1.5 | Frances
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07/23/18 • 45 min
Frances, who uses she/her pronouns, invites Ryan and Lee into her house to chat about, among other things: birth charts, conspiracy theories, finding chosen family in Melbourne, and finding or hearing your own voice or truth amidst the various and often conflicting messages you’re receiving from your environment and the people around you. Frances also shares her frustration at undergoing voice therapy to recover the voice she used to have, the joy of wearing the clothes you missed out on wearing as a teenager, and how apt it is that she’s a Scorpio – the sign associated with rebirth and transformation.
Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links:
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Frances, who uses she/her pronouns, invites Ryan and Lee into her house to chat about, among other things: birth charts, conspiracy theories, finding chosen family in Melbourne, and finding or hearing your own voice or truth amidst the various and often conflicting messages you’re receiving from your environment and the people around you. Frances also shares her frustration at undergoing voice therapy to recover the voice she used to have, the joy of wearing the clothes you missed out on wearing as a teenager, and how apt it is that she’s a Scorpio – the sign associated with rebirth and transformation.
Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links:
🌙 youtu.be/eB_U-mbPuEE
Spotify - goo.gl/UmAVYJ
Itunes - goo.gl/3Ko2N8
Amazon - goo.gl/aL7mth
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1.6 | Sav
Sav, who uses they/them pronouns, talks to Lee and Ryan about their current PhD research on non-binary identities, what it’s like conducting research on something very close to them, moving to Melbourne from Perth, and concerns about using accessible bathrooms. Sav also discusses the limitations of language when it comes to articulating identities and relationships, and the importance of having the space and taking one’s time to explore one’s identity.
Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links:
🌙 youtu.be/eB_U-mbPuEE
Spotify - goo.gl/UmAVYJ
Itunes - goo.gl/3Ko2N8
Amazon - goo.gl/aL7mth
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1.4 | Sam
Lee and Ryan sit down with Sam, who uses they/them pronouns, at the Docklands library. Sam is the first dedicated LGBTIQ outreach lawyer in Victoria, and works out of St Kilda legal service. Sam talks about growing up in Perth, student activism at La Trobe, listening to and learning from trans and gender diverse young people, and some of the challenges involved in working in the legal system. They pitch the idea of a communal life admin day, changing lawyers’ titles to the gender-neutral ‘Advocate,’ and tell Lee and Ryan about a particularly moving theatre performance they saw in Sydney earlier this year, called Wild Bore.
Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links:
🌙 youtu.be/eB_U-mbPuEE
Spotify - goo.gl/UmAVYJ
Itunes - goo.gl/3Ko2N8
Amazon - goo.gl/aL7mth
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