This latest podcast is on Queer Activism Now as we celebrate LGBTQ+ rights in the UK thirty years on from the Stonewall Riots in New York. The panel share some uncomfortable truths and suggest positive solutions.
Chairing the discussion is Journalist and author Amelia Abraham, whose interests include LGBTQ+ identity politics, feminism and human rights.
Joining her on the stage are Fox Fisher- an award winning artist, filmmaker and trans rights campaigner, Tanya Compas - a multi-award-winning youth worker and writer who has seen her work published by Refinery29, gal-dem, Cosmopolitan and more. Plus, Dr Senthorun Raj, who is a Lecturer in Law at Keele University.
Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.
You can join in the discussion too; where do you think society is with LGBTQ+ rights in 2019? Do you think it is too easy to refer to all these different people with that one initialism? Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.
And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!
Podcast Presenters: Nanda Poleon and Alex Williams
Podcast Producer and Editor: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Music by: @BlackMale_Beats
