Q & A: LGBTI special
Q & A will present a special edition discussing queer issues next week following the Priscilla documentary.
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Q & A will present a special edition discussing queer issues next week following the screening of the documentary Between a Frock and a Hard Place on Thursday June 18th.
“The documentary highlights the extraordinary change in social attitudes and laws around homosexuality, masculinity and gender over the last 40 years, and provides a fresh perspective on current debates around marriage equality and transgender,” says the ABC.
Appearing on the panel are gay rights activist and author Dennis Altman, cabaret performer Paul Capsis, Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile, plus two female panellists yet to be confirmed (please get Julie McCrossin).
Audience members will watch the documentary, which centres around the making of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, but extends into Mardi Gras, Hate Crimes and gay rights, prior to the panel discussion.
Updated: Dirty Laundry Live will air at 10:30pm with Lateline only on News 24.
Source: samesame.com.au
22 Responses
Over 70% of Aussies agree that we should have Marriage Equality … so there is no real need for discussion … all we need is for our politicians to actually represent “us” instead of their party view or their bigoted religious views. Then the drama is over. But sadly they don’t put the voters first, they just keep playing their petty games with our lives.
I did like the story in the news yesterday about the National MP who’d straw-polled in his electorate, found that people were supportive or at least unconcerned about the issue, and chose to support moves for a conscience vote in Parliament. Good on him for all that, even if he did cop a bit of good-natured ribbing from his colleagues about being “t’only Nat in the village”…
It’s not 70 per cent it’s about 50 per cent. I’m glad the party’s aren’t just doing this right away just because the media wants them to, only the greens want this, labour and liberal don’t. They should do a public vote it wouldn’t pass.
Really?
The most recent survey from a respectable survey company I’ve seen had it about 75% for, and the last Newspoll I saw had it about 66% for. Both were taken across capital city & country residents – IIRC the country figures were lower on average, but varied more than the city figures, & the highest ‘for’ figure came from a country area.
Maybe it’s not as borderline as you think…
Well polls are always not very good, they would of asked like 1000 people in key areas. So yes it borderline 50/50 where I live most over 30 don’t want it. The under 30 do but rest are like why is this even a thing
You’re right, polls are not always good. For example, I’d trust several polls with a survey size of ~20,000 across all states and city/country areas further than I’d trust one that surveyed everybody within a restricted geographical, cultural, or demographic pool. But then, I understand the use (and abuse) of statistics better than most…
(Not trying to change your mind at all; you have an opinion and you’re welcome to it. But, as much as we’d like to think they do, our personal opinions don’t always reflect that of the broader population…)
@Wawasjohn – How many people did you ask? Were they a representative sample of the general population? You need to stop making numbers up and start dealing in facts.
Yeah no problem
Q&A has been consistently attacked by the LNP for being leftwing biased – even when the show has three or four rightwingers on the panel.
They are forced to have extreme rightwingers like Fred Nile on the panel and assuming Dennis Altman and Paul Capsis are not rightwing at least one of the female panellists will be rightwing.
My guess one or both female panellists will be either transgender rightwinger Cate McGregor, lesbian rightwinger Christine Forster, extreme rightwinger Janet Albrechtsen and /or Tanya Pilbersek.
I personally would love to see Julia Gillard on the panel. It’d be interesting cos like Fred Nile-she is opposed to marriage equality too.
I wish the media would stop portraying the gay community as a minority who have been hard done by due to supposed unequal rights. We’ve got much bigger issues in this country than gay rights.
Oceanographer your feelings on this are very clear from previous topics. I’d suggest many Australians would undoubtedly point out that the gay community is a minority, and it does have unequal rights as the preceding doco details (hence the point of discussing such). This is actually the first special Q&A has devoted to the topic in its 9 seasons, having staged similar specials with other panels. Television is a vast rainbow of genres and hours and if you look around you will find other programmes that tackle an array of “bigger” and “smaller” issues. I didn’t hear any complaints about Insight discussing issues facing regional Australia or what happens when you win Lotto.
It doesn’t stop with Q&A, David. Gay rights features have been on the Project, just about every single night on various network news services, the drum and yes even insight. Not to mention the amount times the gay marriage story has been run to death in newspapers and radio. My question to you is does gay marriage t warrant so much media attention, whilst other issues like domestic violence, youth suicide, and rights for people with a disability get very little media exposure in comparison to gay marriage?
The Project reports news. Same-sex marriage is on the table at the moment due to bills presented in Parliament and recent global events. Along with Insight and other shows, Project has an excellent record in covering the topics you mention. They have a social issues topic every night of the week? Better visibility and equality for GLBTI will actually lead to less youth suicide.
Gay marriage has been a big news item ever sense maybe before that long before parliament a bill was proposed. Your right about youth suicide though however sadly its just one of the many factors involved in deaths.
Well said, there is a lot more important issues,
Why would you give a voice to a massive homophobe whose views will never change and will only incite hatred on both sides of the debate?
Fred Nile does not provide a ‘fresh perspective’ on current debates around marriage equality!
He is not the future. He shouldn’t have a voice on the panel. He’s only on because he’ll fire up the audience and the other panel members. Which means it’s a ratings grab and the purpose of the show is completely undermined. Honestly imagine if this was a show on women’s rights and they put a misogynist on the panel! Would they allow Julien Blanc on the show to discuss women from a ‘fresh perspective’. Imagine what people would say about that!?
Definitely appreciate the need for balance, but very disappointed in the choice of Fred Nile.
Next they’ll probably announce that one of the female panellists is Miranda Devine.
In ireland many swing voters voted yes, not because of the yes campaign (their ads are brilliant btw), but because they were so repulsed by the homophobia in the No campaign.
In a similar sense you could say the more exposure the Fred Nile’s have, the better for gay rights.
Here’s hoping. I’m just sick of hearing his backwards views on a show dedicated to discussing the many issues facing the LGBTIQ community.
Why is Fred Nile there? Do we really need someone who is anti-gay on the panel to illustrate the other side?
As much as I detest the man and all that he stands for, if you are going to have a debate, you need to have representatives from all sides. Who knows, perhaps there are people who will watch because he’s on the panel and some of them will come away with a softer perspective?
I might suggest Heather Barwick as a second female panellist but don’t know enough about her to know whether she’d be a worthwhile contributor.
Actually, no, what you need for a debate is people from both sides who are willing to listen and discuss the issue in good faith even if they’re never going to change their mind. Fred Nile doesn’t really meet those criteria.
That’s another reason Q&A often fails as a debate: all too often they stick a hardliner who’s not willing to listen or discuss in as a ‘representative’ of one side (or sometimes both).
The pro side seem to be doing an extremely good job at not listening, anyone against must have a villain moustache applied and booed out of the room immediately.