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Local ThreadsEpisode 8: Unapologetically QueerAF with Love Your Labels founder Joshua CrokeGuest: Joshua Croke (they/them) — artist, designer, facilitator & founder of Love Your LabelsJoshua Croke is a queer urbanist and community-centered designer whose work sits at the intersection of equity, creative placemaking, and city life. They are the founder and president of Love Your Labels. "Love Your Labels builds project-based art, fashion, and design programs for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and creates affirming, loving space for young people to be themselves and find community. Love Your Labels offers a program called Threads. Threads is a fashion design and identity development program that em...
2025-08-291h 08
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe transgender pilot who survived the Nazis and set racing recordsRoberta Cowell, or Betty might have been born into a strict, religious family - but her history, is one with many lessons.She shows us that Trans+ people are more than just their identity. That Trans+ people deserve to tell their own stories. That, as Sabah Choudrey wrote in this year’s Trans+ History Week workbook lesson about her - “while positive trans representation matters, you don’t need to see yourself represented to know that you can live authentically, and be trans, happy and celebrated.”It’s time for the final episode of Season...
2025-08-1131 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe trans man who funded gender affirming care when no-one else wasReed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship to trans healthcare went on to greatly shape how Western gender clinics developed from the 1960s onwards. In this episode, Vic Parsons explores that link, and unpacks what we can learn from the story of a vastly influencial figure in gender affirming care models.Read our history stories about Magnus Hirschfield:https://www.wearequeeraf.com/i-just-learned-the-nazis-first-book-burning-happened-at-worlds-first-trans-clinic/https://www.wearequeeraf.com/its-time-for-the-trans-history-lesson-we-never-had/Check out Vic's first exclusive investigation for the Qu...
2025-08-0432 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe media and advertising industry's role in rising transphobiaThis year, for the first time since tracking of it began - Trans+ rights in Europe retracted, instead of grew. In the UK, hate crimes towards trans people are up nearly 1400% in the last decade. Meanwhile, as hate plays out on the streets - the addiction in some parts of the media to hateful, clickbait headlines that drive attention to news providers, but division in communities all over the world has continued.This week on QueerAF, in an episode supported by Publicis Media Groupe UK - we’re going to ask: What is the media's role in...
2025-07-2826 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesRewind: I'm gay, and this is how I overcame my homophobiaFirst produced and published in 2018, in the British Podcast Awards nominated Season Two of QueerAF - Support our workAfter Sean Allsop produced this episode, one of his first paid documentary audio commissions, he’s gone on to have an illustrious career making documentaries for the BBC, The World Service, Virgin Radio, Absolute Radio: And a vast number of them about the LGBTQIA+ community. Sean’s brought the history of Section 28, The Legacy of Terrance Higgins and investigations into Poland’s LGBT free zones onto National radio. All, in part, because we were able to...
2025-07-2134 min
Historical HomosBefore We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies)Heads up! This is the episode where we solve gender.Famously a "construct," it turns out Mx. Gender has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.This podcast is only 70 minutes long so we're sticking to the last 5,000... but still. Not bad.Join Bash and his honoured guests this week – Kit Heyam and Marty Davies – as they delve into the deep-cut history of gender, long before we had words like cis, trans, or nonbinary.Kit Heyam is the author and historian behind Before We Were Trans, our guiding text for this episode. And Marty Davies is the founder of Tran...
2025-07-141h 14
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow homos can reckon with the history we were never toldBack on our feeds, the collaboration you've missed since 2020. We've loved collaborating with Historical Homos again, who have launched a podcast since we last worked with them to mark the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. In this episode, we bring you an introductory package, before handing the reigns over to Sebastian Hendra, for the usual Historical Homos format in this collab episode of the QueerAF podcast!Episode Credits: Hosted by Sebastian Hendra, with intro package produced by Jamie Wareham and interview section edited by Alex Toskas. Thanks to guests Kit Heyam and Marty Davies (P...
2025-07-141h 15
Historical HomosBefore We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies)Heads up! This is the episode where we solve gender.Famously a "construct," it turns out Mx. Gender has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.This podcast is only 70 minutes long so we're sticking to the last 5,000... but still. Not bad.Join Bash and his honoured guests this week – Kit Heyam and Marty Davies – as they delve into the deep-cut history of gender, long before we had words like cis, trans, or nonbinary.Kit Heyam is the author and historian behind Before We Were Trans, our guiding text for this...
2025-07-141h 14
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow do we tell Trans+ history, so we can all learn from it?This week we’re sharing the conversation we recorded at the Trans+ History Week community event 2025, with the theme: How do we tell our history,so we can all learn from it?It might have taken place back in May but, well lets face it even before this year’s Trans+ History Week, which is held in the first full week in May each year - the UK’s Supreme Court decision on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act has changed the context, urgency and climate for Trans+ and queer rights.
2025-07-0737 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe Ballrooms from India to Wales getting tens across the board “Ballroom is liberation, it's queer history, it's trans history, it's power, it's fashion, it's sex, it's dance, it's music, it's love, it's hate, it's everything that you need in order to survive as a queer person in this world, especially as a queer person of colour.”You may know ballroom from the legendary show “Pose” or “Paris is Burning” but this beautiful home curated for and by queer icons is becoming a worldwide community, with queer communities of colour, finding safety and unity in these spaces.There’s nothing more queer than doing something becau...
2025-06-3022 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe tension of the handkerchief - do you feel it too?CW: This episode contains themes of a sexual nature, including references to kinkWho do you think you are? A universal tension exists in an acute way for trans people, our dependency on other people for recognition, part of how identity works is laid bare in the struggle for trans liberation.Perhaps not better explained by examinig not just any simple piece of cloth, but the very queer and Trans+ history of the handkerchief.There’s the hanky code (or flagging). There are historical examples (some fictional, others not): phallic ha...
2025-06-2342 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow to tell better LGBTQIA+ storiesHow can we use stories as part of the fight back against anti-LGBTQIA+ narratives?At an acute time for our community, stories are a powerful tool to unpack prejudice and set a better narrative for queer communities.But what can the media industry do differently, and how can we do this in the audio and podcast space? Join us for an insider goss look at what it's like to tackle this question as a media professional. By sharing this to our audience, we hope you can better understand the way the media works...
