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The Accidental Archivist + Q&A with Julie Peters
Sat
22
Sat 22 Apr 1:00 PM
Platform Arts (Courthouse)
Auslan Interpreted
Wheelchair
Open Captioned
Companion Card
General Admission
Unclassified 15+
90 Mins April
The Accidental Archivist
Trans community pioneer Julie Peters was the first person to transition at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and the first openly trans person to run for Parliament. This film explores her life and the development of her incredible archive, compiled over 50 years documenting transgender history in Australia.
Director: Tracey Spring, Australia, 2022, English, with English subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Q&A with Julie Peters
After the films join us for Q&A with Julie Peters. Julie Peters is a media professional, activist, performer, writer, parliamentary candidate, and academic.
Our Q&A will be hosted by Dr Bree Gorman
Dr Gorman is Managing Director of workplace diversity and inclusion professional advisory firm Bree Gorman Consulting and is a member of the GPFF Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-binary programming sub-committee. They have worked with companies across a wide variety of sectors delivering diversity and inclusion strategies, policy reviews, research projects, inclusion audits and diversity and inclusion training. Their lived experience of working in a male dominated area and coming out as genderqueer and bisexual in the middle of their working life brings with it a heightened awareness of identity and its importance in the workplace.
Along with their science qualifications, Bree is a graduate of the Committee for Geelong’s Leaders for Geelong program and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. Bree holds a position on the Geelong Cricket Association Board and Cricket Victoria’s Rainbow Advisory committee.
Trans community pioneer Julie Peters was the first person to transition at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and the first openly trans person to run for Parliament. This film explores her life and the development of her incredible archive, compiled over 50 years documenting transgender history in Australia.
Director: Tracey Spring, Australia, 2022, English, with English subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Q&A with Julie Peters
After the films join us for Q&A with Julie Peters. Julie Peters is a media professional, activist, performer, writer, parliamentary candidate, and academic.
Our Q&A will be hosted by Dr Bree Gorman
Dr Gorman is Managing Director of workplace diversity and inclusion professional advisory firm Bree Gorman Consulting and is a member of the GPFF Transgender, Gender Diverse and Non-binary programming sub-committee. They have worked with companies across a wide variety of sectors delivering diversity and inclusion strategies, policy reviews, research projects, inclusion audits and diversity and inclusion training. Their lived experience of working in a male dominated area and coming out as genderqueer and bisexual in the middle of their working life brings with it a heightened awareness of identity and its importance in the workplace.
Along with their science qualifications, Bree is a graduate of the Committee for Geelong’s Leaders for Geelong program and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors course. Bree holds a position on the Geelong Cricket Association Board and Cricket Victoria’s Rainbow Advisory committee.
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