Airdate: Australiana: Island Queens

SBS VICELAND screens a doco special Australiana: Island Queens profiling the gay and trans Indigenous community of the Tiwi Islands.

This is produced by VICE Australia.

The remote community of the Tiwi Islands, located 80 kilometres north of the Australian mainland, has a thriving gay and trans community known as the Sistergirls. More than five percent of the Tiwi population identify as a Sistergirls, with most of them living publicly as women and observing local Indigenous traditions.

Follow the story of Laura, who at the age of 33 has been awaiting gender reassignment hormones since she was 10 years old. Her access has been complicated by the island’s limited access to doctors, let alone hormone treatment.

This documentary explores the push-pull the Sistergirls experience living on their remote Tiwi home, while wanting to find love in the city and start families of their own.

Sunday, 3 September at 9.25pm on SBS VICELAND.