Tranzmission

Evolution of Self

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This week on Tranzmission, Ez sits down with a truly singular artist: UK‑based singer‑songwriter Dylan Holloway, known to audiences as Dylan and the Moon. Dylan’s work spans a rich catalogue of original music and reimagined covers, but what sets him apart is his ability to braid his personal journey into his sound. As a transgender musician, he’s crafted haunting duets between his pre‑transition and post‑transition vocals—melding past and present into an intimate exploration of identity, memory and transformation.

Ez and Dylan dive into his creative process, the vocal techniques that supported him through medical transition, and his reflections on the current climate for trans people, especially trans youth in the UK.

Joining Ez in the studio is special guest Acton Wickens, local singer‑songwriter, who brings his own lived experience of transition and vocal change to the conversation. Together, they chat about artistry, the mechanics and the emotion behind trans voices evolving over time including his new song Heaven Only Knows which came out on the 19th of June.

Plus, we bring you the week in community news and events—everything happening across Meanjin’s queer and trans spaces.

Dylan's Movie - Tomorrow’s too late

Dylan's Podcast - Dylan’s Deep Cuts

Songs played
Sister Wife Sex Strike - A Thousand Songs
Ryan Cassata x eevie echoes - EVERY TRANSPHOBIC REPUBLICAN JERKSOFF2TRANSP0RN
MEDIC! - The Damage You've Done (I Don't Wanna Go Anywhere Anymore)
CCTV - Cowboy Song
Dylan and the Moon - Off My Brain
Oscar The Wild - Sunrise
Satellite Birdhouse - Lady in the Moon
Dylan and the Moon & Jason Derulo - Lemons
Dylan and the Moon - Wildfire
Moongaze - Totally Avoidable Catastrophe
Acton Wickens - Heaven Only Knows
Alex The Astronaut - Business Man
Fletcher - RUNAWAY

Genre and Gender - Interview with Platinum Cicadas!

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +1000

Today hosts Elliot (He/Him) and Hazel (She/Her) have a chat with Scout (They/Them), producer and musician behind Platinum Cicadas. Spanning genre, gender, and playfull experiments with little electronic boxes. Explore the soundwaves on today's episode of Tranzmission

Songs played
SAFETY HAZARD - VAMPIRE
dirty linen - LEAVE ME ALONE
Cry Club - Monster Of The Week
Selve - Desire
88 Tokamak - Low Contrast
The Knife - Heartbeats
Tongue Dissolver - 303 on the Floor
Platinum Cicadas - P12P_
Dirty Versachi - ENBY COWBELL FROM HELL
88 Tokamak - Don't Wait Up
88 Tokamak - I Live In The Sandbox
Clay Pigeons - The Flow
Dirty Harry - Give it Back

Trans People are Loved Here - Interviews with Kai Ash & Scott Stuart

Mon, 8 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +1000

Rae (they/them) chats with Scott Stuart (he/him) about You Are Loved Here (youarelovedhere.org), a website where you can write letters of support to the trans community. Scott also talks about his bestselling gender inclusive kids books. Rae also catches up with Kai Ash (he/him) to talk about his debut book The Boy Maeve, about writing trans characters, and the upcoming Meanjin launch on 13 June at Where the Wild Things Are.

Songs played
Moongaze - Totally Avoidable Catastrophe
SAFETY HAZARD - VAMPIRE
Jean Elliot - Devil's Wilderness Theme
Street Legal - The Barassi Line
Selve - Somebody's Watching Me
Still Full From Lunch - Termites
Dirty Versachi - ENBY COWGIRL FROM HELL
Euniq - Dreamy Driving
Clay Pigeons - The Flow
Sarah Jane & The Noise - brain
Cygnette - Old Friend
Stagger - Stagger
dirty linen - LEAVE ME ALONE
Cuckoo Coco - Eyes w/ Bluefin
Muna - Why Do I Get A Good Feeling

What the NDIS!?

