Some of the people interviewed by John Frame for Queer Radio (on 4ZZZfm, Brisbane, Australia) since 1994.

Please Note: the sexuality of these individuals is entirely their own business (some are straight, but most are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer).

In order:

Musicians;  Authors;  Performing Artists / Artists;  Stage Actors;  Directors & Producers;  Screenwriters/Playwrights;  Film Actors;  Politicians;  Sports Players;  Community Activists & Professionals.

Musicians:

  • Lea DeLaria (USA) www.delariadammit.com/index.html
  • Pixie Jenkins (Australia) www.pixieland.com.au/
  • David Page (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Enda Markey (Ireland) www.endamarkey.com
  • Lorna Vallings (Canada)  www.lornavallings.com
  • Kylie Cowling (of Kaleidoscope) (Adelaide, Australia) www.kaleidoscopetheband.com  
  • Kaeleen Hunter of Mettaphor (Queensland) www.mettaphor.com
  • SONia (USA) www.disappearfear.com
  • Daniel Michels (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Brian Kennedy (Ireland) www.briankennedy.co.uk
  • Laya Fisher (Brisbane, Australia) www.layafisher.com
  • Anthony Warlow (Australia)
  • Robert Urban (New York, USA)
  • Paul McDermott (Melbourne, Australia)
  • D’Gey (Paris, France)
  • Rob Clarkson (of Ruck Rover) www.candlerecords.com.au
  • Chris Freeman (of Pansy Division)(San Francisco, USA) www.pansydivision.com
  • Russell Morris (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Kevin Man (of Taikoz and Queensland Orchestra) (Brisbane, Australia) www.taikoz.com
  • Florence’s Balcony (Sue Drummond & Melissa Evans) (Qld, Australia) http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ogo/
  • Skott Freedman (South Carolina, USA) www.skottfreedman.com 
  • Monique Brumby (Melbourne, Australia) www.moniquebrumby.com
  • Judi Connelli (re show “Cabaret”)(Brisbane born & raised)
  • Vernon (The Sailors) (Melbourne, Australia) http://www.dropkick.com.au/sailors.htm
  • Kailas Wild (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Nikki Madden (Blue Mountains, Australia) www.nikkimadden.com
  • John Ashfield (San Francisco, USA)
  • John McNeill (The Bootlickers, New York USA)
  • Michael Vaccaro (New York, USA)
  • J. R. (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Jimmy Somerville (London, UK)
  • Pansy Division (San Francisco, USA)
  • Jade Esteban Estrada (New York, USA)
  • Happy Charles (Nashville, Tennessee USA)
  • Falling Joys (Sydney, Australia)
  • Stella One Eleven (Cindy Ryan) (Sydney, Australia)
  • The Three Marys (Jon Arterton, Mary Jo Paranzino & Mary Abt) (Provincetown, USA)
  • Suede (Provincetown, Ma, USA) www.suedewave.com
  • Martin Lass (Sydney, Australia)
  • Nigel Kellaway (Sydney, Australia)
  • Steve Cohen (Pennsylvania, USA)
  • David Brown (New York, USA)
  • Willow (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Matt Yee (Hawaii, USA)
  • Mark Islam (Los Angeles, USA)
  • Riley Lee of "Taikoz" (Sydney, Australia)
  • Isis (Brisbane)
  • Margret RoadKnight (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Simon Hunt (aka "Pauline Pantsdown" and Little Johnny") (Sydney, Australia)
  • Mark Weigle (California, USA)
  • Doug Stevens (San Francisco, USA)
  • Maddy Prior and Gay Woods (Steeleye Span, UK)
  • Seymour Butz (A Gay In The Life – Aust. Compilation CD)
  • Sveta Gilerman (Sydney, Australia DJ)
  • Stan Ridgway (California, USA)
  • Bloodhound Gang (bassist Evil Jared) (USA)
  • They Might Be Giants (guitarist/vocalist John Linnell) (USA)
  • Charles Manning (Brisbane, Australia)

Authors:

