Episodes
Queerstralia: Gender Identity AKA “This Time It’s Personal” (ABC TV Tuesday 7 March 2023)
The second episode of Queerstralia, titled Gender Identity AKA “This Time It’s Personal”, vividly portrays how the Queer community has shaped and defined its identity.
The episode explores how Australia was creating a national identity in the early 20th century while Queers were internally defining and expressing themselves. It delves into themes of masculinity and crossdressing in Australian culture, revealing how the country has struggled with its relationship with gender.
Queerstralia delves into the stories of Queers in the defence force and in sports. The show celebrates the pioneers that have challenged and shaped Australian notions of gender and identity, bringing to light previously unacknowledged historical figures like Edward DeLacy Evans, Australia’s first documented trans person, and Tony Briffa, the world’s first out Intersex mayor. The episode also explains how Queer bodies were defined by medicine from aversion therapies to the search for the “gay gene”.
Airdate: Tuesday 7 March 2023 at 9.00pm on ABC TV.
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