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +1000

Tranzmission returns this week with Ez (he/him) sitting down with Matilda Alexander, CEO of Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion, to break down the sweeping changes proposed for the NDIS. Matilda explains in clear, grounded terms who will be most affected by the shift to stricter functional‑capacity assessments, what it means for trans and gender‑diverse people with disability trying to access disability supports, and why the new legislation hands extraordinary executive powers to the Federal Health Minister to decide who can and cannot enter the Scheme. It’s a conversation about rights, transparency, and the real‑world consequences of policy decisions made far from the communities they impact.

Ez also speaks with Annabelle Oxley (she/her), a trans woman, NDIS participant and long‑time advocate, who shares how these reforms land on the ground for LGBTQ+ disabled people already navigating discrimination in mainstream services. Annabelle’s lived experience cuts through the political noise, reminding listeners that behind every policy shift is someone’s daily support, safety, and autonomy.

Listeners who want to have their say can make a submission to the Senate here. You can also contact the submission team via phone +61 2 6277 3515 or email - community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au

submissions close COB June 1.

Links:
Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
Queenslanders with Disability Network - Campaigns
People with Disability Australia - Stop NDIS Cuts

Songs played
MUNA - Eastside Girls
LXRP - Bricks
SAFETY HAZARD - ATTENTION FREAK
The Pretty Reckless - Dear God
MUNA - Big Stick
The Cutaways - Dead Name
Maddie Morris - Dear Landlord
Anjimile - Rust & Wire
Jean Elliot - Devil's Wildnerness Theme
Gloss - Rosary
Cygnette - Old Friend
Gashound - Weird Boob
scumlings - Untapped!
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - BATH WATER
Sarah Jane & The Noise - daisies
Peaches - No Lube So Rude
Lambrini Girls - Big Dick Energy
Queerbait - Clock

Book-tastic chats with ScratchThat & Shelf Lovers

Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000

Rae (they/them) chats with Ollie (he/him) and Tori (she/her) from ScratchThat Magazine, QUT’s
resident student-led arts magazine for emerging creatives. They also chat with Kat (she/her) from
Shelf Lovers about the store’s new location in Holland Park West, upcoming bookish events, and some latest trans-authored book recommendations.

Songs played
ssslami - areyoustillwatching
Cavetown - Cryptid
Razel - Ridicule
Stagger - Ever
Gashhound - Weird Boob
Still Full From Lunch - Oh No
Naavikaran - NEW BEGINNINGS
kayls - Don't Think Too Much
Selve - Desire
Gloss - Rosary
Sarah Jane & The Noise - daisies
20th Century Boy - Bright Young Things
Pornstar Supercar - Glue And Tape
Auchenflower - Hazy
bodies of divine infinite and eternal spirit - song for dancing

Music Episode

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This episode is all trans and diverse music! I hope you enjoy

Songs played
Selve - Desire
Cuckoo Coco - Sour-Puss
Dirty Versachi - ENBY COWGIRL FROM HELL
Dyan Tai - My Cvnty Business
Naavikaran - FEVER GAME ft GITHMI
Figgy Baby - Once the Dust Settles
Sonic Reducer - Song for Steven
Rosalie Chilvers - TINY TSHIRTS
dirty linen - LEAVE ME ALONE
The Distained - Promise
Pornstar Supercar - Glue And Tape
Ding Ding Ding - Every Single Minute
MUNA - Wannabeher
Skyflower - Memories
kayls - Don't Think Too Much
TOMI - Let Me Down
ssszlami - tumours
TOMI - Let Me Down
vj harvey - bloodriverdaughter
Oceans For Sirius - Heavy Breathing
awnings - Doggy Dog World
Sarah Jane & The Noise - brain
MUNA - Big Stick
Blue Mojo Band - Bus Ride
Stormy-Lou - Watching and Waiting
Hot Glue - Brand New
Max Aurora & The Southern Lights - How I Know It's Right
Gloss - Rosary

Community is The Antidote: We Have What We Need to Survive

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This week on Tranzmission, Ez (he/him) speaks with New York City–based correspondent Fae Weichsel (she/her) for a powerful conversation on trans survival, resistance, and hope in the United States.