  • Robert Dessaix (Australia)
  • David Sedaris (USA)
  • Augusten Burroughs (USA)
  • David Rakoff (Canada/USA)
  • C.C. Saint-Clair (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Nick Earls (“Zigzag Street” & others) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Alasdair Duncan (“Sushi Central”) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Dean Durber (Perth, Western Australia)
  • Christos Tsiolkas (“Loaded”) (Melbourne, Australia)
  • John Moriarty ("Liquid Lover") (Kansas City, Missouri, USA)
  • Dan Woog ("Gay Men, Straight Jobs") (Connecticut, USA) www.danwoog.com
  • Stephen Fry (& actor) ("The Liar", "Moab Is My Washpot" etc.) (London, UK)
  • Armistead Maupin "(Tales of the City" etc.) (San Francisco, USA)
  • Clive Barker ("Lord of Illusions", "Sacrament", "Hellraiser" etc.) (California, USA)
  • Patrick Gale ("Rough Music", "Armistead Maupin" biography, etc) (Cornwall, UK)
  • Mark Matousek ("Sex, Death & Enlightenment: A True Story") (USA)
  • Michael Hurley ("Guide to Australian Gay & Lesbian Literature") (Sydney, Australia)
  • Erin Shale (editor "Inside Out") (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Judy Carter ("Homo Handbook") (California, USA)
  • Peter Wells ( “Long Loop Home”) (NZ)

Performing Artists / Artists:

  • Philip Patston (New Zealand) www.diversityworks.co.nz
  • Shane Garvey & Chris Ryan (QUT’s “Cabaret Q”)
  • Brett Harper & Monique Cronje (Qld College of Art)
  • Noel Christian (West Australia)
  • Christine Johnston (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Sani Townson (Bangarra Dance Company) (Queensland)
  • Kate Champion (choreographer/director/dancer) (Australia)
  • Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan ("Lesbian National Parks & Services") (Winnepeg, Canada)
  • Paul Capsis (Sydney, Australia)
  • Julian Clary (London, UK)
  • Mark Trevorrow (as himself, rather than as Bob Downe) (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Bob Downe (Sydney, Australia)
  • Noel Jordan (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Sue-Ann Post (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Phillip Adams (choreographer, “Ballet Lab”) (Melbourne, Australia) www.balletlab.com
  • Moira Finucane (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Scott Silverman (San Francisco,USA, comic)
  • Rona Cameron (Scotland, UK comic)
  • Willam Yang (Sydney, Australia, photographer, monologist)
  • Tobin Saunders (as himself, rather than as Vanessa Wagner) (Brunswick Heads, NSW Australia)
  • Vanessa Wagner (performer, Sydney, Australia)
  • Judith Lucy (Perth, Australia, comic)
  • Donna Jackson (performer "Car Maintenance, Explosives & Love") (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Clinton Nain (artist "White King / Blak Queen") (Sydney, Australia)
  • Amanda Owen (performer "Body of The Machine") (Australia)
  • Leah Purcell (performer "Box The Pony") (Australia)
  • Trixie Laumonte (performer, Brisbane, Australia)
  • Tamara Tonite (performer, Brisbane, Australia)
  • Ray Cook (photographer) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Garrie Maguire (photographer) (Australia)

Stage Actors:

  • Matthew Filkins (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Yalin Ozucelik (“Zigzag Street” & others) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Steve Rodgers (“Alone It Stands”) (Australia)
  • Darren Gilshenan (Bell Shakespeare “Servant Of Two Masters”)
  • Tyler Coppin (show “Cabaret”) (Australia)
  • Henri Szeps (show “Cabaret”) (Rozelle, Australia) www.szeps.com
  • Drew Mason (NASH Theatre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Jessica Darcey (NASH Theatre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Stephen Sheehan (play "Go By Night") (Adelaide, Australia)
  • Sam Atwell (QUT play "Angels In America") (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Louise Brehmer (La Boite play "He Died With a Felafel In His Hand") (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Simon Chan ("On Giant Shoulders" Theatre Company) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Jack Heywood ( La Boite play "Early January") (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Colin Norris (Local stage "Torch Song Trilogy", "Beautiful Thing") (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Daniel James (Local stage "Beautiful Thing", "The Sum of Us") (Brisbane, Australia)

