Being Lgbtq

Featuring.. Pritpal Bhullar - bisexual Sikh living in the U.K. who came out as bisexual after many years of being in an opposite sex marriage and fathering children. He's recently been talking about his experiences as part of the 'Rainbow Dads' Podcast and goes into schools to talk about sexuality and gender identity in the hopes of teaching acceptance of diersity to future generations. ​ AJ Thompson - nonbiary writer who is currently working on a new video game which includes a nonbinary protagonist. AJ is trying to crowd fund to get the project off the ground and believes better representation of nonbinary people is vital.

Episode 50 features an interview with Mariah Hanson the creator of 'The Dinah Shore Weekend', an annual festival held in Palm Springs. The event was started over 30 years ago and brings lesbians from around the world together for a long weekend of music and more. It's thought over 10,000 people from across the globe attend every year. More info - http://www.thedinah.com

Featuring an interview with Australian LGBTQ music artist Peter Wilson who talks about advances in rights in Australia and what it was like as a gay man in the music industry in the 90's. Also - Erin Cobby and Hannah Robathan from Shado Mag join Sam to chat about a recent exhibition they put on over a 2 week period in London to raise funds for a group which helps LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

A special episode about the UK's first and only openly gay male professional footballer Justin Fashanu as he is inducted into the National Football Museum's 'Hall of Fame'. Guests include Di Cunningham from 'Proud Canaries', Tim Desmond from the National Football Museum and Ian Pearson from 'United with Pride'.

An episode exploring some LGBT history - including Emma Coulter who recently Directed the play 'Bent', originally written by Martin Sherman in 1979, which explores the treatment of gay men during the holocaust. Australian composer Jye Bryant talks about his upcoming musical about gay Bushranger Andrew George Scott (Aka - Captain Moonlight) who died 140 years ago and had quite a fascinating life! Also - Sam reflects on recent discussion around social media abuse and statistics which show many LGBTQ people feel forced off platforms due to their sexuality or gender identity.

Being LGBTQ has finally arrived in 2020 and it's UK LGBT History Month. Amanita Nomi who is originally from Germany and is a councillor helping those who identify as transgender joins us to talk about trans rights and her transgender partner. Also - Anthony Paradiso from 'All Thingz AP' talks about being your authentic self and what employers can do to make the workplace more diverse and inclusive.

It’s Christmas 2019 on Being LGBTQ! Vinegar Strokes from Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK chats about her time on the show and life after Drag Race including performing in ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ in London. Our relationship and life advice guru the Gay Agony Uncle visits our Grotto to talk about Christmas excess, how much is too much and whether to avoid political discussions during festive family gatherings. Also – Sam weights in on the debate about whether Die Hard is really a Christmas movie!

Featuring Dr Jonathan Mathias Lassiter (PhD) talking about mental health in the black LGBTQ community and Pete Buttigieg's record on race, as well as if Pete's sexuality as an openly gay man in a same sex marriage could impact on his chances. Also - Sam reflects on the U.K. general election and what it could mean for the LGBTQ community.

In the final few days of the U.K. General Election campaign we speak to Lewis Addlington-Lee from LGBTQ+ Labour who has a message for LGBTQ voters on why he believes they should give their vote to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party. Also - Sam looks back on the last decade of LGBTQ activism.

Benali Hamdache Co-Chair of the LGBTIQA Greens talks about why he believes LGBTQ people should vote for The Green Party at the upcoming general election in the U.K. Adrianus Van Spreeuwel joins us to discuss the new LGBTQ gambling website ‘Bet 4 Pride’ which will donate part of its profits to LGBTQ charities. Adrianus also addresses concerns over gambling addiction. Also – Sam shares his general election predictions and announces the guests for our special Christmas 2019 episode!

