QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives

Did 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. 50th anniversary celebration of the conference Lunawalking tour of the city's queer sitesKit Heyamone of the last surviving members of the Trans group of the Gay Liberation Front,Roz Kaveneyloving Leeds's little-known but inspiring gender-diverse history. Season five of the award-winning QueerAF podcast is for the millennia-old history of Trans+ people and gender-diverse communities with our first-ever launchpad project, Trans+ History Week. Every Monday, for the coming weeks right up to and through Pride season - we’ll be bringing you a new episode from a budding Trans+ audio professional whom we’ve paid, published and mentored to make you a beautifully crafted story about Trans+ history. Read more stories from Trans+ History Week: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/ Here is the article we recommended: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-gallae-transgender-priestesses-of-ancient-rome/ Plus, be sure to sign up for our newsletter to understand the LGBTQIA+ news every Saturday: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 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 campaign Stars of Sex Educations's T4T storyline Anthony Lexa and Felix Mufti A 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 for the whole season ahead, with a new mini-documentary episode out on your feeds every Monday from now, all the way through Pride month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This 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 rich history, all the while, with our trademark stamp, investing in Trans+ creative talent, buying them equipment to keep forever, supporting them to change the media, and, yes - telling you beautiful stories. Season 5 of QueerAF, with our first ever launchpad project, Trans+ History Week, is for the millennia-old history of Trans+ communities all over the world. Launching into your podcast app on May 13th, 2024, and out every Monday right the way through Pride month. We are QueerAF, and so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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 outbreak as part of a much bigger picture. We’ve spoken to those on the frontline of the response, and trying to understand this virus, including at 56 Dean Street, NAM Aidsmap, Prepster, Love Tank, London School of Hygine and Tropical Medicine and many more. It features contributors from the UK and US. What The Pox is the information and support I wish I had at my disposal when I was going through Monkeypox. Monkeypox is spreading worldwide - and for many of us queer people, the response feels a bit too familiar. You see history rarely repeats - but it often rhymes. Tune in to steal our insight on this virus, what it means for our community and how we should handle it. Together, let's work out just What The Pox? is going on? Listen to understand: What we know about the virus, and how it spreads Why we feel shame and stigma about catching it What the parallels are with the HIV outbreak in the 80s Why this sits in a bigger picture with conversations about queer sex and health inequalities And crucially: What can we do next? Because before you start listening: I’ll let you in on a secret - we have the tools to manage this outbreak; we’ve just got to use them. It comes out every Wednesday, or you can sign up to support our show - and unlock all the episodes as soon as they are ready in the archive coming soon below. The first episode is out 7 Sep, 2022. Let's keep the conversation frank, honest, open and alive. Because, to borrow a phrase, silence = pox. Hosted by me, Martin Joseph, an award-winning podcaster and comedian. What The Pox? is a QueerAF production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can 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 behind. Meet QueerAF, our new community interest company that builds on the previous work we've done here as an award-winning podcast. Find out how we're going to launch the careers of LGBTQIA+ emerging creatives - with a platform funding content, creatives and mentoring for people from marginalised queer identities - bring back the podcast. And show change in the media is possible. Or, make it possible. Join us here: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcastoffer/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you're looking for #QueerAF this pride month for some LGBT love, inspiration and stories, you're in the right feed. But this is a bonus show, so check the feed below for one of our award-nominated episodes. This comes to you today* because at this STRANGEAF time, we need community and connection more than ever. We're featuring an excerpt from Anthems - a podcast of original manifestos, speeches, stories and poems from some of the UK's most prominent activists, artists and personalities,...