Directors & Producers:

  • CJ Cox (Director and writer of “Latter Days”) (USA)
  • Todd Graff (Director and Writer of feature film “CAMP”) (USA)
  • Emile Gaudreault (Director and Co-Writer of feature film “Mambo Italiano”) (Montreal, Canada)
  • John Willsteed (Sound Supervisor for feature film “Rage In Placid Lake”)
  • Dan James (NASH Theatre “Big Hair In America”)
  • Arthur Dong (“Family Fundamentals”, “Licensed To Kill” etc.) (Los Angeles, USA) www.deepfocusproductions.com
  • Tory Dobrin (director of Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo) (USA)
  • Kate Champion (director of “Same, Same but Different”) (Melbourne, Australia)
  • Anna Goldson (NZ: producer and co-director of “Georgie Girl”)
  • Peter Wells (NZ: co-director of “Georgie Girl”)
  • Andrea Weiss (UK: "A Bit of Scarlet")
  • Alison Maclean (NZ: "Jesus’ Son")
  • Tony Ayres (“Walking On Water”, William Yang’s "Sadness")
  • Hal "Corky" Kessler (Co-executive producer of "The Sum Of Us") (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Screenwriters/Playwrights:

  • David Stevens (film "The Sum of Us") (now living in USA)
  • Johnathan Harvey (film "Beautiful Thing") (UK)
  • Patrick Wilde (film "Get Real") (UK)
  • Stephen House (Australian play "Go By Night")
  • Nigel Rice (play "Biscuit") (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Helen Howard (play "A Beautiful Life") (Brisbane, Australia)

Film Actors:

  • Maria Theodorakis (“Walking On Water” as “Anna”)(Melbourne, Australia)
  • Duane Boutte ("Stonewall - the Movie" – as "Bostonia") (USA)
  • Dwight Ewell (Hal Hartley’s film "Flirt" and "Stonewall – the Movie") (USA)

Politicians:

  • Brian Greig (Democrats) (West Australia)
  • Georgina Beyer, MP for Wairarapa, New Zealand (Labour)
  • Queensland Premier Peter Beattie MP (Labor)
  • Senator Bob Brown (Greens) (Tasmania, Australia)
  • Senator Andrew Bartlett (Democrats) (Brisbane, Australia)

Sports Players:

  • Ian Roberts (Rugby League, autobiography: "Finding Out") (Townsville, Australia)
  • Robbie McEwen (Cyclist) (Gold Coast, Australia)
  • Liza-Marie Viznarie (Discus, shot-put) (Brisbane, Australia)

Community Activists & Professionals:

