Julie Bindel Can Relax – Lesbians Are Doing Great, Actually
Jess Elliott
Cis lesbians refuse to be alibis for transphobia.
Tag: queer
I Went to a Queer Platonic Co-Parenting Meet-Up
Sophie K Rosa
‘I’ve been waiting for an event like this for years.’
Were Trans People “Born This Way”?
In debates around the rights of transgender people, a charge often levelled at those fighting for trans inclusion is that their arguments rest on a denial of biological facts. Michael Walker speaks to biologist Julia Serano about what so-called ‘gender critical’ thinkers get wrong about sex and gender, and whether trans activists should embrace the argument that they were “born this way”.
Sex, Dissidence, Desire
Jonathan Dollimore joins James Butler to talk sex, subversion and truly dangerous knowledge.
In Defence of Sex and Parties
Sophie K Rosa
Queer People Have Had to Rely on Each Other This Year, and Christmas Is No Exception
Harry Gay
Prison Island: Prison Expansion in the UK
Back with a new series, hosts Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann speak to Nicole, a researcher at Corporate Watch about the British government’s plans for prison expansion, how this will impact people inside and outside prisons and how communities across the country are resisting.
“Just Paint the Walls Pink”: Gender, Prison and Carceral Feminism
Oonagh Ryder speaks to Mo Mansfield, a social justice campaigner and women’s sector professional. They discuss what carceral feminism is, how it has helped to expand and entrench the criminal justice system and how we can move beyond this towards an abolitionist feminism.
Queer in the Media: Politics and Representation With Olly Alexander
Shon Faye is joined by lead singer of pop group Years and Years, Olly Alexander, to discuss his experiences as an out gay man in pop music and the media, his recent BBC documentary about LGBT mental health, “Growing Up Gay”, queer icons, politics and representation.
The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK
Emily Jessica Turner
A Story of Queer Riot
Joni Cohen + Sophie Monk
F.E.M.M.E
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Victoria Sin, Juno Mac and Travis Alabanza to discuss femme as radical politics, femininities, and whether femme threatens feminism.
Who’s Here for Trans Liberation?
On KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Mijke van der Drift and Jay Bernard, to discuss being trans, blackness, gender-neutral pronouns, Rachel Dolezal and queer persecution in Chechnya.
A Brief Theory of Queer Violence
Sophie Monk and Joni (Pitt) Cohen
Queers vs Bisexuals vs Lesbians
On this week’s Killjoy FM Ray is joined by Jacq Applebee, Charlotte Cooper and Jacken Waters as they discuss queer lives, ‘the scene’ and gentrification, and how our understandings of identity have changed
The Fragility of Legitimacy: A Queer Critique of Hillary Clinton
Alessandro Granato
Towards a Queer Crisis: On Capitalism & Compulsory Heterosexuality
Sophie Monk & Joni Pitt (Cohen)