2025-06-1649 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesBack when boys, played girls, pretending to be boysThere perhaps isn’t a more British way, to say - gender is a construct - than with Shakespeare is there?So put aside your stack of sonnets, go stick on the kettle, brew a cuppa, and let Shevek Imogen Fodor tell you about the gender foolery that took place in Shakespearean England and ignited and already ember burning flame of gender diversity on stage in the UK's most hallowed theatre institutions.If we acknowledge that gender was performed, messed with and expanded on stage then we can find a glimpse of positive no...
2025-06-0929 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWithout Lynn Conway, you wouldn't have a mobile phoneLynn Conway pioneered the technology that makes it possible to use the device you're about to listen to this podcast on now.She even coined a term for why her story has been forgotten, ignored and erased. With a contribution to computer science in almost parallel importance to Alan Turing, producer Chuck Copenspire explains the Connway Effect of why her story is only just beginning to be celebrated as well as the legacy that should be.In this episode of the QueerAF podcast, producer Chuck Copenspire digs through precious archive...
2025-06-0235 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesLive Episode: Star War's Abigail Thorn and Sex Education's Anthony Lexa Abigail Thorn is currently filming a new role as a trans femme action star, she revealed at the Trans+ History Week community event on a live recording of the QueerAF podcast. The actor, who is known for her roles in the Game Of Thrones (House Of The Dragon, Sharako Lohar) and Star Wars (The Acolyte, Ensign Eurus) universes, said: “I can't say what it is, but I am about to start filming a big action thing this summer. I'm having boxing lessons and sword fighting lessons like three times a week and like learning to dive acro...
2025-05-0841 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesSeason 6 | Always Been Here, Always Will BeDo you know who Lynn Conway is? Without her work on the microchip - you wouldn’t be listening to this podcast. Did you know that there are genderqueer ballroom voguing scenes in both India and Wales? How much do you know about the eccentric Reed Erikson, who funded research into dolphin telepathy and pioneering gender-affirming surgeries when no one else would? This season on the award-winning QueerAF podcast, we’re back for more of the history lesson we never had - with Trans+ History Week.Six Trans+ budding audio producers are here with...
2025-05-0601 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWhat healthcare and disability challenges do the queer community face?To celebrate 20 years of National Student Pride - in 2025, we were back on stage as a media sponsor, for a special live recording for a panel about disability and healthcare in the queer community. It was particularly special because the last time we covered the topic in this way, it was also at Student Pride - check back for the Access All Rainbows episode in season four for that. National Student Pride is an incredible event, and as well as giving QueerAF an incredible launchpad - it's been helping students get graduate jobs, and driving critical con...
2025-03-1743 min
Trans* Lesson PlanDivine Gender: The Revolutionary Tale of the GallaeJoin us for an enlightening exploration of one of history's most fascinating examples of gender diversity - the Gallae/Galli, transgender priests of the ancient Mediterranean world. From their origins in Phrygia to their pivotal role in Roman society, discover how these remarkable individuals challenged traditional gender norms while serving as respected religious figures.
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2025-01-2726 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakNew, more dangerous MPOX strain - what can we do?In this episode of What The Pox?, host Martin Joseph explores the resurgence of news about MPOX in 2024 after it is once again declared a global health emergency by the WHO in August 2024.The episode unpacks the spread of the more dangerous Clade 1B virus, which is killing hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its wider impact in Central and West Africa. We ask if a global north spread of the new strain will happen, and what the global response must be to this emergency.This episode's guests are:
2024-09-2343 min
The Other Blue PillLive episode: After PrEP, what next?A special 'reunion' style episode of our highly rated 'The Other Blue Pill' podcast on the little-known history of the fight for PrEP on the NHS in England. In front of a live audience at The Common Press book store podcast host Phil Samba discusses what lessons we can learn from the battle for PrEP for emerging queer health fights like gender-affirming care and DoxyPEP with: Lead Commissioner of the London HIV prevention programme Marc ThompsonDoctor in sexual health Vanessa Apea Outgoing CEO of National AIDS Trust Deborah Gold Hosted on Aca...
2024-09-1130 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesI'm so grateful to this trans woman for pioneering electronic musicFigures like Wendy Carlos not only defined the genre but were also instrumental in developing the modern synthesizer. Meanwhile, SOPHIE redefined the boundaries of pop and experimental music. And then there are the musicians and sound artists working today. All Trans+. Learning about how they came to their craft, exploring where they have blurred the lines between music and other mediums as well as asking why transgender musicians and artists are drawn to these genres in particular, this episode (the final of season five) explores Trans+ History Week's theme: We are more than Trans+, with guests:
2024-07-2231 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe little known trans history I discovered in the UK's most famous museumsRehangs at art museums are rare. The last one at Tate Britain was in 2012. Whilst galleries will make small changes to their on-display collections, these are small, only happen every few months and usually happen for specific reasons (such as an item going on loan to another gallery).But each rehang gives an art gallery to make a statement on what its mission as an institution is. A statement that visitors will likely see for ten or more years. So it's a big deal that Tate Britain and the National Gallery both increased the amount of...
2024-07-1534 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow do we win our rights? With Roz Kaveney, Jude Guaitamacchi, Sabah Choudrey and Nancy KelleyA live panel recording on "How do we win our rights?" with three Trans+ change and history makers, Roz Kaveney, Jude Guaitamacchi, Sabah Choudrey interviewed by Nancy Kelley.This episode was recorded in front of an audience of 200 people in London's Canary Wharf at our first-ever Trans+ History Week community event.Read more stories from Trans+ History Week:https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/Watch the Transcending Words poetry night:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmbn900ekPM Plus, be sure to sign up for our newsletter to understand the...
2024-07-0846 min
The Other Blue PillWhat have we learned from PrEP?The Other Blue Pill has covered a lot of ground on the history of PrEP and where we're at with it now. But what does its future look like?The hidden history of PrEP shares a lot of lessons on how we can do things differently to ensure all of our sexual health needs are met. This week, we look at the exciting innovations in sexual health provision that are going to further change and revolutionise the sex lives and health of so many people. We also explore the next battle in HIV and sexual health...
