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Magda Szubanski on her “incurable” cancer · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, such a drag
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  Speaker 1: to be Catholic. First though, Queer comedian Magda Zubanski has
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  Speaker 1: been giving an update on her health. The Australian announced
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  Speaker 1: last year she'd been diagnosed with stage four blood cancer,
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  Speaker 1: a rare and aggressive type called mantle cell lymphoma. Magda
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  Speaker 1: tells 60 Minutes she's now in deep remission, but.
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  Speaker 4: It means that you're not cured, but it's at bay.
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  Speaker 4: So it's what's called an incurable relapsing cancer. It's almost
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  Speaker 4: sure that it will come back. It's a question of
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  Speaker 4: when and then how bad. So the median survival rate
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  Speaker 4: is eight and a half years. So I could go
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  Speaker 4: less or I could go more.
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  Speaker 1: The 65-year-old's best known for her roles in the sitcom
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  Speaker 1: Marino is giving trans people legal gender recognition. Parliament in
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  Speaker 1: the southern European countries just voted for this, aiming to
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  Speaker 1: make it law by next February. Rules around birth and
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  Speaker 1: adoption certificates issued abroad for same-sex parents are going to
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  Speaker 1: be clarified, but a vote to legally recognise those who've
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  Speaker 1: had kids in San Marino didn't pass. And we'll end
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  Speaker 1: with a drag show organised by the Catholic Church. all
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  Speaker 1: to do with the progressive diocese of St Gallen in Switzerland,
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  Speaker 1: and it's the job of their city chaplaincy to get
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  Speaker 1: venue The Grabenhall, advertised as combining the art form of
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  Speaker 1: drag with social, cultural and spiritual themes. Now time to
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  Speaker 1: tell you that a ban on conversion practices will continue
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  Speaker 1: push for a two-year jail term for anyone engaging in
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