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. Support https://switchboard.lgbt/ Producer Jacob Edward First nonbinary presenter on @BBCR1 (Xmas 19) | Either on a train or on the radio | Gaydio Presenter, Queer Culture Podcast and Twitch Streamer. https://twitter.com/ItsJacobEdward LGBTQ #QueerAF track of the week: Eve Westwood @evewestwoodmusic https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Ts3DNDq3puCRk0r3duPD8?si=lch3fVa2TZ21k1sxO6DZug National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Visit www.studentpride.co.uk We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 a journey to find happiness and comfort in being single... Listen to the latest episode and subscribe to #QueerAF now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. Support https://switchboard.lgbt/ Producer Martin Joeseph Podcast Producer - ‘Voices With Sally Morgan’ / ‘The Clueless Mum’ – Host - 1/3 Of @realbrunchpod https://twitter.com/mynamesmartin LGBTQ #QueerAF track of the week: Girl In Red: Kate’s Not Here Girl In Red on Instagram @girlinred National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Visit www.studentpride.co.uk We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Recorded 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 has become part of his wider queer intersectional identity. Callum Dziedzic –Callum is a script editor working in TV drama. He is an alumnus of the University of York’s Film and Television Production degree and Channel 4’s Production Training Scheme. Since graduating he has assistant script edited Ackley Bridge at The Forge, and Giri/Haji, a contemporary bi-lingual thriller produced by Sister Pictures for BBC Two and Netflix. More recently, Callum has developed an international nuclear armament thriller with Pulse Films and Netflix and has returned to Sister Pictures to script edit an upcoming comedy drama for BBC Two. Callum was born with Tetraplegic Cerebral Palsy and uses a manual wheelchair for mobility. To him, the act of storytelling in film and television is intrinsically inclusive and universal. Ultimately, a great story can come from or captivate anyone, and it should not just be regarded as a means of self-expression but also as a way of levelling the playing field for all. Char Bailey - Char is a celebrity life coach, acclaimed writer and speaker. Black, lesbian and autistic woman, she is the co-host of the Qmmunity podcast and well-being ambassador for UK Black Pride See more: https://mailchi.mp/westminster.ac.uk/2019wincfestgallery https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/qmmunity/id1438250877 National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Visit www.studentpride.co.uk We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 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 and the Trades Union Congress. This exclusive talk will be released as a live episode of our #QueerAF podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 too. Something, by the end of this episode she resolves – for better or worse. Subscribe to #QueerAF now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. Producer Rosa Eaton Rosa Eaton is the Charles Parker Award winning Radio Producer, Theatre Maker and Artist. Eager to tell true stories, with a special in sex and death. (She/her) https://twitter.com/RosaEaton LGBTQ #QueerAF track of the week: Dan Bowskill’s Lick It Back is on YouTube. https://youtu.be/YavrQn7rUDM Find Dan on Twitter @morethanmusic1 National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Find out more about the festival, back on the 21st-23rd February, and visit www.studentpride.co.uk – where we have yet another amazing star-studded live podcast recording on the main stage. We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Young, vulnerable and new to a big city: I became the target of an online predator Five 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 might inspire others to be empowered by it. With thanks to Rory Boyle, Survivors UK, Stay Brave and David Stuart for support for this episode. Read Rory's opinion piece in the Metro now: https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/12/drugged-sexually-assaulted-online-hook-up-went-wrong-12213912/ Subscribe to #QueerAF now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. Support https://www.survivorsuk.org/ https://www.staybrave.org.uk/help Producer Rory Boyle: Rory Boyle is a radio presenter, podcaster and event producer. He currently makes the podcast Queer Ear, for Transmission Roundhouse, and works across a number of organisations focused on creating opportunities for young people in the performing arts. http://twitter.com/mrroryboyle LGBTQ #QueerAF track of the week: Should’ve Loved Me by Kush is on Spotify, find him on @Kushting on Twitter and Instagram. Links in the description. Have a #QueerAF week. twitter.com/kushting instagram.com/kushting https://open.spotify.com/track/1MnKSqqtSoTTcdACFmBn1M?si=6vXe-1r3Q-eAenrV4OWXfA National Student Pride 2020 This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Find out more about the festival, back on the 22nd-24th February, and visit www.studentpride.co.uk – where we have yet another amazing star-studded live podcast recording on the main stage. We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pansexual 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's themes: Find out more about the festival, back on the 22nd-24th February, and visit www.studentpride.co.uk – where we have yet another amazing star-studded live podcast recording on the main stage. We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To prepare for my mum's gay wedding, I talked to her about sexuality for the first time Journalist 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, that she is her ultimate queer icon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#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 much more. Back in your podcast feed, get us for free, every Monday from Jan 27. Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple and podcast apps everywhere. This season is inspired by National Student Pride's themes: Find out more about the festival, back on the 22nd-24th February, and visit www.studentpride.co.uk – where we have yet anohter amazing star studded live podcast recording on the main stage. We are #QueerAF. And so are you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Don'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 north of the UK, who’s career test says he’ll only amount to being a forklift truck driver – is such a refreshing story to watch, enjoy, and for queers everywhere – to see themselves in. And even better? It was inspired by a true story. We interview Dan Gillespie Sells, lead singer in the Feeling and writer of the show, and star Layton Williams who is playing Jamie in the UK's West End. With thanks to all to contributors this season. if you haven’t yet go back and listen to Martin Joseph, Jacob Edwards, Sebastian Hendra, Max Taylor, Cassie Galpin, Alice Taplin, and Patrick Reardon Morgan’s episodes. For today’s episode thanks to Dan Gillespie Sells, Layton Williams and the team at Everybody’s talking about Jamie – and if you’re desperate to see the story but geography is getting in the way. Dan told us the movie is very much, in production. Just like Season 4 of the show, so stay subscribed on your podcast feeds, and bring us back faster with ratings and reviews in Apple, Spotify, Google podcasts or what ever app you listen in. Share us on social media tag in @studentpride, the whole reason we make this show to keep the pride of conversation alive all year round. Today’s show was produced by @jamie_wareham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 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 making a podcast in their girlfriend’s absence. We're talking about the queer and straight world meeting head on. So on this week’s #QueerAF we ask: do we need straight allies to get the queer equality we both crave and demand? Plus we see what happens when hetero and homo crash together in a beautiful melee of rainbows, pints and douching. Big thanks to the podcast A Gay and a Non Gay for this week's show. Subscribe to them now: https://www.gaynongay.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pyotr 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 so-called ‘gay propaganda’ and continues to torture LGBT+ people in the region of Chechnya. So is now more important celebrate Russia’s rich queer history? Support the Gay Star News #ChechnyaInCrisis appeal here: https://www.gofundme.com/chechnya-crisis-appeal Listen to Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vaCn32O9E86DzxSAr2bh5?si=3ocQR1WBRSiSce2_xQN3Fg With thanks to reporter Patrick Reardon-Morgan (@preardonmorgan), the Philharmonia Orchestra in London (@Philharmonia) and executive production from host Jamie Wareham (@jamie_wareham). Check out our guest, Jon Jacob's podcast, Thoroughly Good: https://www.thoroughlygood.me/tag/thoroughly-good-podcast/ Subscribe to #QueerAF on Apple Podcasts, Download on Spotify and get us on your favourite podcast app – or listen on your desktop with Acast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did 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 game. So what does that mean for LGBT+ gay(mers)? We find out. With thanks to producer Alice Taplin (@alicetaplinish) and guest Chris Fox from Gaymers Inc for guiding us through this week's episode. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Download on Spotfiy and get us on your favourite podcast app – or listen on your desktop with Acast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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://www.met.police.uk/true-vision-report-hate-crime/ Do you have a story to tell? This podcast pays LGBT+ producers, students and graduates to tell their most #QueerAF story. Its a project by national student pride to keep our pride of conversation going all year round. Email jamie@studentpride.co.uk if you want to pitch an episode, or have a story to tell to our roll call of reporters. With thanks to Gay Star News for allowing us to run a clip from their mini YouTube documentary with Will and music comes from the Free Music Archive: Tours, Broke for Free and A. A. Aalto. Subscribe to the podcast and rate us on Apple Podcasts (it really does helps us put the podcast in more peoples ears) share the Spotify link with a friend or just tell them about why they should listen to the show their favourite podcast app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.