2024-07-0346 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesRewind: Getting my first queer haircutAfter a busy Pride month at QueerAF HQ - a rewind episode, while we prepare the final few episodes of an already stunning set of stories from emerging and marginalised LGBTQIA+ audio producers. This Week Rosa Eaton ponders: Do they need to get a queer haircut to feel part of the community? In their university town of Bristol they meet the towns local queer hairdresser who has been helping trans, non-binary and LGBT+ people feel more at home with the identity they want to show to the world. And despite Ros...
2024-07-0125 min
The Other Blue PillWhy are so many people still locked out of PrEP access?The Other Blue Pill has so far talked a lot about gay and bi men's sexual health, which is for a good reason with how much the HIV pandemic has affected us.But this community isn't the only one who needs access to PrEP; it’s a drug that can protect everyone from HIV. This week, we focus on the nuances and needs of other marginalised groups of people who are also disproportionately affected by HIV and need better access to PrEP.We also explore the wider health inequalities these communities face - an...
2024-06-2635 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHarry Woodgate: What I Learned From Reimagining This Oscar Wilde ClassicIt's a story many of us know, but in a new telling of the classic tale, Harry Woodgate has reimaging Oscar Wilde's Happy Prince.This week, Jamie Wareham meets the author and explores, along with groups who donate books to schools, why diverse and LGBTQIA+ inclusive books are so valuable for children.Harry Woodgate shares how and why they reimagined the classic tale, The Happy Prince, first written by historical queer icon Oscar Wilde. We also explore the many themes in the book that remain strikingly relevant today and reflects on the groups...
2024-06-2425 min
The Other Blue PillTruvada tension - why some people didn't want PrEPAre you a Truvada Whore? Is that something to be proud of? An article in 2016 changed the way many people saw PrEP for many years. Reflecting on it years later, the writer - spoke about why they'd since started PrEP, but their article put many people off the life saving drug for many years.It highlights an ongoing, albeit diminished, tension between those who fight for HIV provisions and those who are focused on preventing transmission.This week, we understand the past of this HIV game-changer, so by the end of the series...
2024-06-1925 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesFrom Hollyoaks to Hollywood, when's it my turn to be the main character? We all know the trope: the supportive bestie who helps the main character finally achieve their dreams, gives the advice that helps them land the heartthrob or drops hard truths that lead to epiphanies. We all know that’s producers and casting directors' favourite place to tick their diversity boxes. I should know, I’m the actor playing them.But what this week's producer Ki Griffin wants to know, especially as an actor and a black trans-masculine person who uses he/they pronouns is: "When do I get to be the main character?"Look...
2024-06-1731 min
The Other Blue PillQueers are doing it for themselvesPrEP's story is the perfect example of how we can democratise our own health - because when the NHS continued to refuse to provide the drug, grassroots activist groups found ways to get the drugs to those who needed and wanted it.From I Want PrEP Now to PrEPster and Act Up London, a coalition of groups came together with different intersecting approaches to change the future of HIV in the UK.In the third episode of this six-part limited series documentary about the battle for PrEP access in the UK: When the...
2024-06-1224 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakWe almost didn't get the HIV game-changing drug PrEP - why not?"I’ve been taking PrEP for almost 7 years now. During that time, I’ve been crazy enthusiastic about making positive changes to reduce health inequalities. But I have seen how queer health has been mishandled time and time again - most recently, MPOX is the perfect example"So today, Phil Samba is here to help us all discover the untold story behind PrEP, the revolutionary pill that's transforming HIV prevention and sexual health.In the first episode of QueerAF's new six-part limited series documentary, we dive into the battle for PrEP access in the...
2024-06-1028 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesI've been on PrEP over over 7 years. This is what I've learned"I’ve been taking PrEP for almost 7 years now. During that time, I’ve been crazy enthusiastic about making positive changes to reduce health inequalities. But I have seen how queer health has been mishandled time and time again."So today Phil Samba is here to help us all discover the untold story behind PrEP, the revolutionary pill that's transforming HIV prevention and sexual health.In the first episode of our new six-part limited series documentary, we dive into the battle for PrEP access in the UK by not only looking at the cour...
2024-06-1028 min
The Other Blue PillHow PrEP has changed the way people have sexThis drug literally liberated a whole generation who lived in fear of either direct or inherited trauma from a community ripped apart by the AIDS pandemic.In the second episode of this six-part limited series documentary, about the battle for PrEP access in the UK we ask those who remember a time before the drug, what life was like before and after the drug started to get into the hands of those who needed it.Then we look at the NHS trial that, six years before NHS England agreed to prescribe it found...
2024-06-0523 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHolding out for my trans masc hero - will I find one?Seeing your own experiences reflected back in history is often challenging when your identity has been erased, as many queer people know.As an Irish lesbian living in Dublin, Oran Keaveney spent a great deal of time documenting and discovering the queer women who shaped modern Ireland. It was a huge turning point and they felt like they fit into their country’s mythology.Now that they’ve transitioned and moved to London, they're here on QueerAF to look for this moment of self-recognition in Irish history again - but this time through the...
2024-06-0329 min
The Other Blue PillWe almost didn't get the HIV game changing drug PrEP - why not?Discover the untold story behind PrEP, the revolutionary pill that's transforming HIV prevention and sexual health.In the first episode of this six-part limited series documentary, we dive into the battle for PrEP access in the UK by not only looking at the court case fought here in England for the drug - but the advent of HIV and AIDS in the 80s.Did you know we knew PrEP was effective from the early 2000s? Why did it take until 2020 to get it on the NHS you ask?Join host...
2024-05-2924 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesDo you love a queer punch up too?Do you love a queer punch up too? The comedic kind of course.Lucie's first gig was in the basement of an Italian restaurant in Edinburgh, during the fringe:Back then I was presenting as a straight guy, and performing routines about how terrible my hometown was. I stopped performing for a while as I went on other adventures, but after an 8-year, hiatus, I’m back as a transgender woman."This week, comedian Lucie takes us on a trip to the 80s where, set against a backdrop of an HI...
2024-05-2734 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesGoing back to my old home, to uncover the UK's first ever Trans+ conferenceDid you know that 50 years ago, Leeds held the UK's first-ever Trans+ conference?This week, Alexander Parnham Cope, a trainee broadcast journalist at City University specialising in data and investigative journalism travels back to a city he called his home. In Leeds he uncover the curious and little-known history of the city, which held the UK’s first ever Transgender conference some fifty years ago. Leeds welcomed transgender people to its hotels and halls then. It is proud of its history of supporting trans people now. Meet one of the org...
