Call Me By My Name Project | A Trans Oral History Podcast

1.4 | Sam

Episode Summary

Lee and Ryan sit down with Sam, who uses they/them pronouns, at the Docklands library. Sam is the first dedicated LGBTIQ outreach lawyer in Victoria, and works out of St Kilda legal service. Sam talks about growing up in Perth, student activism at La Trobe, listening to and learning from trans and gender diverse young people, and some of the challenges involved in working in the legal system. They pitch the idea of a communal life admin day, changing lawyers’ titles to the gender-neutral ‘Advocate,’ and tell Lee and Ryan about a particularly moving theatre performance they saw in Sydney earlier this year, called Wild Bore. Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links: 🌙 youtu.be/eB_U-mbPuEE Spotify - goo.gl/UmAVYJ Itunes - goo.gl/3Ko2N8 Amazon - goo.gl/aL7mth

Episode Notes

Lee and Ryan sit down with Sam, who uses they/them pronouns, at the Docklands library. Sam is the first dedicated LGBTIQ outreach lawyer in Victoria, and works out of St Kilda legal service. Sam talks about growing up in Perth, student activism at La Trobe, listening to and learning from trans and gender diverse young people, and some of the challenges involved in working in the legal system. They pitch the idea of a communal life admin day, changing lawyers’ titles to the gender-neutral ‘Advocate,’ and tell Lee and Ryan about a particularly moving theatre performance they saw in Sydney earlier this year, called Wild Bore.

Music throughout by 90s Flav. To find more on 90sFlav check out the following links:
🌙 youtu.be/eB_U-mbPuEE
Spotify - goo.gl/UmAVYJ
Itunes - goo.gl/3Ko2N8
Amazon - goo.gl/aL7mth