Problems of trans visibility, romance and spaces for queer experimentation

Sunday, 11 February 2018 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Iris speaks and reads some excerpts from Trap Door, a book that explores the problems of trans visibility in a time of heightened anti-trans violence and marginalisation, especially to poor / and trans women of colour. They talk about problems with the cop, Liberal and corporate friendly pride march of the Midsumma festival. They also read from Sherronda J. Brown's 'Romance is Not Universal, Nor is it Necessary', in relation to Valentine's day (also the day Captain Cook was killed). She reads a call out for people to protest the Stolenwealth Games. She plays audio from the Queer Provocations conference in 2016 in relation to the constraints on non-normative queer experimentation in a moment of of increased housing costs and austerity. She also plays audio of Juliana Huxtable interviews with Still Nomads in 2017.

Sunday 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Critically engaged queer commentary.

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Queering the Air collective

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