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Kōrero: Gender diversity

TranSister Radio interview

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In 2008 and 2009 TranSister Radio regularly broadcast news, music and interviews for the transgender community on the Canterbury community radio station Plains FM. The programme was founded and run by transgender woman Joanne Clarke. Clarke is part of the drag act Playgirls and author of a best-selling cookbook, Never trust a skinny cook. Listen to part of an interview with Ernest, a transgender man.

Courtesy of Plains FM

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Johanna Schmidt, Gender diversity – Defining gender diversity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/speech/28844/transister-radio-interview (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Johanna Schmidt, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011, reviewed and revised 4 May 2021 me te āwhina o Gender Minorities Aotearoa.