Hi and welcome to a special Pride episode of "cheaptalk"! My guest for this week is Heather who very kindly messaged saying how she’d love to talk to me about LGBTQ+ issues for the podcast. This episode falls on the day after the 51st anniversary of the first of the Stonewall Riots in New York, which were led by Black and Brown trans women against the police. Out of the protests the Gay Liberation Front was formed, and they are credited with the idea for the first Pride, which took place on the 28th of June, 1970 in New York.
Brew yourselves a cof (sorry I can't make one for you), sit yourselves down and listen to us chat about the issues of bi-erasure and the London-centricity of Pride, as well as intersectionality between LGBTQ+ and Black people and POC, and how it's important for all of us to allow ourselves feel uncomfortable when having conversations such as these.
Disclaimer: All views in this podcast episode are our own, and do not reflect the views of any other person or organisation mentioned.
For more information on the origins of Pride I found stonewall.org.uk a great starting point. Also, the day after Heather and I recorded this, I listened to episode 70 (I know, cheaptalk has a long way to go wow) of the "Adulting" podcast which spoke a lot more about intersectionality and feminism as white women, which I recommend as I feel like it bounces off of this cheaptalk episode quite nicely. Heather also mentions Munroe Bergdorf, a black transgender woman and model, and although I haven't yet listened I know there are [at least] episodes from two other podcasts which feature interviews with her, namely "I Weigh" with Jameela Jamil and "Table Manners with Jessie Ware".
BIG THANKS again to Adam for the editing and Yarong for the artwork!
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