Welcome to Monday Breakfast! On the 10th of Feb we listened to:
Speeches from the Protect Trans Youth rally on the the weekend, the8th of February: Frankie Mizzone (she/her) and her mum Patrice (she/her). Frankie is a trans teenage activist and trailblazer. Frankie spoke of her experiences accessing puberty blockers as a young transgender person. Patrice spoke about what it's like raising a trans child and keeping them safe in world of ever-expanding transphobia.
CW death and suicide. Hini Hanara, a Takatāpui person who speaks of their experience as a funeral celebrant in dealing with the deaths of trans and gender-diverse children.
Dr Danielle Stefanski with a message of hope for young transgender people: the community and infrastructure to support young transgender people is building and backed by evidence.
Speeches from the Anti-Zionist Jews against Racism and Genocide rally on the 9th of February: Jacob Sacher an award-winning Jewish comedian and Jewish studies researcher. He has been the president of the Melbourne University Jewish Students' Society and is currently undertaking a Masters-By-Research at Monash University. Jeffrey Lowenstein, a descendant of Holocaust survivors and practised as a barrister for 50 years. Jeffrey also chaired the Anti Defamation Commission of Australia and New Zealand and was a member of the Jewish Community Council in Victoria
Annie McLoughlin spoke with filmmaker Anthony Kelly about the documentary Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe on the Showreel show. Showreel airs from 11 to 11:30 on Thursdays. To find out more info, and where to watch this upcoming documentary, go to ourwarriordoco.com. There will be a community screening of Our Warrior: The Story of Robbie Thorpe at Cinema Nova in Carlton this Saturday the 15th of February.
Damien Patterson from the Council to Homeless Persons, speaking to James Mckenzie from the In Ya Face show that airs on Fridays from 4-5pm, last year in April about housing crisis facilities from trans and gender diverse people. To support this organisation go to chp.org.au
Rob Harrison and Hannah York