Poor tasting Breakfast!

Well it seems that Radio Nova have decided to apologise for their poor taste!!! If that is the case, it would make alot of sense for them to apologise for all of their programing choices. Anyway after yet another week of Transgender bashing they assure me this is a one off occurrence and not discriminatory. Yeah right!!! Tuesday morning it was one of the Broco's turn to degrade and denigrate my community with his story about one of his ape like drunken buffoon mates over in Miami that apparently nearly walked out of a club with two trannies, as he put it he saved this guys life by telling his mate that they were blokes. Much laughter was shared amongst Meshell, Ash and the other fool with this Teo larakin for a full 5 mins of Transgender radio bashing...........OH yes radio Nova, it was only a one off occurrence! Poor taste! try hate based no taste!
And by the way, I rang Nova today to ask Morag one of the managers there if Nova supported the LGBT community and she said what does that stand for? And this is the same radio station that we hired Meshell from to compere our Gay Day at the Wickham....Wake up everyone, it is time to make sure that those that don't support us do not get access to our events or our dollars!
(Response letter is unable to be copied but I will find a way and it will be published soon.)

Here is my response to their predictable response...

Sean Ryan,

Thank you for your response regarding my complaint letter, I will now be contacting ACMA about this complaint as I do not accept your weak excuses for your announcer’s behaviour or your insincere apology. I will be taking this as far as it has to go and promise you that I will not stop until this behaviour is eradicated from your programming or anyone else’s for that matter. This is not acceptable behaviour and would not be tolerated if the comments were made in regards to any other minority, nor should it be acceptable.

I have evidence that this is not a one off occurrence and encourage you to look further into your own files before claiming such a false statement. Only this week your morning crew once again vilified Transgender people on your show and from what I know it was much worse than my complaint, so to claim that reasonable listeners would not pick up on this is complete rubbish. To also claim or insinuate that these comments were in some way light hearted and satirical because they were made during this style of show is not only offensive, it is ill informed and is based on ignorance.

Unfortunately for all concerned your response is not based on fact and to describe that this is a one off occurrence is untrue. If you look more closely into your programming you will find that this statement is false.


Robyn Whittaker

Novarated ignorant mouthpiece goes for GAGA

Hi again,

So long between postings it is almost criminal. I have not written anything for ages and felt compelled to put together this letter of complaint and sent it to a local Brisvegas radio station. I happened to be listening to a radio shock jockass fool with a caller on the line yesterday on a station that is one of the growing number of media machines hell bent on generating trans phobic and anti gender variant vilification. It seems every week I witness on TV and other media formats new evidence of a subversive concerted effort to dismantle trans-activism and the growing support for those identifying as gender diverse. It seems that many issues and topics are seen as fodder for laughter and ridicule and I understand that comedy takes great licence in these areas, especially when it comes to picking on minorities and the weakest link. What I do not get is the way that this male dominated entertainment medium is responding to a perceived threat of growing acceptance by mainstream society of gender variant people. This insecure mostly male generated backlash seems to be whipping up a frenzy of anti trans and trans phobic media attacks by the likes of Rove and his comedic gen x counterparts and other shows in the vein of Good News Week and any other show that seems to have attached itself to some self righteous premise that they are an authority on what is worth dismantling and pulling apart with humour to destroy it's validity for mainstream acceptance. Yes I know what some may think about freedom of expression with humour, but when a group of people are already behind the eight ball with human rights and freedoms compared to others and are vulnerable to the affects of this campaign, one has to question why it is happening so much and with such spite filled venom. Is there is a responsibility for society to stem the frequency of these attacks? I feel it is coming from a place of ignorance and fear of accepting something they know is more powerful than they can control. It is natures beautiful wild animal that they would like always kept in a cage, until it's the last animal left in the only circus in town. Gender variance is a natural expression found in every life form and to continue to deny this diversity is stupid and one of the reasons why humans are so out of touch with mother nature. The Universe makes no mistakes! everything happens for a reason and is an opportunity to learn from every lesson, good or bad experience is given as a gift. It is up to all of us to accept it and unwrap. Everyone can learn something we did not even think we needed to know from the experiences and people we do not understand. It is a chance to grow if we can find a way to turn our lemons into lemonade. All you have to do is open your mind and add a little sugar. xxx Banksy

Here is the letter of complaint that I sent to a novarated shock jock lion tamer!

To whom this may concern,

I am writing this letter to voice my disgust with comments that were broadcast on your radio stations morning show with Brendan Dangar at approximately 9.50am.

I would like to make a complaint to your station in regards to derogatory comments about the validity of Lady Ga Ga’s femininity and that it has allowed offensive comments to be aired which directly vilified members of the Transgender community. I was shocked to hear Brendan Dangar joke with a caller to the station about whether or not Lady Ga Ga was a real woman. He said that her statement that she was a real friend to a fellow musician was somehow invalid because nothing about her was real and she was a “dude” as he called her. As a member of the Transgender community I find this personally offensive that he would try to validate on air the idea that anyone who is suspected to have gender variance is in some way not real or worthy of respect and open to ridicule and discrimination. I have no idea about Lady Ga Ga’s gender identity and as far as I am concerned that is none of my business or anyone else’s. She is a woman and has identified herself as a woman and any comments made to slander her gender identity are discriminatory and highly offensive to all who identify as female. In my opinion this is not only a form of sexist misogyny against all women in Australia, it is also a deliberate attempt to debase women subversively through a male dominated broadcasting medium.

I have the right to listen to a radio program without feeling humiliated, degraded and ridiculed as a member of a community that is being made fun of by one of your ignorant announcers. This is blatant discrimination and vilification via comments that deliberately attempt to incite hatred against Trans people. These comments encourage transphobia and endanger the lives of vulnerable members of my community that encounter negative anti social behavior directed at Transgender people. As a broadcaster it is your responsibility to ensure that what you broadcast is not offensive or discriminatory and in breach of radio code of practice. I am appalled at the amount of anti Trans behavior directed at my community and will be taking this matter further. I would like to know what you are going to do about this incident and hope that an understanding can be reached that it is not ok to ridicule and degrade anyone on the basis of gender or gender identity.

I have attached sections of the radio code of practice that are in relation to my complaint and hope to hear a response from you in the near future.

Yours Sincerely,
Robyn Whittaker.

Rove Letter of Complaint

This is the letter I just sent to Rove Mcmanus regarding his unfortunate discriminatory comments about the Transgender F2M in America that has given birth to two children. He said in his interview with an irish comedian that this Transgender person was just a "bearded freak". This person may be a little outside of the square that most have decided to live in and many have found this hard to comprehend but the world has room for all of us. I think what was said was disgusting and ignorant and yet again another example that Transgender people are the new Black! One of the last whipping horses to endure the brunt of ridicule and contempt flung from a society led by ignorant white male megalomaniac supremacists. One of his last comments about this trans man that gave birth to these beautiful children was... "he is not a man, he is a bearded freak!" (first heard him say he was just a woman without tits, this is nowhere to be found and this is much worse)...How dare you Rove, what a disgusting disregard for the effects your careless words could have...you should be ashamed of yourself. My letter to his website is as follows....

Rove,

I just want to alert you to your offensive discriminatory remarks regarding a transgender person residing in America. I was watching your show tonight and was shocked at your ignorance on this issue and blatant disregard for the damage your words have potentially done to my kind. You made these comments while interviewing that weird guy that acts like he has burned one too many brain cells through substance abuse, and on any other planet he would be given a very snug white jacket, placed in a soft room to reside in until the effects of his disorder went away and he has the hide to make light of my kind and see us as odd and weird, please spare me! How dare you both make fun of this transgender F2M and your words rove were, "thats not a man, that's a bearded freak" I once thought he was vaguely funny as well but even he is resorting to the last whipping horse for white male megalomaniac supremacists, you cant pick on Black, yellow, or brindle, disabilities, gays,,,, god what have you got left!!! or that's right lets flog the last one in the pile, the Transgender's because they are fair game in your minds. Don't get too comfortable it won't be for much longer I assure you. I have always been a fan of you and your show and I think you are very talented but please have a little respect for those in the GLBT community, as we no doubt would make up a great chunk of your viewing and supportive audience. No one is immune to loosing credibility as we all saw with Gordon Ramsey and you are no different, so it is never wise to disregard the effects of what you say on those that enjoy your sense of humour. I think your funny but come on you can do better than make fun of something you clearly do not understand or by the looks care to. Maybe you should concentrate on your unique brand of humour instead of looking for lazy cheap shots at sections of the community that do not need your sarcasm and ignorance packaged up as a laugh at our expense. Hey how would you feel if someone showed little respect for someone close to you or your existence and made fun of it like those vile ABC wankers that think it funny to make fun of children with terminal illnesses. Hey how about you do your self a favour and research what a Transgender is and realise that the person you made fun of has every right to call themselves a man even if he decided to give birth twice. That human action does not eliminate the fact that he is living his life now in the manner he feels makes him happy. When will you lot ever learn that gender is not dictated by two poles of reality and we all in some way fall somewhere in between male and female. None of us are either one or the other in exact proportions and you would be wise to try and go back to the intelligent humour that actually gained respect and laughter from all sections of the community, instead of getting all footy show and cracking cheap ignorant shots at sections of the community that need to be given a go. I am not sure if you are aware but your comments were discriminatory and it will be interesting to see if they were in breach of the laws that now exist in this country. I will be making a complaint to channel ten and the other avenue open to the public if they are offended by something they watch or see on television. Just recently two American radio personalities on KRXQ Sacramento's Rob, Arnie and dawn show have felt the brunt of the emerging support for transgender people after advocating on the air, violence against transgender children.(Maybe you could google that and learn what can happen) It was absolutely shocking what they were saying and it just added to the ridicule that exists in our world for people who are not hurting anyone, they are just going about their lives doing what they need to do to be happy. Over 15 sponsors pulled their advertising over it and one in particular took note of my campaigning letters and pulled its advertising after realising its gravity. People get bashed and killed by self righteous yobbos who listen to this ridiculing garbage and hear what you say and think "oh its OK to bash these people cause Rove made out they were freaky and weird and worthy of joke status so let me at them." I am a male to female transgender that mentors young transgender people both male to female and female to male, and the latter would be hurt with what you said tonight not to mention the potential danger you have now placed them in.

That person you spoke of was born a woman and now has chosen to live as a man, end of story. Just because your mind is unable to comprehend anything other than your obsession with gay jokes and constantly going on like a man wishing he had a key to his closet is no reason to pick on the ones you wish you had the mind to understand. Go back to the semi intelligent original humour of which you were good at and leave the juvenile crap for all those other uninventive boring idiots that have deluded themselves into thinking they can do good stand up while sitting down. And by the way I am glad that arrogant pig of a man called Gordan was brought down to size considering he so rudely made a point of insulting you on yours. I thought he was an arse and I could see it was almost impossible for you to interview this fool and I was glad to see perfect Karma in action the next week as he too was spotlighted on just what a small man he is and was wonderfully brought down to size and the bollocking he said his mother gave him. Be aware Rove none of us are immune to Karma's ability to bring us all in line, just the heads up mate and remember to say hi to mum for us.

Your former fan,
Robyn W.

The Variety Story!

THIS IS A VIDEO YOU CAN FIND ON YOUTUBE AND EXPLAINS HOW VARIETY CAME TO BE AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR, ESTABLISHED BY THEATRE PEOPLE THAT NO DOUBT CAME FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY- I AM SURE DISCRIMINATION WAS NOT A PART OF ANY OF THIER ORIGINAL AGENDA. I AM NOT TRYING TO RUIN VARIETY'S NAME, JUST TRYING TO ALERT THOSE WHO MISTREATED ME ON THE BASH AND DISCRIMINATED AGAISNT ME THAT THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOUR IS NOT RIGHT AND DOES NOT FIT WITH THE IDEALS OF THEATRE AND VARIETY.

AFTER ALL VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE.

WHY I HAVE NOT POSTED FOR A WHILE

WELL TIME AND THE UNIVERSE HAVE A FUNNY WAY OF PUTTING YOU IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND CREATING DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH TO EITHER GAIN STRENGTH AND INSIGHT FROM THE EXPERIENCE OR CRUMBLE AND FAIL. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH QUITE THE ORDEAL OF LATE AND I AM DETERMINED TO PREVAIL IN THE FACE OF IGNORANCE AND VILE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. RECENTLY I WAS INVITED TO DONATE MY TIME PERFORMING ON WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE VARIETY BASH AS A ROVING COMEDIAN ON A ROAD TRIP FROM TOWOOMBA TO BATHURT AND INITIALLY WAS DELIGHTED TO JOIN IN WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WERE WELL MEANING PEOPLE FRONTING A CHILDREN'S CHARITY. UNFORTUNATELY WHAT I ENCOUNTERED WAS A PACK OF FERAL PEOPLE ON A QUEST TO PARTY AND DRINK AND SEX THEMSELVES INTO A STUPOR, GOING FROM TOWN TO TOWN PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK FOR APPEARING TO DO GOOD BY OUR COMMUNITY AND DISADVANTAGED AND DISABLED CHILDREN IN NEED. NOT ONLY DID I WITNESS HUMAN BEHAVIOURS THAT I THOUGHT HAD BEEN LONG EXTINGUISHED FROM CIVILISED GROUPS OF PEOPLE BUT ALSO HAD TO ENDURE DAYS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE VIA CONSTANT INSULTS ABOUT MY GENDER WHEN A RUMOUR GOT OUT THAT IT MAY BE IN QUESTION. I WILL NOT DENY THAT I DID MEET SOME LOVELY AND SINCERELY GOOD PEOPLE ON THIS REVOLTING ROAD TRIP BUT EVEN THEY WATCHED ON AS I WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND DID NOTHING TO STOP THE ORGANISERS FROM ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME, SO IN MY MIND THEY ARE NO BETTER. I LEFT ON THE FOURTH DAY AND BELIEVE IF ANYONE ON THIS THING HAD ANY DECENCY THEY WOULD HAVE PUT A STOP TO THIS VILE DRUNKEN AND DISCRIMINATIVE BEHAVIOUR AND WOULD HAVE LEFT AS I DID IF A REASONABLE RESULT WAS NOT ACHIEVED. I HAD DAMIAN THE CLOWN RING ME THE OTHER DAY ON SATURDAY 18/10/08 A FULL 10 DAYS AFTER I LEFT THE BASH TO ASK ME WHAT WAS I DOING? (I HAVE GONE TO THE MEDIA , CHANNEL 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR ON AIR TONIGHT AT 6.30PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME) HE HAD SEEN THE ADVERTISEMENT ON THE SHOW AND FINALLY HE WAS CONCERNED AS TO HOW I WAS AND LET ME KNOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT I WAS SELFISH AND WAS RUINING THE GOOD NAME OF VARIETY. WHAT A JOKE , I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS NOT ME THAT WAS RUINING THEIR NAME IT WAS HIM AND ALL THE BINGE DRINKERS AND DISCRIMINATORS THAT WERE RUINING IT'S NAME AND THAT THEY SHOULD ALL TAKE A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT THEMSELVES AS IT WAS THEIR BEHAVIOUR THAT WAS IN QUESTION NOT MINE. I HAD SENT HIM A TEXT THE DAY I LEFT WANTING A RESPONSE AS TO WHY I HAD BEEN PUT THROUGH SUCH AN ORDEAL AND WHY NO ONE HAD GIVEN A SHIT TO EVEN RING OR FIND OUT WHERE I WAS OR IF I WAS DEAD OR ANYTHING. I WAS SO DISGUSTED THAT WHEN I GOT HOME FROM A DAY LONG HORRIBLE JOURNEY FROM MUDGEE TO LITHGOW ON BUS AND THEN LITHGOW TO SYDNEY ON A DISGUSTING TRAIN AND THEN AFTER QANTAS PLANE BEING GROUNDED FOR ELECTRICAL FAULTS AND 2 HR DELAY I FINALLY GOT HOME TO BRISBANE EXHAUSTED AT AROUND 6.30PM. AFTER SLEEPING LIKE A LOG I AWOKE WITH THE RESOLVE TO GET JUSTICE VIA THE MEDIA FOR WHAT I HAD BEEN PUT THROUGH AND A CURRENT AFFAIR ARRIVED AT 11.00AM AND FILMED UNTIL AROUND 3.30PM AND THE REST IS HISTORY. AT THIS STAGE IT IS BEING AIRED TONIGHT AT 6.30 BUT WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS TO ANY CHANGES IN ITS SCHEDULING. I WILL BE POSTING THE FULL STORY WHEN EVER I HAVE THE CHANCE BUT UNTIL THEN I WILL ADD THE VIDEO OF WHAT VARIETY IS SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR AND WHERE IT BEGAN AND WHAT IT DOES FOR CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT IS JUST A SHAME THAT A FEW IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE HAVE HIJACKED THE CHARITY AS AN EXCUSE TO PARTY AND EXHIBIT REVOLTING BEHAVIOUR IN THE NAME OF CHARITY AND ALL THE WHILE PATTING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE GOOD DEEDS THEY CONGRATULATE THEMSELVES FOR DOING. DAMIAN THE CLOWN TOLD ME ON THE PHONE THAT THEY HAD RAISED 1.9 MILLION DOLLARS IF I HEARD CORRECTLY ON THIS PARTICULAR VARIETY BASH AND HOW DARE I DO THIS TO THE CHILDREN, TO WHICH I REPLIED THAT I WAS DOING NOTHING WRONG BY THE CHILDREN AND THAT IT WAS HIM AND HIS VILE GROUP OF YOBBO RIFF RAFF THAT WERE RUINING IT FOR THE CHILDREN AND I TOLD HIM THAT RAISING MONEY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN WAS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR AND BINGE DRINKING. THE WHOLE THING IS A DISGUSTING MESS AND I NEVER WANT TO EVER INVOLVE MYSELF WITH THESE SORTS OF PEOPLE EVER AGAIN. MORE TO COME....


Copyright (c) Robyn Whittaker. 2008