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  1. 5d ago

    Getting Our Game On with Bindy Cohen (QSA), Cat Hoang (All Gender Games), Dr Lee McGowan (FIFA Men’s World Cup)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. QSA – @bind_a_roo Exec Director @queersportingalliance joins the show to chat about how you can get involved in a multitude of sports from basketball, netball, futsal to roller derby and their event at @thefoxhotel, for the QSA Support the Crew fundraiser! Head along and join in this free community event on Saturday 30 May! Sport meets Art – @_cathoang is the Founder of the awesome @allgendergames which is back bigger and better! With five years of inclusive soccer for everyone reach out and get involved for the 2026 season! And Cat is a Film Maker! We hear about an intriguing pitch at Pitch Pleez @melbqueerfilmfest The World Game – The @fifaworldcup 3 host countries. 16 cities. 48 teams. 104 matches. $727 million prize money AUD. 5 billion people watching globally. And eternal glory for the winning country! Dr Lee McGowan @uniofqld is a leading expert in football’s histories and joins the show with an explainer of the who, what, why, where and when of the largest sporting event on earth running from the 11 June to the 19 July. And if that isn’t exciting enough on July 19, the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Halftime Show is coming to New York New Jersey Stadium, featuring superstars @madonna , @shakira , and @bts.bighitofficial , curated by @coldplay‘s Chris Martin! And we pay tribute to the late Neale Daniher, a legend in sport on and off the field, Australian of the Year and AFL icon who passed away at age 65 after a 13 year motor neurone disease MND fight. Neale left an incredible legacy raising more than $100million to raise funds for research to find a cure and the annual Fight MND Big Freeze match at the MCG every June. Condolences to Neale’s wife Jan, children Bec, Ben, Lauren and Luke and their partners, and the wider Daniher family. Thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus app The post Getting Our Game On with Bindy Cohen (QSA), Cat Hoang (All Gender Games), Dr Lee McGowan (FIFA Men’s World Cup) appeared first on Game On!.

    44 min

  2. May 20

    Getting our game on with Amanda Mark (Amanda Mark Cup) and Chris Thompson (Renegade Pub Football League)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. QSA – The @queersportingalliance has a whole lot going on this month and @bind_a_roo tried to join the show to share what’s up and how you can get involved and be part of the action! Including heading along to their community night at @thefoxhotel in Collingwood on May 30th! Technical difficulties prevented that happening with the internet going down so tune in next Wednesday for that interview! LGBTQIA+ Sport News Update – What’s happening in inclusive sport across Australia and around the world? Check out the news update during the show including an interview with Amanda Mark about the incredible Amanda Mark Cup as part of the Bingham Cup in Brisbane in August! (Starts 6:11) Footy – Fancy joining a community footy league where there are back-to-back games, cold beers, good tunes, and hot snags welcoming adults of any gender identity, sexual orientation, race, culture, religion, or skill-level? Enter @pub_footy ! @chrisjthompson joins the show live in the @joy949 Sport Studio to talk beer, pubs, footy and pride – pop May 23rd in your diary for the annual Pride Round at Vic Park! (Starts 17.09) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus app The post Getting our game on with Amanda Mark (Amanda Mark Cup) and Chris Thompson (Renegade Pub Football League) appeared first on Game On!.

    38 min

  3. May 13

    Getting our game on with Footy, Pickleball, and Squash

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. Footy – @mishsheppard Co-founder and Secretary @bulldogprideau joins the show inviting you and you friends to an IDAHOBIT event on this Friday 15 May at the @westernbulldogs The inaugural Beyond the Game: Sport, Community, and Belonging event, with @mitchbrownie former West Coast Eagles player @tamhyett Western Bulldogs AFLW Senior Coach and @townsyndrome17 mental health and equality advocate. A free event advancing inclusion across Australian sport! Pickleball – Fancy a spot of pickleball? Head along to a @lesbianpickleballclub session at one of the many locations across Australia! Co-founder Ali shares the why, what, where and when about Australia’s 1st Lesbian* Pickleball Club (LGBTQIA+: Queer/gender diverse/trans incl.) Get out of the closet and into the kitchen! Squash – The inaugural @rainbowracquetssquashmel Pride Cup was a smashing success and winner @deedsandangus tells us why he travelled six hours from Mildura to compete in the tournament! Stay tuned for what’s still to come in 2026 in the world of inclusive squash across the Rainbow Racquets Squash Network, with the Victoria Squash @pridecup back in 2027! A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus app The post Getting our game on with Footy, Pickleball, and Squash appeared first on Game On!.

    44 min

  4. May 6

    Getting our game on with the Red Tag Fly Fishers, Let’s Go Surfing and the Melbourne Chargers

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community. Fly Fishing (starts 2:21) – we chat with Jackie Rosario, Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator @redtagflyfishers as the club is once again hosting their successful Come & Try day for the LGBTIQA+ community on Saturday 16 May from 10am to celebrate IDAHOBIT (International Day against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination). Catch A Rainbow – try your hand at casting a line, tying a fly, catching a rainbow and checking out the gear. Register by 12 May. Surfing (starts 10:41) – we talk inclusion in surfing with @brenda.miley Founder and Director @letsgosurfingaustralia – the winner of not one but two @prideinsport awards for the team’s dedication to ensuring all surfers feel seen, safe, supported and celebrated. They were awarded the LGBTQ+ Inclusive Innovation Award and Gold Community Sport Award. ‍♀️Changing lives….one wave at a time And we’ll get some surfing tips! Rugby (starts 21:45) – the @melbournechargers are charging through 2026 with so many exciting events! Get your diaries ready as @matt_lj President and @niwestern Vice-President join me live in the @joy949 Sport Studio to talk us through what’s on and how you can get involved in all the exciting gay and inclusive rugby action on and off the field! And to close the show a thank you to Melbourne United Head Coach Dean Vickerman for being an incredible ally, so generous with his time and support for the LGBTQIA+ community on and off the court! Three time Coach of the Year, Dean is set to depart the club, following a historically successful run over the past nine seasons leading United to more wins than any other club (199), as well as a pair of NBL Championship victories (2018 and 2021). During that time he was committed to the club’s role in creating a safe, inclusive environment for everyone in basketball. (starts 43:10) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! You can enjoy Australia’s only LGBTIQA+ radio station anywhere: 94.9FM & DAB+ in Melbourne joy.org.au ‘Stream JOY 949’ The new JOY app or @communityradioplus app The post Getting our game on with the Red Tag Fly Fishers, Let’s Go Surfing and the Melbourne Chargers appeared first on Game On!.

    43 min

  5. Apr 29

    Getting our game on with the Melbourne Rovers, Rainbow Giants and Santiago Vergara (Stiltwalker)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community The World Game – @stuartbonner President @melbournerovers Melbourne’s LGBTQIA+ football club shares an epic win for the first game of the season and why you should join the club! (Starts 2:23) AFL – Megan Chase, one of the Founders of the GWS LGBTQIA+ supporter group @rainbowgiants chats about her love of footy and what its like starting an AFL supporter group in an NRL heartland! The Rainbow Giants is for all proud rainbow GWS Giants fans and the people who love and support them! Check out the latest on facebook (Starts 12:42) Guinness World Records – What did you get up to on the weekend? @zanquiago Performer and Stilt Walker had quite the Sunday and he joins us live in the @joy949 Sport Studio on stilts of course to tell us all about his incredible achievement finishing the Ballarat Half- marathon in 2 hours and 34 minutes on 90-centimetre stilts! Is it an official @guinnessworldrecords – tune in to find out! @ballaratmarathon @diaspora.performance Clown  Circus Performer  Street act. (Starts 23:44) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with the Melbourne Rovers, Rainbow Giants and Santiago Vergara (Stiltwalker) appeared first on Game On!.