Together, they unpack the current political climate shaped by the rise of Trumpism and the MAGA movement, and what it means for trans communities navigating a wave of restrictive legislation across multiple states.

The conversation traces the long history of trans resistance from the Stonewall uprising to today with a particular focus on the vital leadership, resistance, and community care, not to forget the work of Black trans women throughout the US queer liberation movement.

But this episode doesn’t stop at crisis.

Community is The Antidote is about turning toward each other sharing tools, knowledge, and strategies for collective care, resistance, survival, and joy. Ez and Fae explore how chosen family, underground networks, resource sharing, and storytelling have long acted as forms of community defence, sustaining trans lives across generations.

Throughout the episode, Fae also reshares a powerful speech she delivered at a vigil several years ago, reflecting on grief, solidarity, and the ongoing fight for trans liberation.

Together, they examine how mutual aid, community wisdom, and trans-led organising continue to build power and create futures beyond fear.

This is an episode about truth, solidarity, and above all... hope.

Links:

Voting here for the Queens Ball Awards 2026

Songs played
We Are The Union - Boys Will Be Girls
Cygnette - Whatever You Want
RAZEL - Mr Snippa
Maddie Morris - Live Off Roses
pigeon pit - soup for my family
Sister Wife Sex Strike - Electricity
Erik Saxton - We Don't Get Tired, We Get Even (Pat the Bunny Cover)
Laura Jane Grace - Shelter In Place
Dog Park Dissidents - Save The World
Ramshackle Glory - Your heart is a muscle...
Ryan Cassata - Queer Love Outlaw
Ethel Cain - Sun Bleached Flies

Breaking Tortillas Together: Race, Racism, Gender & Community

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This week on Tranzmission, we’re holding space for a powerful conversation on race, racism, gender, and community centering the lived experiences of CALD trans and gender diverse people. We’re joined by Pierce Kent founder of gender affirming underwear brand Dys4ick and Angel Ixchel Pineda, local burlesque performer and comic, who share their stories, cultural perspectives, and reflections on navigating identity at the intersection of race and gender. Ez also reads a poem and a short essay from When Language Broke Open: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Black Writers of Latin American Descent, bringing in additional voices that speak to culture, identity, and resistance.

Together, we unpack how racism and transphobia show up — both in broader society and within LGBTQIA+ spaces — and explore conversations around whiteness, white fragility, and accountability in community reading from “What is white fragility and why white trans women adopt it” by Tara Knight. This episode also makes space for care, cultural connection, and what it means to build solidarity and repair. This is an honest, reflective, and necessary conversation about how we show up for each other and what it takes to create communities that are truly inclusive, supportive, and accountable.

To continue engaging with the ideas explored in this episode, here are some recommended readings:

- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
- Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
- Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton

Songs played
YVES - Melanin 5000
REDD. - juliet
Racerage - Eat The Rich ft Sass Hound
WHERIKO - Enby
Janelle Monae - Float
KAIIT - OG Luv Kush pt.2
Dua Saleh - Flood ft Bon Iver
Shawnee - Wild Woman
JER - Decolonize Yr Mind
Jaloo - Ah! Dor!
T8iana - Celebrat8ion
Blake - Love Love Love

The Problem with Finland

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This week Bette (she/they) and Ez (he/him) tackle Finland, a country where trans healthcare seems stranded in the previous century, and whose most famous anti-trans adolescent psychiatrist, Riitterkerttu Kaltiala, has collaborated with SEGM, the Florida Board of Medicine, and the Cass Review board. As Kaltiala hosts a webinar for a small Australian trans-skeptical psychiatrists’ group and the internet debates the merits or otherwise of her latest “largely useless” study, Bette shares the testimonies of Finnish trans young people forced to endure a system that is “comparable to torture”. Meanwhile a story has surfaced in the Finnish state-run media: staff at Kaltiala’s EVA Unit have been illegally restraining young residents. Now that they’re tying down cis kids with bedsheets, will the world finally listen?