This week Sam is joined by Ejel Khan who founded the Muslim LGBT+ network in the UK. Topics include - immigration in the UK, anti-immigrant sentiment since the vote to leave the EU, worries over the rise in hate crime, LGBTQ education protests, Muslim Pride and lots more! Visit the Muslim LGBT+ network online - https://muslimlgbtnetwork.wordpress.com/

On the run up to the UK General Election in December we are interviewing each of the main political parties on where they stand on LGBTQ rights. This week we speak to Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for women and equalities. David Ledain, author of the book 'Gay Dads' tells us about a new podcast series he's involved with called 'Rainbow Dads', which features stories of gay and bisexual men who have been married to women and then came out to live as their true selves. Also - Sam tells the story of the gay Penguin parents!

Josh Owens who is running to be the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana talks about being openly gay in politics and why he wants to be the first openly gay Governor of the state. LGBTQ music artist Sadeeq Ali talks about moving to LA and trying to make it as an openly gay black rapper in the industry and the challenges he's faced. Also - We play the brand new track from Sonia 'A Night That's Never Ending'.

Raymond Bryan from the 'Nature Network', an organisation in Kenya which supports LGBTQ people facing persecution, joins us to discuss the work he's been doing in the country to support the community. 'Onikage' from the Au-tish podcast which explores Autism and the LGBTQ community chats about recently coming out as Bisexual. John Sovec, a life coach and therapist from Los Angeles, California talks about his expertise supporting LGBTQ youth and their families during the coming out process on the 30th annual 'Coming Out Day'. Also - Sam shares details on a new LGBTQ breakfast cereal raising money for GLAAD!

Akiva Hersh talks about his new novel 'Boy In The Hole' which is the story of Jacob a young gay teen growing up in 1970's America who faces persecution and abuse for his sexuality. The novel has been released to coincide with the 30th Annual Coming Out Day on October 11th. John from Parralox an Australian band is our LGBTQ Music artist of the week. John talks about the bands 11 year history, and the incorporation of a Panda in their latest music video! Also - Sam reviews the Judy Garland biopic 'Judy'. Akiva Hersh online - https://akivahersh.com/ Parralox website - https://www.parralox.com/

This week we hear the story of Mujja, a gay man living in Sudan where being gay is illegal and punishable by death in some cases. Amir and Aamir a South Asian couple living in the U.K. talk about their podcast 'You Don't Love Me' and empowering LGBTQ youth to be who they are. Haywoode, who had hits in the 1980's, including a U.K. top 20 with 'Roses' is our artist of the week and chats about her career and the changes she has seen having performed in LGBTQ spaces for a number of decades. Also - Sam reviews Sunderland Pride 2019.

Manu Intiraymi who played Icheb on Star Trek Voyager talks about his time on the show and why it took so long for Star Trek to get meaningful LGBTQ representation due to how progressive the shows themes have been over the decades. Our LGBTQ Music Artist of the Week James Leon chats about his latest song 'I Thought You Were My Friend'. And - Sam reflects on former Welsh Rugby Captain Gareth Thomas who recently revealed he is HIV+ and wants to fight to end the stigma.

This week our LGBTQ music artist of the week is T Thomason from Nova Scotia in Canada who recently won an episode of reality TV show 'The Launch' with his track 'Hope'. Also - We chat to the founders of the first dating AND social media app Taimi, about the platform, why its different from similar apps and its enhanced safety features to protect users from abuse. Find out more about T: http://www.t-thomason.com/ Check out the Taimi app: https://taimi.com/

LGBTQ music artist 'Lostchild' talks about his music journey so far, his catchy new song 'Like, Like' and the deep meanings behind his music. Stephen Ireland from 'Pride In Surrey' discusses the first ever Surrey Pride event and the controversy surrounding the decision to allow arms company BAE Systems, which sells weapons to anti-gay countries be the main sponsor of the event. 'Lostchild - Like, Like' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDeuoo59bs&list=RDjYDeuoo59bs&start_radio=1 'Pride In Surrey' - http://prideinsurrey.org/

For this special episode Sam is joined by veteran LGBTQ human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who has been an activist since 1969. We discuss Peter's five decades of campaigning, global LGBTQ rights, whether Pride events have become too commercialised, the lack of openly gay footballers and much more! Donate to the Peter Tatchell Foundation: https://www.petertatchellfoundation.org/ Follow Peter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterTatchell