We celebrate two years of Queer Up by once again dipping our toes into the "all mermaids are gay and trans" well. This time, we take a look at Ron Howard's Splash, a film that is both better than it should be, but also not all that great. It is, however, trans as hell. Obviously.

Thank you all so much for sticking around for our second year, and please continue to listen, share, and contact us. We love and adore you all.

CW: Discussions of misogyny, transphobia, forced outing

Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/

Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery

Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion

References:

• Tom Hanks Wants The New 'Splash' To Have A Gay Twist

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This time around, we're very excited to be joined by Hamish Steele, creator of the comics Deadendia and Go-man!, as well as the Netflix animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. Hamish has brought us the cult classic comedy horror musical Little Shop of Horrors (1986), a film that's practically oozing with queer and trans vibes. We discuss how the film manages to be both goofy and sincere, Rick Moranis' inherent t-boy swag, and how a mean green mother' from outer space can represent both capitalism and toxic masculinity.

CW: Discussions of domestic abuse, transphobia, sadism, misogyny, death, murder, racism, AIDS

Check out Hamish's stuff: https://hamishsteele.co.uk/

Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/

Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery

Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion

References:

• No One Makes It Out Alive by Casey Plett and Morgan M Page
• The Guy Sure Looks Like Plant Food To Me by Santana Knox

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In this episode we do a fit check for our napalm era, as Holly Amareta joins us to discuss the barely-subtextual queerness of KPop Demon Hunters. Is KPop Demon Hunters a trans allegory? Is Jinu transfem or transmasc? Are all trans people demons? And which HUNTR/X members are Lily, Melody, and Holly respectively? It's our longest episode yet, and this is what it sounds like.

CW: Discussions of transphobia, gender dysphoria, forced outing, conversion therapy, intolerant parental figures, depression, misogyny

Find Holly on Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/onmehols/) and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/onmehols.bsky.social)

Music by Goshdarn Rabbit: https://goshdarnrabbit.bandcamp.com/

Donate to Melody's bottom surgery fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-get-gender-reassignment-surgery

Buy Melody's poetry collection: https://melodyhaze.itch.io/human-heart-explosion

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