At least, for now. Benjamin and Simon reflect on four years of discussion about queer politics and culture, wondering what’s changed, what we’ve learned, and whether all of this was worthwhile. Thanks everyone for listening and for your support

We present: Sinister Sissies

Sep 13th, 2019 48m 45s

Buckle up Sodomites! Sinister Sissies is your gateway to gay true crime, homoerotic horror and all things man-on-man and macabre!Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Sinister Sissies is a Lipp Media podcast. Hos

Conflict Is Not Abuse

Sep 6th, 2019 39m 39s

Benjamin took the opportunity of a recent beachside holiday to do some light reading with Sarah Schulman’s book Conflict Is Not Abuse, which Simon read (and loved) a while back. This episode is a discussion of Schulman’s critical, compassionate

We present: Deviant Women

Aug 24th, 2019 1h 7m

Each fortnight, hosts Lauren and Alicia delve into a ‘deviant’ woman from history, fiction, mythology and the contemporary world: those who aren’t afraid to break the rules, to subvert the system, to explore, to seek and to challenge the status

Free Speech

Aug 19th, 2019 39m 2s

The Israel Folau sacking, campaigns to block far right activists from entering into Australia, the high court decision to uphold the sacking of the public servant Michaela Banerji. Free speech is everywhere in the news at the moment, yet despit

Interview: Jarryd Bartle

Aug 5th, 2019 47m 41s

Simon interviews writer, lecturer and consultant Jarryd Bartle across a range of topics relating to sexual and criminal deviancy, queer and otherwise. Jarryd talks about the uses and limits of the criminal justice system, whether the current fo

Sexless Queers

Jul 21st, 2019 37m 22s

In the second part of our two-part discussion critiquing the role of sex in queer communities and politics, Benjamin and Simon get to the heart of the matter: is sexuality compulsory in queer movements and spaces? And if it isn’t, then what eve

Interview: Jaya Keaney

Jul 8th, 2019 26m 37s

Benjamin interviews writer and research Jaya Keaney about her work examining concepts of race in the stories of queer families who conceive kids using reproductive technologies, digging into what it means to re-imagine the queer family in the c

Let’s Not Talk About Sex, Baby

Jun 24th, 2019 35m 12s

We talk about sex a lot on the podcast, but what about people who don’t feel so comfortable about it? In the first episode of a two-part discussion challenging the role of sex in queer communities and politics, Benjamin and Simon talk sexual an

The End of Queer Press

Jun 9th, 2019 33m 5s

With the announcement that Australia’s longest-running queer publication has effectively closed its doors, Benjamin and Simon reflect on the value of queer media in an age when queer news is increasingly covered by mainstream publications. The

Winter is Problematic

May 26th, 2019 37m 6s

Just what the world needs—another Game of Thrones take! But after sharing their thoughts on the end of this TV juggernaut, Benjamin and Simon dig into the episode’s big question: what political responsibility does pop culture have to depict the

Interview: Sally Goldner

May 12th, 2019 42m 14s

Simon interviews community advocate and educator Sally Goldner, discussing Sally’s advocacy for bisexual and trans folk, diversity education inside and outside LGBTIQ communities, and why we’re all so hung up on binaries.Subscribe (for free!),

Foxhole Fantasy

Apr 29th, 2019 52m 14s

In the jumbo-sized Anzac Day episode you didn’t know you wanted, Benjamin and Simon ask why it’s okay to commemorate war in some ways but not others, and wonder what’s really at the heart of these taboos. Plus, a bonus discussion about loneline

The Good Queer Body

Apr 14th, 2019 39m 21s

A chat about body image and gay men quickly spins out into a discussion of queer bodies more generally, as Benjamin and Simon ask: what does it mean to look like—or fail to look like—the right kind of queer?Subscribe (for free!), rate and revie

Interview: Brendan Maclean

Mar 31st, 2019 34m 6s

Benjamin interviews singer-songwriter Brendan Maclean about his new album And the Boyfriends, digging into the evolution of his music, what it means for gay men to work closely with women, and the complex relationship between queer artists and

Episode 55: Filthy Queers

Mar 17th, 2019 38m 2s

Why isn’t sex a bigger part of public discourse around queerness? Looking at a classic essay about the revolutionary potential of gay sex, Benjamin and Simon get filthy and dig into the roles sex can play, in theory and in practice, when it com

Episode 54: No Really, What Can You Do

Mar 7th, 2019 38m 52s

Benjamin and Simon have another crack at figuring out what individuals can do in the face of structural problems, and while the conversation stays on track this time they still end up in the weeds. What’s the relationship between collective act

Interview: Gay Alcorn

Feb 17th, 2019 34m 46s

Simon interviews journalist Gay Alcorn, discussing recent articles she wrote about violence against women. In her analysis, Gay asks the question: is feminism too narrow a lens through which to examine gender-based violence? ‘It's a false com

Episode 53: What Can You Do

Feb 4th, 2019 38m 32s

Benjamin and Simon sit down intending to record an episode about what individuals can do in the face of structural problems like homophobia, but an article about violence against women sparks a disagreement between the hosts over the questio

Episode 52: Surf the Web, with Queers

Jan 21st, 2019 37m 2s

Benjamin and Simon hit the world wide web to talk social media. It comes up a lot on the podcast, but what does social media mean for queer politics in 2019? Is it a place to find community, or is it bringing about community’s end? Hosted on A

Interview: Kapul Champions

Jan 6th, 2019 19m 40s

On a trip to Port Moresby, Benjamin interviews an advocate with Papua New Guinea’s only queer community organisation, Kapul Champions, to discuss the political priorities for queers in the country, and the impact of LGBTIQ political discourses

Episode 51: Pop Queers

Dec 20th, 2018 36m 31s

Benjamin and Simon close out 2018 with a look back at its pop culture—what they liked, what they didn’t, and some of their most significant queer touchstones, from Roseanne to Queer Eye to Janelle Monáe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac

Episode 50: Queers at Fifty

Dec 5th, 2018 39m 1s

Queers has made it to 50 episodes! Looking back at almost three years of podcasting, Benjamin and Simon reflect on what the show has meant to them, the combination of events and thinking that has shaped the discussions, and what it means to str

Interview: Annie Kelly

Oct 11th, 2018 44m 3s

While traveling in the United Kingdom Simon interviewed the PhD student Annie Kelly. Annie is studying at the University of East Anglia, researching the online anti-feminist groups Return of Kings, A Voice for Men and the Reddit forum Kotaku in

Episode 49: Queers Educates the Stupid Masses

Sep 19th, 2018 40m 18s

Diving back into the thorny issue of consent, Benjamin and Simon turn this time to the concept of ‘enthusiastic consent’, and wonder whether it really is an effective framework for addressing a problem as widespread—and as complex—as sexual ass