Happy Pride!
While Pride shouldn’t just be confined to a month, one of our audio producers described this time of year as “ … a breath let go that you didn’t know you were holding.”
This episode is for everyone, but especially for those who have been waiting to exhale and looking forward to living every day with pride.
It’s about resistance and being seen in a time when queer and trans communities are being targeted.
Our two stories this week come from the Queer Stories podcast.
They were performed and recorded on the 8th of September, 2025, on Arrente land as part of the Northern Territory Writers Festival.
Special thanks to Queer Stories, Maeve Marsden, Northern Territory Writers Festival, and 8CCC Radio.
Patooki by Winnie Dunn
Award-winning writer and first-ever published Tongan-Australian writer Winnie Dunn performs a story that traces the history of some other remarkable firsts for Tongan women in her family.
Winnie Dunn is the winner of the Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist Award 2025 and the Kathleen Mitchell Award 2025 for her debut novel, Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn.
Written and performed by Winnie Dunn
Shrewdly Innocent by Daniel Browning
Daniel Browning is a Bundjalung and Kullilli award-winning writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Daniel muses on all of these things, being First Nations and queer, as well as struggling with a complex medical diagnosis.
Written and performed by Daniel Browning
These pieces were performed and recorded on 8 September 2025 in Mbantua, Alice Springs, on Arrente land as part of the Northern Territory Writers Festival. Special thanks to Queerstories, Maeve Marsden, Northern Territory Writers’ Festival, and 8CCC Radio.
You can find out more about Queer Stories at maevemarsden.com/queerstories
Looking for more queer stories? Then check this episode out!
All The Best Credits
Host: Gabriella Accaria
Executive Producer: Melanie Bakewell
Programming & Community Coordinator: Catarina Fraga Matos
Production Manager: Kwame Slusher
Digital Trainee: Imogen Brosnan
Mixed & Compiled: Emma Higgins
Theme Music composed by Shining Bird
Special shout-out to all our volunteers