2024-05-2030 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesLive Episode: Sex Education's Felix Mufti and Anthony LexaA live recording of the QueerAF podcast on the history-making TV representation In Sex Education:Guest host Kenny Ethan Jones, the first trans man in a period product ad campaignStars of Sex Educations's T4T storyline Anthony Lexa and Felix MuftiA discussion about the power of on-screen representation, creating inclusive stories about Trans+ communities and what it was like to make that visibility for Sex Education.This episode was recorded in front of an audience of 200 people in London's Canary Wharf at our first ever Trans+ History Week community event. Make sure to subscribe...
2024-05-1334 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesSeason 5 | Trans+ History Lesson You Never HadThis season on the award-winning QueerAF podcast, it’s time for the history lesson we never had.Six Trans+ budding audio producers are here to take you through the millennia-old history of gender-diverse communities. Knowledge of our past is fundamental for our liberation, and launching during the first-ever Trans+ History Week - we’re back, and like any good comeback, we’re kicking off with a live event with Netflix’s Sex Education T4T couple, Felix Mufti and Anthony Lexa. It’s time to collect, surface, and share our community's...
2024-05-0602 min
The Other Blue PillTrailer: The Other Blue PillHave you heard about The Other Blue Pill? No, not the one that makes folks - you know...The other blue pill that revolutionised how people are having sex. The HIV gamechanger. PrEP – Big P, little r, Big E, Big P PrEP or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. A way of preventing HIV infection by taking a pill before and after sex. You can now get it for free on the NHS in the UK - well some people can - and it was a fight and a half...
2024-05-0302 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakOne Year On: MPOX can be passed asymptomaticallyIt’s been quite a year since we last spoke to you.But since we have, as many of the experts we talked to predicted, pockets of outbreaks that have the potential to spread epidemically have started to pop up again.We’ve also seen Monkeypox get renamed to MPOX to combat stigma and racist stereotypes connected to the virus. As we mark a year since the UK outbreak peaked, we wanted to check in and ask what we know now. Has it gone away? Will it come back? And when it comes to di...
2023-07-0534 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakMpox (Monkeypox) is a devastating global health emergency - can we end the outbreak?Countries are struggling, vaccines are scarce and mpox (monkeypox) is at risk of becoming endemic in many countries.In the final episode of this documentary, we find out what actions need to be taken at a global scale to get the outbreak under control.This virus became endemic in some countries after we first saw it in the 1970s, and we have not done much about it. That bears repeating, for over 50 years - people have been struggling with it, in Central and Eastern Africa - and even now, when it’s spreading ar...
2022-11-0935 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakThis episode does not contain straight sex in the missionary positionSex. Some people aren’t just doing it - they’re really doing it. But, like with anything fun - safety comes first. We’ve got to be aware of sexually transmitted infections.Monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted infection, but this current outbreak is being transmitted sexually. And when it comes to infections that are passed on sexually, there is an added level of stigma.It’s clear that when STIs impact sexually active folk in the LGBTQIA+ community - it’s worse. Why is that? What is it about queer sex that creat...
2022-11-0233 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakCan you even get a Mpox vaccine? We travel around the UK to find outI haven’t had one. Some people have - but with a limited supply left, just who can get a vaccine?Medical professionals are under the assumption that I currently don’t need a vaccine as they think I probably have some immunity.But we don’t know how long that will last. I’m nervous about if and what immunity I have and how long it will last. I can’t imagine having to go through all of this again.And what about the folks that haven’t had Mpox (monkey...
2022-10-2632 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakHow can you be queer, single and happy?In this bonus episode of What The Pox? host Martin Joseph shares his most recent QueerAF episode: How can you be queer, single and happy? Monkeypox stigma and shame, is inherently linked to queer and sex shame - and so the themes in this episode, ring so true. So true, they are practically an episode of the show. ]We'll be back to wrap up the season over the coming weeks with big interviews with the WHO, investigating new scientific research which could create new treatments for Monkeypox - plus we'll delve deeper into...
2022-10-1933 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakIs the USA leading the way on Mpox? From epicenter to actionDr. Demetre Daskalakis is like the Chris Witty of monkeypox in the US - slides and all. But can you imagine anyone 'official' in the UK talking about buttholes, fetish gear or anal while responding to a health crisis? That's what Daskalakis is doing, and he says the language he's persuaded the CDC to use is working better than anything they've used before. In official CDC guides about the virus, expect to see language like anal, oral and buttholes. Which, as NAM Aidsmap director Matthew Hodson notes earlier in the show, works because it reflects how g...
2022-10-1235 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakCould the UK run out of mpox (monkeypox) vaccines?Health secretary Thérèse Coffey has rejected advice from officials to procure additional doses of the mpox (monkeypox) vaccine.That's the topline from Donato Mancini's scoop for the FT this weekend. But what does it mean?Read Donato's story in the Financial TimesIt's raised great concern that it will leave the UK ill-prepared for a resurgence of the disease. This news comes as the outbreak could be curtailed, if progress continues, with new cases down to 100 a week. It also flies in the face of advice from the UK Health Security Agency and se...
2022-10-0521 min
Twenty Minute Collaborations with Gregg PotterEpisode 18: Jamie Wareham - Read the What and Explain the Why!Jamie is on the Forbes Under 30 list. He is the founder of QueerAF, a UK community interest company (profit for purpose) that reinvests its assets and profits in the LGBTQIA+ community. He has a background in journalism and production management, picking up awards for his podcast work.
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2022-10-0427 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakIs history repeating? - What we can learn from HIV, for mpoxMpox (Monkeypox) has been troubling for many queers here in the UK and US because of the parallels to HIV. The legacy of AIDS stigma born in the 80s still lives with us today.This UK government has not released statements damning LGBTQIA+ people for monkeypox, but their silence is damning. It has had almost the same effect in drumming up homophobic rhetoric as if they had directly targeted us with this speech.But 40 years on, we have come a long way - we’ve fought for policies which could end HIV by th...