  • Kevin Marriott (Qld AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Charles Gregory (Gaywaves on radio 2SERfm, Sydney)
  • Chris Ward (Underload ‘Zine, Sydney)
  • Jim, Andrew & Simon (FTM Queensland)
  • David Wells (Qld AIDS Council)
  • Mark Fitzgerald (Gay & Lesbian Welfare Association)
  • Jason Readett (Gay & Lesbian Welfare Association)
  • Lynda Hansen (Socialist Alliance)
  • Rodney Polkinghorne (University of Queensland student)
  • Katrina Carr (Qld Police Service)
  • Garry Renshaw & Ross (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Susan Booth (Qld Anti Discrimination Commissioner, 2003)
  • Barbara Wilson & Aaron Allegretto (Young Workers Advisory Service)
  • Gary Ferguson (Qld AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Margaret Young (Qld Health)
  • Peter Fanton (Qld  Positive People)
  • Kristian Fletcher (Modern Theatre PR) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Rob Anderson (Radical Faerie, exponent of Body Electric School) (Nimbin, Australia)
  • Jeff Bunning (articled clerk) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Stephen Page (solicitor) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Jane Anderson (dietician, St Luke’s Nursing Service)
  • Peter Watts (HEMP officer at Qld AIDS Council)
  • Mark Wheatley (Det Snr Sgt, +Qld Police LGBT Liaison Project)
  • Iain Clacher (QP editor, musician, activist) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • John Marsden (lawyer and community activist) (Campbelltown, NSW, Australia)
  • Prof Milton Diamond & Dr Constance Brinton-Diamond (sexologists) (Hawaii, USA)
  • Todd Buttery (GLWA co-convenor and “Options”)
  • Paul Martin (psychologist) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Damian Dewar (gay Democrat, Brisbane, Australia)
  • Mars Welter (Spectrum Peer Monitors) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Joseph Nadler (Spectrum Peer Monitors) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Hugh Tippo (Indigenous Projects Officer, Qld AIDS Council)
  • Craig Lewis (Qld AIDS Council)
  • Amanda Tink (blind lesbian gay bisexual researcher)
  • Karl Abianac (FTM transgender youth activist)
  • Meagan Probert ("Open Doors" Youth Centre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Derek Hartley (dating advice columnist, New York, USA) www.fantasymanisland.com
  • Philip Bennett (Qld AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Mark Mills (Qld AIDS Council president 2002) (Cairns, Australia)
  • Peter Tatchell (UK) www.petertatchell.net
  • Jane Elliott ("Blue Eyed", "Eye of the Storm") (USA)
  • Clive Williams (Gladstone Rd Medical Centre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Bishop John Shelby Spong (Anglican / Episcopal Church, New Jersey USA)
  • Dr. Wendell Rosevear (Stonewall Medical Centre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Dr. Neil (Stonewall Medical Centre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Sherry Wright (Relationships Australia) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Judy Rose (Family Planning Queensland) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Elaine Martin (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Shelley Argent (Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Gai Lemon (Hepatitis C Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Michael Carden (UQ student activist & sodomologist) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Rodney Croome (Australian Council for Lesbian & Gay Rights) (Tasmania, Australia)
  • Catherine Oddie (Brisbane Powerhouse Arts Centre) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Andrew Blint (Qld Police Lesbian and Gay Liaison Unit) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Det Snr Sgt Michael Sparke (Qld Police Lesbian and Gay Liaison Unit) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Kent Smith (Lifeline) (Toowoomba, Australia)
  • Greg Weir (local LGBTQ archivist & activist) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Karen Hewitt (Transgender support) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Ivor Holmans (Metropolitain Community Church) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Catherine Dearlove (Metropolitain Community Church) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Chris Clementson (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Lynn Mayo (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Fiona Tunley (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Sue Toohey (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Mark Saunders (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Darryl Scott (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Troy Hakala (Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Paul Walton (Toehold and Queensland AIDS Council) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Frederick Malone (Wet Spa & Sauna) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Jeff Dellandelles (Bodyline Spa & Sauna) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Nancy Lambert (Australian Fauna Ward) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Stephen Scott (Editor, Brother Sister Magazine)
  • Fr. John Boyd-Boland (Principal of Catholic boys high school Padua College, Brisbane)
  • Mark Pendleton (National Union of Students Queer Representative) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Geoff Wynn (PAWS: Pets Are Wonderful Support, Brisbane)
  • Gareth Watkins (NZ National Radio producer) (Wellington, New Zealand)
  • Paul White (a gay man living with cerebral palsy) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Garrie Gibson (Gay Gaymes 2002) (Sydney, Australia)
  • Alan Geertz (Queensland Positive People) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Trish Cox (Queensland Positive People) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Greg Gray (Queensland Positive People) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Rob Davis ("Gay Waves" on 2SERfm Sydney)
  • Andrew Petersen (therapeutic masseur) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • David Frank (Baker Johnson Lawyers) (Brisbane, Australia)
  • Kristine Johnson (Australian Transgender Support Association) (Brisbane, Australia)

(end of list)

(this list is incomplete, but was partially updated 20 February 2009)