Radio 3CR turns 50 on July 4th. Here's an archive photo with me and one of the many reel players we have scattered around the station. In the 90s, I learned to edit tape on a reel editing machine circa 1949 at the station. A tangible way to edit sound. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #3CR

Activist fighting for queer decriminalisation in former colonies share their stories in Out Laws. The documentary explores the origins of queer criminalisation and the erased queer cultures of former colonies. Podcast interview with producer James Lewis. @mdff.bsky.social @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Dr Sean Mulcahy on the impacts of LGBTIQA+ hate crimes after attending hearings for the Victoria Parliament's Inquiry. @vicpridelobby.bsky.social @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Funeral Flowers' actor Lucy Ansell and director Candy Bowers: "She's a little bit of a mischievous kid." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

From Australia's Queer dancefloors to Folsom in Berlin: podcast with DJ Goat Spokesperson Phil Soliman. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #dj

Podcast about the hearings for the LGBTIQA+ Hate Crimes Inquiry at Victoria's Parliament. Interview with Sean Mulcahy form the Victorian Pride Lobby who attended the hearings. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social @vicpridelobby.bsky.social

"A fiercely poetic play about survival." Podcast with Funeral Flowers' actor Lucy Ansell and director Candy Bowers. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

DJ Phil Soliman: "Hope you slept well." On air 4 pm, Friday, 26 June. Australian Eastern Time. Radio 3CR: streaming, radio apps, online, digital radio, 855. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #dj

"People get ripped off in the music industry." Many creators in the industry's backrooms are queer. Thea Riley with James McKenzie. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

"It's sublime - there's no people around."

People need to wake up. One Nation wants to deport immigrants who are already here. You would have agents rounding people up in workplaces, at schools, it would be ICE in Australia.

DJ Phil Soliman from the 3CR archives as we celebrate 50 years on air: "The people left standing." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Iran deal. Middle East war crimes. A concise interview with Jacob Grech. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

War crimes: "People are finally having enough." 3CR commentator Jacob Grech on the geo-political situation after the latest deal in the Middle East. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Matt Gleeson and I have presented back-to-back shows on 3CR for nearly 30 years. Matt joined me in the studio for a chat about some of the many memorable live-to-air performances and interviews he has presented, as 3CR celebrates 50 years on air. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

1994 Tasty Raid memories with manager Gerard O'Connor from the 3CR audio archives. Image: Gerard with Tasty 30th Birthday Party producer Jono Francisco at 3CR in 2024. #tastyraid @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

DJ D-KRAM with me in the studio. Serendipity, Mark was in town for a party gig and joined me for some live-to-air face time. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social - from the Vault.

Social security would be cut under a One Nation Government. Single parent benefits would be the first to go. Immigrants would be arrested on our streets like ICE does in the US. Australia's gun laws would be weakened. They're a shell party, taken over by the super wealthy to screw us like the GOP.

Myllo on songwriting: "Writing music is poetry." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social - from the vault.

"Musicians have strange brains." Thea Riley on recording Nirvana scraping a toilet brush holder on bathroom tiles. Thea joined me in the studio for Radiothon. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #queer

Songwriter Thea Riley on Disobedient. "All the times in life you have to fight back and actually do something." #trans @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

With my sweet friend Honey aka Thea Riley at 3CR today. Thank you, Honey for making Radiothon so great, everyone loved seeing you and hearing your voice again. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Please donate to the 3CR Radiothon as the station celebrates 50 years on air. I would be honored if people donated to In Ya Face, the queer issues show I've presented on Friday afternoons since 1997. The show has a GiveNow page and the QR code to donate is in the comments. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Stunning day Melbourne

"Homophobia is rooted in anti-womenness," says The Last Closet filmmaker Reese Leigh. The documentary explores homophobia in the AFL. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Musical director Alex Gorbachev on choir singing: "It's about meeting people and being in the room." shOUT Youth Chorus performs Folk for Folx at Abbotsford Convent, June 20. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Why is there so much homophobia in the AFL, despite all the good work done by club's pride groups and other stakeholders? Podcast with The Last Closet documentary filmmaker Reese Leigh. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Out Laws documentary explores the stories of queer people campaigning for decriminalisation in former colonies. Image: Namibian activist Friedel. Audio: producer James Lewis. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Madison Moffat on queer activism in the 3CR archives as the station celebrate 50 years of radio. "Done by us." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #queernews

I chatted with Dean Arcuri about the impacts of Honey Davenport's IML win, including what it signals for the Australian Leather competition model. The full conversation is now up as a podcast. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #IML

Exploring the 3CR Queer Archives as our activist radio station celebrates 50 years on-air. Podcast interview with Madison Moffat. #queerhistory @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

"On stage," actor Seon Williams and director Renee Palmer from Between The Lines, The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters, Bloomsday in Melbourne. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Melbourne Pride Chorus bass singer Trevor Block on the benefits of choir singing in the digital age.

"First research." Richard Keane on groundbreaking study of trans and gender diverse people living with HIV in Australia. A collaboration between Living Positive Victoria, Transgender Victoria, the Equinox Clinic at Thorne Harbour Health and ARCSHS at La Trobe University. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Bloomsday is 16 June, the date in 1904 when James Joyce's Ulysses was set. Podcast interview with director Renee Palmer and actor Seon Williams about Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Grouch Marx Letters, Bloomsday Melbourne, June 16-21, fortyfivedownstairs. #bloomsday @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Melbourne Pride Chorus is the oldest LGBTIQA choir in the Southern Hemisphere. Podcast with bass singer Trevor Block about DIVA: A Night with the Stars. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Podcast about Mpox in Melbourne and new research about trans and gender diverse people living with HIV. Interview with Richard Keane, Living Positive Victoria. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

"We're still here." Garry White reflects on LGBTQ community criminalisation. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Boudie celebrates National Volunteer Week and shares his story. @thorneharbour.bsky.social @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #nationalvolunteerweek

Marc & Maddie joined us at 3CR to celebrate IDAHOBIT. "Be your true, authentic self." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #idahobit

Boudie shares his volunteer journey and migration story from Egypt to Australia and highlights Thorne Harbour Health activities, as we head into National Volunteer Week. @thorneharbour.bsky.social @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Podcast about housing justice for older LGBTIQA+ folks with Garry White from Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG). Includes discussion about rent stress, precarious housing and how the impacts of criminalisation decades ago may make seeking help difficult. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social #HAAG

Podcast with queer community health advocates and educators Marc & Maddie. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

BB talks about why he created Fetish & Kink community vodcast Platform F. "I wanted to share stories around community and belonging." Image & audio: BB joined us at 3CR. @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Lovely to talk about BB's journey in the community. "You went whoosh." @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Funding cut looms for HIV/AIDS Legal Centre in most Australian states. Podcast interview with lawyer Frederick Johnston. #queernews #HIV @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Podcast interview with BB before the International Mr Leather competition in Chicago. The Laird Leatherman 2025, mental health advocate and Fetish & Kink Community vodcast presenter joined us live-to-air at 3CR. #queerpodcast @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Global politics commentator Jacob Grech says "destabilisation" is the US strategy in Iran and other global hotspots. #politics #iranwar @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

Madison Moffat calls out workplace harassment towards queer and gender diverse folks. "The microaggressions go on steroids." #queer #mayday @3crmelbourne.bsky.social

"Particularly discriminated against in the workplace." Trans and Queer perspectives on Occupational Health and Safety: May Day podcast with Madison Moffat. #mayday #trans #queer @3crmelbourne.bsky.social