2022-09-2828 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakDid I let the community down by catching Mpox (monkeypox)?Mpox (monkeypox) - when I was super sick, in pain and feeling really under the weather - wasn't even the worst part. It was telling people. I couldn't put my finger on why, though.I knew in my rational brain that I had done nothing wrong. But I couldn't shake this feeling. For the longest time - I couldn't figure it out. And then it hit me.I grew up in the 90s, in the shadow of HIV, hearing all the awful things the newspapers and people had to say about the virus and g...
2022-09-2137 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakScandalous and silent: What's the UK response to Mpox been?Mpox (monkeypox) - about four days into isolating with it - I got some pretty intense pain. After spending 24 hours in agony - I called 111 for help.They got me an emergency appointment, and I had to cover up my legions and wear a mask. Reasonable requests. But the response I got was less so. I was greeted with what could only be described as panic.Staff used hushed tones, and a doctor in full PPE made me talk to him on the phone, through the door. After being asked if I was...
2022-09-1428 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakMpox (Monkeypox) is changing - what does the Science say?I still have a lot of questions about Mpox (Monkeypox). And I've literally made a whole podcast about it.I remember sitting in the doctor's surgery not long after catching it, wanting to know: What treatment is available? How long will this part last?Then after I recovered, why wasn't I automatically eligible for the vaccine - am I immune? So I put these questions to the experts and doctors who've been tirelessly to track this outbreak, the changing symptoms and help all of us manage it.Join us to...
2022-09-0735 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesMPOX: Just What The Pox is going on?This is just episode one, of QueerAF's new podcast about Monkeypox. it has stories and resources without shame or stigma - "It's what I wish I'd had." Listen to the whole series by searching 'What The Pox?'... Monkeypox. That’s what What The Pox? is all about - a ‘poxcast’ if you will. Quite a lot of people have got it or had it at this point. I’m one of them. And it was not fun.When I was home alone with Monkeypox in all kinds of pain, feeling scared and alone I...
2022-09-0726 min
What The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakSo you've got Mpox (Monkeypox)? Don't Panic (listen to this)Mpox (Monkeypox). That’s what we are here to talk about. And this episode is everything I needed to hear when I first caught the virus.Quite a lot of people have got it or had it at this point. I’m one of them. In early July this year, I had monkeypox… and it was not fun. When I was alone at home, with monkeypox - in all kinds of pain. I was desperate for information.I googled "how long will this last" and searched "is it meant to feel like this?" But th...
2022-09-0726 minWhat The Pox? - Investigating the Mpox (monkeypox) outbreakJust What The Pox is going on?Monkeypox. That’s what we’re here to talk about. Quite a lot of people have got it or had it at this point. I’m one of them. And it was not fun. When I was home alone with Monkeypox in all kinds of pain, Feeling scared and alone I had very little information. So I went online to find help. And guess what - there wasn’t much official advice. But I did start talking to all kinds of people: experts, people who’ve had the virus, And to those who see this out...
2022-08-2702 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe media is failing queer people: This is how to change itCan we tell you how to change the way the media writes about queer lives? It’s a change we need urgently.From transphobia led by the press, media getting it wrong and regulator Ofcom and the BBC signalling, queer lives are up for debate. It’s a growing pattern that is spilling out onto the streets in the form of rising hate crimes. It’s time for an organisation to fight back. To advocate for us in the media. To show change is possible by commissioning and then supporting the voices who are too often left be...
2022-01-2504 min
Full Metal Straight JacketEpisode 8 - Less Drinking, More ThinkingTrigger Warning/Content Warning: Rape/Sexual AssaultJoin hosts Davey and Farris as they are joined by Comedian Alex StringerAlex gives us her insight around the #MeToo movement in UK comedy clubs & theatresShe also talks to us about her addictions and subsequent journey to sobriety She bravely brings the discussion of rape into the open instead of it hiding insidiously in the shadowsAnd tries to teach a pair of cavemen about sexuality 🤣Hosted byFarris HowardDavey AshFind us on...
2020-07-232h 19
AnthemsIntroducing: #QueerAFIf you enjoyed Anthems Pride, we think you'll love #Queer AF by National Student Pride. Eve's story is the first episode of Season Four: "To prepare for my mum's gay wedding, I talked to her about sexuality for the first time". To listen to Part Two, search #QueerAF in podcast apps everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-07-0215 min
Podcast Radio HourLet's Go OutsideRecorded outside in a London park (socially distanced!) Amanda Litherland and Chrystal Genesis recommend some great podcasts and speak to creators.Firstly, following on from the Black Lives Matter protests happening across the world, a selection of podcasts to help you learn about the history of race and racism, and actions you can take now. Including Scene On Radio series 2 Seeing White, About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge and NPR's Code Switch. Also suggestions of nature podcasts which discuss environmental activism and encourage positive change. Including Costing The Earth, Mothers of Invention, Black Nature Narrative, Outrage...
2020-06-0555 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesAm I Asexual Or Ashamed Of Sex?Am I Asexual Or Ashamed Of Sex? Yes, it’s here. Another fantastic episode ahead by #QueerAF regular producer Jacob Edward. And this week, we’re talking about a spectrum of feelings when it comes to sex, the differences between asexuality and sex shame plus Jacob, who used their portfolio to get a job Radio One’s first non-binary presenter shares boldly and bravely.Listen to the latest episode and subscribe (rate and review) #QueerAF now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. Supporthttps://switchboard.lgbt/
2020-03-1632 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow can you be single, queer and happy?How can you be single, queer and happy?Growing up in the 90’s things seemed pretty simple. You get to your mid-twenties, find someone you are attracted to who lives in close proximity, get married and live a happy life. But Martin could never relate to any of this because he is gay. Cut to now, aged 32 and a little jaded by love – he has no desire for marriage or a partner. But can he still be happy? On today's episode of #QueerAF, he goes on...
2020-03-0936 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesAccess All Rainbows: Being LGBT+ and Disabled – Live EpisodeRecorded live as part of National Student Pride, at the University of Westminster in collaboration with the university's Creative Enterprise Centre: We present Access All Rainbows.Join our conversation about being LGBT+ and disabled, considering; Hidden disabilities, access, perceptions on ability and, support in relationships.The Speakers:Jamie Wareham – University of Westminster Alumni Jamie Wareham is the Head of Digital Production at Attitude Magazine and host of National Student Pride's podcast #QueerAF. Jamie recently spoke at the inaugural WINC festival about coming to terms with his hidden disability, and how that...
