Gender is an oil painting

On today's show, Rae (they/them) chats with sterling-elizabeth arcadia (she/her), a Best of the Net winning disabled trans writer across genres. She was born in Alaska, and has left to escape the trans genocide. Her debut full length poetry collection, DRIVER, is forthcoming from Airlie Press in 2027.

On the segment Tranz Verse, we feature two poems by Finn Stirling (he/him) - ''Nut Drop' HRT Sugar Cookies' and 'Roots'.

🔗 If you'd like to listen back to the unedited episode - with the music - head to our On Demand website. And don't forget to follow our socials at Facebook and Instagram.

Timestamps and Links:

• 00:00 - Acknowledgement of Country
• 00:20 - Welcome to Tranzmission
• 01:20 - Community News and Events - Links in notes below
• 04:33 - Trigger Warnings
• 04:52 - sterling-elizabeth arcadia: introduction
• 06:57 - reading: 'non-binary elimination diet - MAHA' by sterling-elizabeth arcadia
• 09:44 - reading: 'gender and sexuality' by sterling-elizabeth arcadia
• 11:52 - inappropriately handled
• 16:15 - reading: 'i would never palinode my life' by sterling-elizabeth arcadia
• 21:58 - reading: 'violet' by sterling-elizabeth arcadia
• 22:54 - righting from the inside out
• 26:15 - trans mask
• 32:23 - TranzVerse: Finn Stirling
• 32:40 - ''Nut Drop' HRT Sugar Cookies' by Finn Stirling
• 34:52 - 'Roots' by Finn Stirling

Community News and Events Links

• The Conversation: Critics claim trans people ‘defy biology’. New research suggests otherwise by Ken Pang, Anja Ravine, Kellan Baker, and Will Conabere
• Q News: Trans people are being targeted in South Australian parliament: what you need to know by Thea Swinfield
• LGBTQ Nation: 22 states sue Trump admin over “unprecedented” attack on gender-affirming care by Faefyx Collington

Support Services

• QLife - 1800 184 527
• QC LGBT Mental Health Services
• Open Doors Youth Services Inc.
• LifeLine - 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636
• How to Support Transgender & Gender-questioning Youth
• Transgender Map

Get Involved

• Trans Justice Project
• Meanjin Peoples Pride
• Parents of Trans Kids Speak Out
• Protect Trans Kids QLD

💿 This week's playlist:

• ssszlami (@ssszlamimusic) - abel, a lonely star
• Selve (@selvemusic) - Heaven's Open
• adult mom (@adultmomband) - Passenger
• The Ra Ta Tas (@theratatasband) - Best Before
• Dyan Tai (@dyan_tai) - Let's Get Bubble Tea! (Songs with Strings Version)
• Pearly Stars (@pearlystarsband) - Perfect Weather (for a love confession)
• hotchkiss (@hotchkisstheband) - before work
• Simona Castricum (@simonacastricum) - Outgrown
• The General Assembly (@tgassembly) - A Setting Sun
• Swanpond (@swanpond.band) - Believer
• Cuckoo Coco (@cuckoo_coco_) - cold front, an interlude
• Satellite Birdhouse (@satellitebirdhouse) - The Big Reveal
• Sonic Reducer (@sonicreducer.band) - Song for Steven
• LOSUMO (@losumocreatrix) - Self Depreciation
• Sellma Soul (@sellmasoul) - Ambrosia
• Mal Blum (@malblum) - Candy Bars & Men
• Silver Sircus (@silversircus) - The Bones of You

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

Produced and recorded by Rae for Tranzmission at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and audio and cover image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution via 4zzz Podcasts (@4zzzpodcasts) for Creative Broadcasters Limited.