Welcome to the first series of the QUEER AS podcast where we’re yarning with queer Indigenous artists and creative practitioners about their work across the public imaginary. Queer As is part of the Saving Lives research program that recalls and centres the power of queer Indigenous artistic thinking and creativity. This anticolonial podcast is sponsored by the Australian Research Council and in partnership with IndigenousX and the Centre for Global Indigenous Futures.

Today's guest is the remarkable Black trans filmmaker Campbell X. Campbell X's work deals with queer memory, desire and Blackness across the African diaspora through filmmaking, theatre and curation. He directed the award-winning queer urban romantic comedy feature film STUD LIFE which was voted by the Guardian as one of the top 10 Black British feature films ever made, and also voted as one of the top 25 films of the century by film critic Ryan Gilbey. Campbell's second feature Low Rider had its world premiere in Edinburgh film Festival in 2025. Low Rider a queer road trip Low Rider was filmed in the Western Cape region of South Africa and stars Emma Mcdonald and Thishiwe Ziqubu. In our discussion, we dive into another recent work by Campbell -- his short film UNTITLED(2025), an incantation to our Indigenous ancestors from the Global Majority who experienced enforced binary genders, colonialism and the theft of land and resources.

For a full transcript of this episode, and links to artists and works discussed, visit: https://queer-as.org/a-podcast/campbell-x/

QUEER AS is hosted by Wiradjuri trans/non-binary creative artist and Professor of Critical Indigenous Studies Sandy O'Sullivan, with settler trans/non-binary researcher, musicker, and radio maker Dr Han Reardon-Smith. Theme music is also by Sandy and Han, and audio editing and podcast production is by Han. Cover art is by Wiradjuri trans/non-binary artist Dylan Barnes.