2020-03-0230 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesDustin Lance Black, Lady Phyll, Evan Davis | Building Our Queer Family's FutureA live episode of #QueerAF, guest hosted by Evan Davis with Dustin Lance Black and UK Black Pride's Lady Phyll.An Oscar-winning screenwriter and the co-founder of UK Black Pride chat to BBC broadcaster Evan Davis to headline our daytime festival (Sat 22 Feb).Dustin Lance Black first appeared at National Student Pride in 2015 and has gone on to start a family with Olympic diver Tom Daley.Lady Phyll is a trailblazer within the UK LGBT+ community. As well as co-founding UK Black Pride, she sits on multiple boards including Stonewall...
2020-02-2336 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesDid you get a haircut to work out how to be queer too?Does Rosa need to get a queer haircut to feel part of the community? That’s what she explores in her university town of Bristol this week on #QueerAF. Meeting the towns local queer hairdresser who has been helping trans, non-binary and LGBT+ people feel more at home with the identity they want to show to the world. And despite Rosa’s love for her femme, long hair. She wonders after seeing so many people get empowered by having the chop – whether she wants to or should have a queer haircut t...
2020-02-1730 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesYoung, vulnerable and new to a big city: I became the target of an online predatorYoung, vulnerable and new to a big city: I became the target of an online predatorFive years ago, Rory was drugged and sexually assaulted by two men, who I met while using Grindr. Young, vulnerable and new to a big city – growing up without any LGBTQ inclusive sex education in school – I became the target for an online predator.It’s been difficult coming to terms with this attack, but five years on later Rory is telling his story on his own terms on the #QueerAF podcast, in the hope it mi...
2020-02-1041 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesEverything you need to know about being in a queer relationshipPansexual reporter Kenya Jay Scarlett speaks to queer couples to find out everything you need to know about being in a relationship. From getting together to breaking up and how her pansexuality has left her feeling some people are way too focused on gender. This week on #QueerAF whether you've had one or not, we take you on a crash course on being in a queer relationship. Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. This season is inspired by National Student Pride...
2020-02-0338 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesTo prepare for my mum's gay wedding, I talked to her about sexuality for the first timeTo prepare for my mum's gay wedding, I talked to her about sexuality for the first timeJournalist Eve Hartley sits down with her mum, ahead of her same-sex wedding, to discuss for the first time what her mum went through when she came out while Eve was only a few years old. Eve reflects on how her journey to understanding sexuality was so different to her mums. And the reason for that is all thanks to her Mum. Before celebrating her wedding, Eve sits down to tell her mum...
2020-01-2731 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWe're back... Season 4 – Trailer#QueerAF is back for season four. With more LGBT+ reporters than ever.This year our stories come from Bristol, Manchester, Milton Keynes, with reporters from Northern Ireland, Leeds, London and beyond.When you listen – you support the students, graduates and LGBT+ reporters we mentor to build their audio portfolio. And they tell you beautifully produced queer stories. They have stories on asexuality, sex shame, how to be happy and single, pansexuality, everything you need to know about being in a queer relationship, why LBQT women's spaces need a revolution and so m...
2020-01-2002 min
Queer LongingSun, Sea and Suspicious SundownersThis week we bring you a recap of the most stunning weekend we had in Margate celebrating a friends 30th. We discuss the golden rule of holiday destinations i.e. one gay bar and one gay bar only, and talk about trifle shots and glorious drag queens at Margate's answer to this rule- Sundowners.
Lucy let's you know all about her family's obsession with games and quiz shows as well as opening up her heart re her lifetime love of One Direction.
We gush some more over Schitt's Creek and give a big metaphorical hug to Cameron Esposito after publishing th...
2019-09-1853 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesEverybody's Talking About Jamie: The story behind musical, with Dan Gillespie Sells and Layton WilliamsDon't mess with a boy in a dress, he was born to impress.Lead singer of the feeling and writer of the musical that’s taken the UK’s west end by storm Dan Gillespie Sells, joinst us for our season three finale, to tell the story behind the soundtrack to your #QueerAF life: Everybody's Talking About Jamie.In an ever changing world, the way we identify is constantly being challenged. Not just by people around us, but by ourselves too. And that’s why Jamie New, the 16 year old from Sheffield in the nor...
2019-04-0833 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesA Gay and a Non Gay douche to say LGBT+ rightsA Gay and Non Gay discuss douching (to help LGBT+ rights)James Barr and Dan Hudson host the hit UK LGBT+ podcast A Gay and a Non Gay, which began out of terrible conversation about pub etiquette.But their friendship really grew when their worlds collided, as Talia, Dan’s girlfriend and James’s friend, left for the USA; Leaving James and Dan to fend for themselves with just one task, to make a podcast.But when we say their worlds collided, we're not talking about the dynamic duo life maki...
2019-04-0132 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesRussia doesn't want you to listen to this podcastPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is one of Russia’s most iconic cultural figures, but the country still denies he was gay. 125 years after his mysterious death, his magnificent symphonies, operas, and ballets – including all-time classics Swan Lake and The Nutcracker – are still performed, streamed and enjoyed by millions of people around the world.But behind Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous melodies and explosive orchestral climaxes lies the complicated story of a gay man. His sexuality brought him both joy and despair, but it was largely tolerated within Tchaikovsky’s social circles. Now his country outright denies that he was gay, bans...
2019-03-2527 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesDid you make all your Sims gay too? | A brief queer history of gamingDid you make all your Sims gay too? This week on #QueerAF, reporter Alice Taplin brings us along on a ride down the Rainbow Road, not on Mario Kart, but on a brief history of queer gaming. Video games were long considered the territory of straight boys and men, with COD, Fifa, and GTA being the first thing that sprung to people’s imaginations. But with representation across the board having made rapid improvements and the creation of Steam making way for indie games, now everybody and their mum is playing some form of video gam...
2019-03-1818 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesDo you 'act straight' to stay safe on public transport too?Do you 'act straight' to stay safe on public transport too? This week on #QueerAF we explore just how safe public transport is for LGBT+ people. Reporter Cassie Galpin hears three intersecting stories from Will, Nikki and Martyn, who have faced prejudice while traveling, but turned those hate crimes into three inspiring actions. Today’s show was produced by @CassieGalpin, executive production on this episode came from @Jamie_Wareham. Thanks to Martyn, Nikki and Will for sharing their inspiring stories today.The hate crime reporting form we mentioned in the show is here: https...
