Posts in category Community Spotlight

“We are more than just camp effeminate men, we are more than butch women who shop at Bunnings. There are so many stories to be unearthed”

“There have been points in my life where I have been aware of clear barriers professionally because I was a lesbian”

“The beauty of Frock being gender neutral is that I leave the tucking to the female impersonators and just get queerer and queerer.”

“While we don’t think what you do is normal… we can’t really put into words what normal actually is anymore, so celebrate who you are every day and don’t be ashamed of it.”

“Watching my kids stand up at their primary school assembly on the Monday before the postal survey result day was a standout Pride moment.”

“Tucking? What’s that? Haha. I don’t necessarily ‘tuck’ – I just keep putting on undergarments until it ‘goes away’.”

“Be as queer as you want to be, and know there are an infinite number of ways of being LGBTIQA+. It is not a cookie cutter or acronym bound experience.”

“During my performance, my left breast, which in those days was a small bag of birdseed, fell out and hit the floor”

“Our community loves to talk about togetherness, but insists on dividing ourselves up by letters, colours on a flag, labels, and judgements. But during the postal survey we put them to the side”

Call Me By My Name’s creators and hosts say the project’s early success “speaks to the desire and demand to hear trans and gender diverse people tell their stories in their own ways.”