This week Hazel and Ez have guests Ellie (she/her) and Tim (they/them) from FVNERAL and TRANSGENRE to discuss BIGSOUND, community mixer event Beats Beyond the Binary The heart of Australia’s music industry lies with its incredible queer, trans and gender-diverse community. Beats Beyond the Binary is an electrifying mixer, fostering connection, empowerment and inclusivity through shared passion and creativity. hosted by Transgenre and Tranzmission at QUVIR in Winn Lane, Tuesday 2nd September starting at 5pm. Tim, Ellie and Ez are also hosting a panel called Sonic Kinship as part of the BIGSOUND conference which is a dynamic panel of artists, organisers and industry changemakers to explore how, through the power of solidarity, advocacy and creative collaboration, we can dismantle the systemic barriers faced by trans and queer artists in the Australian music industry

Timestamps and Links;

• 00:00 - Acknowledgement of Country
• 00:20 - Welcome to Tranzmission
• 02:57 - Community News and Events
• 03:06 - CNaE: FND and Trans Systematic Review
• 05:03 - CNaE: Medicare for Gender Affirming Surgery
• 07:44 - CNaE: Fashioning Queer Identities
• 09:38 - Welcome Ellie and Tim
• 10:24 - BIGSOUND 2025
• 11:20 - Beats Beyond the Binary @QUIVR - Tues, 2nd Sept, 5-6:30pm
• 13:35 - Sonic Kinship @The Precinct - Wed, 3rd Sept, 10:30-11:30am
• 19:02 - front door by FVNERAL
• 21:36 - BIGSOUND 2025: Line Up Faves incl. SPIKE FUCK

Support Services

• QLife - 1800 189 527
• QC LGBT Mental Health Services
• Open Doors Youth Services Inc.

📸 ID: Ellie (left), Tim (middle), and Ez (right stand in front of the wall of Zeds at 4ZZZ studios with the BIGSOUND 2025 purple wave in the lower half, surrounded by the Tranzmission logo with the 4zzz Podcast logo in the top right.

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

Produced and recorded by Ez for Tranzmission at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

This week Bette (she/they) and Brody (they/them) speak with local agender youth worker, organiser, and activist Jade Mirabito (he/him) about International Non-Binary Day, support services for queer young people, and the radical act of staying alive.

Timestamps and Links;

• 00:00 - Acknowledgement of Country
• 00:20 - Welcome to Tranzmission
• 01:47 - International Non-Binary Day @Jagera Hall Sat 6th Sept, 2pm-10pm
• 10:46 - INDB: Jade - QSPACE
• 13:30 - INDB: Jade - The Lavender Corner and Transcendence
• 14:47 - INDB: Jade - Coming Out - Open Doors
• 20:12 - Jade: Puberty Blocker Pause in QLD
• 27:34 - Jade: What Can We Do?
• 29:22 - Jade: Last Words - Staying Alive

Support Services

• QLife - 1800 189 527
• QC LGBT Mental Health Services
• Open Doors Youth Services Inc.

📸 ID: In the background is the non-binary flag with a riot of colour backed image of Jade Mirabito surrounded by the Tranzmission logo with the 4zzz Podcast logo in the top right.

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

Produced and recorded by Brody and Bette at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and audio and cover image edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.

Recorded Live on 4zzz every Tuesday morning. Tranzmission brings you the latest in trans community news, events and discussion. Tranzmission's mission is to amplify the trans and gender non-conforming voices of Meanjin/Brisbane and is brought to you by a diverse team of transqueers

Brody and Hazel had the privilege to chat to Tara from Living Authentically about what they do and how they ended up starting this! We had chats about sex ed workshops and peer reviewed handy tips to decrease dysphoria!!!

Timestamps and Links:

• 00:00 - Acknowledgement of Country
• 00:20 - Welcome to Tranzmission
• 02:47 - Living Authentically w/ Tara (@queersocialworker)
• 09:38 - Living Authentically: The Sex Ed That You Didn’t Get
• 13:42 - Living Authentically: Pleasure and Dysphoria

📸 ID: Tara from Living Authentically throwing a bunch of prophylactics aka condoms into the air in front of a fern and Tranzmission’s logo. The 4zzz Podcasts logo is in the top right.

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

Produced and recorded by Brody for Tranzmission at 4zzz in Fortitude Valley, Meanjin/Brisbane Australia on Turrabul and Jaggera Country and edited by Tobi for podcast distribution for Creative Broadcasters Limited.