2019-03-1122 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesIan McKellen's advice to LGBT+ people everywhere | Live record with guest host Evan DavisNational Student Pride's ambassador Evan Davis guest hosts the show and interviews LGBT+ Icon Ian McKellen on the #StudentPride podcast at National Student Pride 2019.🦄 Subscribe:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/queeraf-by-national-student-pride/id1126301158?mt=2🎧 Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3wiN3JZBJ2uqcg3R0OQDqPEvan Davis interviewed Ian McKellen on the #QueerAF podcast at National Student Pride 2019 at the University of Westminster, discussing his lifetime achievements and relationship with the LGBT community.They spoke about #MeToo, chemsex, drugs, his coming out, the #MeToo moveme...
2019-03-0441 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWhat happened the night of the Stonewall Riots? We tell the story with Historical HomosJune 1969. New York City. It’s illegal to serve gays alcohol. It’s illegal for gays to dance with one another. Bars and clubs are routinely raided. Including the now infamous, Stonewall Inn. The riots that ensued over a week on Christopher Street ignited and catapulted forward the modern LGBT+ rights movement today.But how much do you know about what happened that night? What does it mean for your queer people and their own activism today?This week Sebastian Hendra from @HistoricalHomos joins us to tell the story of everything that happened not on...
2019-02-1820 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThis episode has the sex education you wish you had at schoolThe sex education you not only want – but deserve. With support from Penguin Books, we speak to Author of 'Jack of Hearts and Other Parts' Lev Rosen.This episode is NSFW, but it shouldn't be. Because the anal sex advice from Jack of Hearts we've got in the show is something all queers deserve. Indeed what anyone who wants to have good anal sex should be taught. This week we talk about how to have a good time, how often you should be having sex and we'll empower you to take control of your sex life, an...
2019-02-1124 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesGirlfriends, Boyfriends and Theyfriends – Dating as a non-binary personNonbinary people continue to face misconceptions from society, including from other LGBT+ people. For Jacob Edwards, after becoming comfortable with their gender identity they started to wonder about their sexuality, were they no longer ‘gay’ – did that make them Straight? Bi? Pan? And what does that mean for dating?This week Jacob Edward, presenter of Queer Culture on The University of Salford’s student radio station Shock Radio takes us into the world of dating, lovemaking, and life-creating – for those who are beyond the binary.Get Queer Culture on Apple Podcasts:https://it...
2019-02-0422 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesI'm a gay dancer, but I'm not happy with my bodyThis young gay guy is not happy about the way he looks, something that is not easy when you used to be a dancer. And he is not alone, body image issues are a big issue in the LGBT+ community. In today's episode, podcaster and former dancer Martin Joesph finds out if it's possible to overcome negative feelings about his body image, and talks about his eating disorder – and learns how to feel happy about his body. Speaking to non-binary podcaster Jacob, Shannon Power from Gay Star News and activists James Downs and Thomas Brackley.Content wa...
2019-01-2830 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesSeason 3 – TrailerThe #QueerAF podcast by national student pride is back. Subscribe now on Apple podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts for season three which returns January 28th 2019.We are the podcast that empowers students, graduates and LGBT+ producers to tell their most hashtag queer af story all in the name of national student pride taking place the 22nd to 24th of Feb 2019 in London.Expect stories about non-binary dating, body image, sex, and spoiler, listen to find out how you can be at our live recording with guest and LGBT+ legend Ian...
2019-01-2101 min
The Real BrunchBrunch With... Jamie Wareham - #QueerAFThis week Martin and Ella sit down with Jamie Wareham. Jamie is a Journalist for Gay Star News, Previously working as their young voices editor and now video production manager, for their digital pride festival. He’s the former press secretary and coms director for National Student Pride, now hosting their ground breaking Podcast #QueerAF. Also listen out for the return of Prince Charming!!!! Martin, Ella & Jamie answer your write in dating dilemmas. Follow... Jamie Wareham - Instagram / Twitter Student Pride - Instagram / Twitter Gay Star...
2018-12-1148 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesGrowing older as an LGBT+ person: with Evan DavisWe’ve had some amazing shows in our second season, with contribution by some hugely talented students and graduates. But to draw our season to a close, we’re bringing you our live recorded evening with National Student Pride ambassador and twice guest host on the show Evan Davis, as part of our contribution to Gay Star News’s Digital Pride which just like us at NSP, brings events and LGBT+ conversations to people all over the world –digitally!Also check out the 'A Rendezvous With' series:https://www.facebook.com/arendezvouswith/And more...
2018-05-0734 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesMy trans vagina is #QueerAFJuno Roche is a trans activist, writer and now author of Queer Sex a trans and non-binary guide to intimacy, pleasure and relationships. We talk about overcoming any shortcomings a new vagina might have – and why Juno has found empowerment in the inherent queerness of a "QueerAF vagina".The book is a series of interviews, with trans and non-binary people - literally creating a conversation about queer sex.https://uk.jkp.com/products/queer-sexSign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a ne...
2018-04-3030 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWe need to talk about chemsexMore and more gay and bi men are using drugs to escape, for sex and to find a new high in Chemsex. In this week's #QueerAF we hear exclusive extracts, recorded just for us, from the critically acclaimed Chemsex Monologues. We discuss why the LGBT+ community turns to drugs to escape, and the rising tide - especially among gay and bi men in cities: of chemsex, the use of drugs to enhance or change sexual experiences to new levels.COME TO OUR EVENT:For all the details go here:https://www.facebook...
2018-04-1238 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesAre queer night clubs disappearing – or are we experiencing a revival?We hear a lot about how gay bars and LGBT spaces are closing. Statistically, venues are on the decline. But what about queer spaces? From York to Wales, queer activists all over the country are setting up their own nights – free from mental health stigma, transphobia and without booze. Why? Because when something doesn't exist for queers, queers make it happen. We investigate the cultural queer nightclub revolution going on in the UK.Reporter/producer: https://twitter.com/amyashendenPresenter: https://twitter.com/jamie_warehamThe clubs nights featured in today's sh...