    41 min

  6. Apr 22

    Getting our game on with Sandra Lie (Badminton), James E Shields III (ECK), Will & Justin (Gay Men’s Yoga)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community Badminton- @sandramslie Founder and past-President of the Shuttle Swingers, Australia’s premiere women’s LBTIQA+ inclusive badminton group is our first guest. Sandra is the newly crowned @prideinsport LGBTQIA+ Role Model of the Year and is inviting you to the Pride Badminton Challenge on May 2. A first-of-its-kind event by @badmintonaustralia in partnership with Shuttle Swingers. (Starts 3.25) Emerald City Kickball – @jeshields3 is our next guest sharing his passion for connecting people through sport, being awarded @prideinsport Executive Leadership Award! A new sport for the LGBTQIA+ community Emerald City Kickball is growing! Brisbane the wait is over! @eckickballmelb @eckickballsydney @eckickballperth @eckickballbrisbane (Starts 13:20) Gay Men’s Yoga – @movemorewithwill and @justintimetomove Wellbeing Coaches are live in the @joy949 Sport Studio from 6.30pm to invite you into their world of Vinyasa-style yoga for queer men which is also a queer social space. https://www.willandjustin.com/ (Starts 25:39) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Sandra Lie (Badminton), James E Shields III (ECK), Will & Justin (Gay Men’s Yoga) appeared first on Game On!.

    43 min

  7. Apr 15

    Getting our game on with Kade Matthews Queer Clash, Christie Wilson Carlton Pride, Ben Cork Pride In Sport, the award winning UWA team and Perth Pythons

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Ice-hockey – @kade_m Organiser @queerclash joins the show at the top of the hour to talk about an exciting new initiative – an inclusive ice hockey weekend with draft, all-star game and good vibes! The @queerclash is open to everyone, all skill levels and free to cheer loudly at the rink across Saturday 18 and Sunday 19th!  (Starts 2mins 9secs) Footy – @christieeerw Committee Member of @pride_cfc the Carlton Football Club’s official supporter group joins the show to share that they are having a fun trivia night at IKON Park – Carlton’s home ground on Saturday 18 April – and you are invited! We’ll be hearing about inclusion across the AFL/AFLW and how you can connect through footy. (Starts 11mins 15secs) Pride In Sport Awards – the @prideinsport awards were held last night and it was a wonderful night dedicated solely to recognising exceptional efforts in making sport more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people. @bencork National Program Manager @prideinsport was in the @joy949 Sport Studio to recap the night and the winners. Kristina Mitsikas, Senior Manager – Inclusion @uwasport joined us to share the journey to achieving Sporting Organisation of the Year and being recognised as Platinum Tier with colleagues Kirsty Fraser and Gabrielle Morri. UWA staffer and @perthpythonshockey member Reid Smith was  on the mic to share the journey to being recognised as Community Sport of the Year, acknowledging the outstanding contribution at the grassroots level in field hockey. (Starts 27mins 47secs) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Kade Matthews Queer Clash, Christie Wilson Carlton Pride, Ben Cork Pride In Sport, the award winning UWA team and Perth Pythons appeared first on Game On!.

    42 min

  8. Apr 8

    Getting our game on with Steve Moneghetti (VicSport Awards), Johnathan Alexander Zemlik (Rugby)and David Cowell (Squash)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Victorian Sport Awards – Four time Olympian @stevemoneghetti is a judge for the prestigious @vicsportau awards and joins the show to chat about the outstanding achievements throughout Victorian sport and recreation with a few timely tips to run like a champion! (Starts 2:40) Rugby – Ever wondered what it’s like to be a @guinnessworldrecords holder? @johnathan.a.zemlik joins the show live from the UK to tell us about his epic achievement as part of the team to set the record for the #WorldsLongestRugbyMatch How did he do it? We also chat being a Finalist as the Influencer of the Year @Gaydio #Awards and his passion for rugby as a player with the iconic @kxsrfc – the world’s first gay-inclusive rugby union club founded in 1995! In a pub! (Starts 11:30) Squash – David Cowell wants all LGBTQIA+ players and allies to serve! At the Victorian Squash Pride Cup on May 2nd! All skill levels welcome, from beginners to advanced. David is live in the @joy949 Sport Studio to talk squash, being President at @rainbowracquetssquashmel and all the opportunities in inclusive squash and belonging in sport! Fun fact: Squash will debut at the LA 2028 Olympics, with matches played at Universal Studios! (Starts 28:12) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Steve Moneghetti (VicSport Awards), Johnathan Alexander Zemlik (Rugby)and David Cowell (Squash) appeared first on Game On!.

    44 min
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    JOY 94.9 - Rainbow Community Podcasts for our LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Communities
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    80
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