables 1, September 30 to October 18.    Melbourne Fringe Festival - Birds

Possible Prince X interview after the release of new single Too Hot remixed by Istanbul DJ and producer Mustafa Basal.  "Industrial, early 2000s, sweaty dance party stuff." Possible Prince X – possibleprincex

Explores queer African diaspora with "a poetic, bruising dive into the ways we love".  I Met An Angel Named Jacques' writer, director & actor Gideon D. Wilonja joins us.  October 1 to 4 at Footscray Community Arts Performance Space, 45 Moreland St, Footscray. Footscray Community Arts | HomeFootscray Community Arts

Tuck Shop Ladies Rosie & Sam join us for a chat about their Melbourne Fringe show There's A Song In That.  October 8 to 12 at Trades Hall's Quilt Room. Melbourne Fringe Festival - There's a song in that

An intimate robo-burlesque spectacle.  Queen Machine performer Anna Lumb joins us in the studio.  October 15 to 19 at Trades Hall's Quilt Room for Melbourne Fringe.   Melbourne Fringe Festival - QUEEN MACHINE 

Punk clown show Strange Chaos performer Mitch Jones joins us.  October 9 to 19 for Melbourne Fringe.  An Oozing Future production. Melbourne Fringe Festival - Strange Chaos

Queer Australian songwriter Just Shy joins us from London.   Just Shy (@justshymusic) • Instagram photos and videos

Thorne joins us for a sex positive chat after the release of his new single Habitual. Thorne (@thorne_music) • Instagram photos and videos

Hans joins us for a live to air chat during his Young, Fun & 21 cabaret tour.  Includes Melbourne Fringe. Tour — Hans 

Reality TV and AI subversion artist Georgia Banks presents Villian Edit and Death Warmed Up at Platform Arts, Geelong.  Platform Arts   Death Warmed Up: September 19 & 20.  Villain Edit: on now until September 26.  Image: photography by Guilia McGauran, editing by Guilia McGauran & Georgia Banks.

Kaiyah Mercedes interview and new music.   Kaiyah Mercedes » singer/songwriter

Psyarchy interview and we feature their mental health anthem Forget Me Not. Psyarchy (@psyarchy) • Instagram photos and videos 

Pride of Our Footscray presents the Pride Short Film Fest, August 28 and September 3 and 10.  Curator Tom Nguyen and Pride of Our Footscray CEO Mat O'Keefe join us. Pride of our Footscray

MINH joins us from Vietnam and we feature his new single Gossip in the lead-up to his gigs in Taiwan and Singapore. MINH (@theofficialminh) • Instagram photos and videos

Soon to happen theatre productions in Melbourne: First Trimester, Crisis Actor and The Machine Stops. First Trimester, a reality theatre search for a sperm donor, Arts House, North Melbourne, October 16 to 18.  Melbourne Fringe Creative Director Simon Abrahams joins us.  Krishna Istha - First Trimester | Melbourne Fringe  Crisis Actor writer and director Vidya Rajan interview.  The audience chooses how a disaster ends, using their phones.  Plays at Arts House, August 27 to 31.  Crisis Actor - Arts House A child emerges in an AI controlled world.  Patrick Livesey and Mary Helen Sassman perform director Briony Dunn's theatre adaptation of EM Forster's 1909 sci-fi novella The Machine Stops.  Plays at Theatre Works, 22 to 30 August.  Patrick joins us for an interview.  The Machine Stops | Theatre Works

Melbourne Rubber Chaiperson Taylor joins us for a chat about Rubber and Latex community festival SLICK 25: UTOPIA, otherwise known as SLICK Week.  September 9 to 14.  Includes the Melbourne Rubber Competition at the Collingwood Town Hall, September 12. Melbourne Rubber

There's been a disaster and the audience chooses the outcome on their phones.  Crisis Actor writer and director Vidya Rajan joins us.  Plays at Arts House, August 27 to 31. Crisis Actor - Arts House