2018-04-0225 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesI used a gay dating app for the first time and recorded my first dateThis episode is brought to you by Jack’D. They asked us to investigate dating apps like their own, and we asked Sean to have a go with their app. If you are a subscriber to our show you’ll remember Sean from episode 6 of season 2 – I’m gay, but I’m also a homophobe. If you haven’t listened to Sean’s brave and powerful story about overcoming the internal shame of being gay, you should go back and listen. Because it will frame so much more of what’s about to happen. After that episode Sean is understandably qu...
2018-03-2625 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWe followed 15 LGBT+ young people who slept rough for the first timeAfter a busy few week’s at National Student Pride HQ. We’re taking a short two week break to recoup, relax and then bring you the second half of season two. But we do have something for you today in this minisode: It's the story of 15 young people who raised an amazing £2600 pounds for UK LGBT homeless youth charity Albert Kennedy trust charity. They went to the RVC college in Kings Cross to do this in a safe place, toilets and even a warm room if they got cold. But all 15 of them stayed outside, on yog...
2018-03-0508 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesI'm gay, but I'm also a homophobeThis young gay guy suffers from internalized homophobia. He is perfectly OK with his sexuality, but keeps asking why the LGBT community has to be 'so queer.' In today's episode, radio graduate Sean Allsop finds out if it's possible to overcome your shame of being gay – and learns why he has, until now, projected his own homophobia onto others.With thanks to Matthew Todd, his book Straight Jacket is available in paperback in April, and hardback now. To therapist Stephen Hanscomb, And also Switchboard. If you ever want to call them, you can call 10am-10pm...
2018-02-2635 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesLive event special: Evan Davis interviews Courtney ActRecorded live at National Student Pride 2018 at the University of Westminster on 25th of February - BBC Newsnight host Evan Davis takes over from usual hosts Jamie to interview Courtney Act.They talk after our #BeyondTheBinary panel with trans and non-binary activists.Evan is particularly candid, relaxing into a personal and very honest interview where Courtney and Evan discuss gender identity, the celebrity big brother house and being a role model.Listen to the podcast on acast now, subscribe on iTunes or listen with RSS on podcast apps....
2018-02-1925 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWe spoke to a LGBT+ life coach about how you can feel happy about your body and confident about your ageIn an extra episode for your journey to National Student Pride this weekend... Kris Verle is the LGBT+ life coach who spoke to Max, our volunteer running this weekend's loving how you look open mic session at National Student Pride. Recorded at Gay Star News, the duo sat down for a coaching session about overcoming anxieties about Max's body confidence, age and social media use. Sign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of queer audio professionals:https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/
2018-02-0926 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThis is what being #BeyondTheBinary is likeBarely a week to go to National Student Pride, and Pippa's story explains how she went from identifying as a lesbian – to realizing she was a queer, non-binary demi girl. She now wants to be the role model, she always wished she had. Her coming out is inspiring, and you have to hear how it ends.Big thanks this week to Gendered Intelligence, the trans youth charity for speaking to us too. Find help and support from them here:http://genderedintelligence.co.uk/Today's show is unashamedly inspired by My Genderation's #Th...
2018-02-0523 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWhy does Disney still hide it's gay characters?This week, producer Dan Freeman is sparked to make an episode by High School Musical. Love it or hate it, it's a perfect example of Disney's long history of hiding gay characters in plain site? With so many queer fans - is it time for Disney to come out of the closet?With thanks to this week's production from Westminster Radio student Dan Freeman. You can contact him here: https://twitter.com/dantheproducerSign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of...
2018-01-2923 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWhat is life like as a queer Muslim sex worker?New season, new style of storytelling. This year National Student Pride's podcast returns as #QueerAF.In our first episode of the season, we sit down with documentary maker Amy Ashenden. She made the Queer Muslim Sex Worker documentary. We find out the tragic story of the young person she followed who was ultimately made homeless after she came out to her family.With thanks to this week's production from Radio graduate Cassie Galpin. You can contact her here: https://twitter.com/CassieGalpinListen to Amy's full documentary here:https://audioboom.com...
2018-01-2320 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesLive Event Special: Evan Davis Guest Hosts To Interview Olly AlexanderRecorded live at National Student Pride 2017 at the University of Westminster on 25th of February - BBC Newsnight host Evan Davis takes over from usual hosts Charlie and Jamie to interview Olly Alexander.They talk after the Sex and Relationships Education panel with Olly, Paris Lees, Stella Creasy MP, NAT CEO and Diversity Role Model rep Gemma Curtis discussed the (awfu) state of Sex and Relationships education in the UK.Evan is particularly candid, relaxing into a personal and very honest interview where Olly opens up about his past relationships, relationship with Jeremy Corbyn and...
2017-02-2624 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesThe Life Of A Trans Activist: Non-Binary Partners Fox and OwlThis month: Trans Activism, Burn Out and Sex EducationAnnouncing National Student Pride's latest speakers for 2017, Fox and Owl. They are joining our YouTube Panel this year!Sign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of queer audio professionals:https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/If you like our podcast, you'll love our free weekly newsletter that thousands of readers use to understand the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️🌈 headlines, learn new perspectives and stay on top of the latest queer content. Try it now:
2017-01-2727 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesTime Is Your Best Friend When Coming Out - YouTubers Shosh and MerThis month we were joined by two guests - Married couple Youtubers, Shosh and Mer. We spoke about Biphobia, getting involved in the LGBT+ community and whether you can be LGBT and religious. This podcast is supported by Gay Star News.www.gaystarnews.comYou can check out Shoshana and Meredith's channel here https://www.youtube.com/user/shoshandmerAKq2cJrqwJJ2kvcclHksSign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of queer audio professionals:https://www.wearequeeraf.com...
2016-10-2418 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWho Should Be Reporting The LGBT+'s Community's News? - BuzzFeed LGBT Editor Patrick StrudwickThis month, Patrick Strudwick Buzzfeed UK's LGBT Editor joins the show to talk about bisexuality awareness, if it really does get better and who should be reporting LGBT news - community outlets or top tier newspapers. Ultimately we ask, can we trust them? This podcast is supported by Gay Star News.www.gaystarnews.comSign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free and support our not-for-profit work, investing in a new generation of queer audio professionals:https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/If you like our podcast, you'll love our free...
2016-09-2721 min