Episode links:

- The Vine Review: prioritising Finland
- Experiences of young people in the UK: CYPGS and PATHWAYS
- Kaltiala et al (2019): drops in depression, anxiety, suicidality
- Australian Christian Lobby interview: Which harms?
- Florida Board of Medicine and Cass Review
- Letter to Finnish Parliament
- Ruuska et al (2024): “drastic reduction in suicide risk”
- Ruuska et al (2026): “largely useless as a scientific investigation”
- Assigned Media: Finland is incredibly bad at treating transgender people
- Kehrääjä: Describe to Me How You Masturbate
- Assigned Media: Don’t Forget Your Homework
- Therapy First Clinical Guidelines (now offline)
- Nadrowski: A new flight from womanhood
- Saxby et al (2026): GAHT reduces mental-healthcare use
- Saxby sibling study: Gender-affirming surgeries reduce mental-healthcare use
- YLE: Staff restricted minors illegally in psychiatric care in Tampere
- Guardian: Most right-wing Finnish government in generations

Songs played
MUNA - Wannabeher
Red Conlan O'Neill - Song For Bono
YVES - The Police Are Outside
Ezra Furman - Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Dylan and the Moon - Wildfire
Cistemic Oppession - My Depression
Cry Club - High Voltage Anxiety
Evan Greer - Protect Trans Kids ft Ryan Cassata
Anjimile - You're Free to Go
Isle of CC - Cozy
Hannah Potter - Snowday
Mellowing - Ocean

Voltage, Visions & Variety

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +1000

This week on Tranzmission, Ez (he/him) and Elliott (he/him) bring you the latest in community news and events, alongside three exciting interviews with incredible trans and gender diverse artists.

In the studio, Ez and Elliott sit down with Jaye Heather to chat about her upcoming comedy show Frozen Girl Sperm at Big Fork Theatre on Friday April 24 — a bold and hilarious exploration you won’t want to miss. Ez also speaks with Naavikaran about their MYSTIQ Tour, hitting The Cave Inn on Friday April 17, as well as their powerful film project Where Are You From?. Plus, Ez catches up with Naarm-based band Cry Club to dive into their electrifying new album High Voltage Anxiety — in an interview that unexpectedly journeys into metaphysical and moral philosophy, and absolutely delivers.

Songs played
Stormy-Lou - Watching and Waiting
Zoh Amba - Another Time
Hot Glue - Spiders
binsad - swimmer
Shamir - On The Regular
Ding Ding Ding - Every Single Minute
Lambrini Girls - Cult of Celebrity
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - BATH WATER
ssszlami - girl on the screen
REDD. - juliet
Cygnette - Boots
Widowspeak - If You Change
Naavikaran - KHO JAYE
People Taking Pictures - Violets
Cry Club - For Your Health
Dylan and The Moon - Yellow (Coldplay Cover)

Indie Poetry and Trans Anarchy

Mon, 6 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +1000

Rae (they/them) chats with mk zariel (it/its) about its new book Different With Him, anarchy, and poetry. Rae also interviews local poet, spoken word, and slam artist Alexi Edwards (she/her) about the new book and album I Am Not Okay.

In news, Rae reports on the UK indie bookshop inviting customers to vandalise a Harry Potter book, the findings in a new report by the Australian Human Rights Commission, and Meanjin’s unveiling of the world’s largest trans flag.

Songs played
Billy Cart - I Don't Wanna Steal Your Girlfriend
Well Subversed - You become extinct
Still Full From Lunch - Comfortable To You
MJ O'Neill - Salvo
Cygnette - Boots
allie elle - pink (like the moon)
Pickle Darling - pinwheels (feat. Anna McClellan)
RITA - Thirsty
Fan Girl - Echo Grey
Club Ruby - What My Bones Know
Selve - Phonebooth
Pap Smear and The Mammograms - Bell Tower
Hannah Kate - Eggs in a Kettle
Certainty - Bad Decisions
Water From Your Eyes - Nights in Armor (FKA Love Song)