Abi Jackson rounds up a few of our favorite podcasts, exploring LGBT+ life, previous and current.
Whether or not you wish to chuckle, discover pockets of calm, geek out on a subject and even drift off to sleep – podcasts present an entire world of pleasure to discover.
To mark February’s LGBT+ Historical past Month, listed below are a few of our high podcasts picks…
1. Black And Homosexual, Again In The Day
After noticing Britain’s black queer historical past was usually laborious to seek out, activist Marc Thompson and author Jason Okundaye determined to create a digital neighborhood and photograph archive of black LGBTQ+ folks by way of the a long time, so their tales may very well be shared and honoured.
The Black And Homosexual, Again In The Day podcast brings these tales to life in audio, with author/producer Abi McIntosh becoming a member of the staff, and every episode exploring a photograph from the gathering – together with interviews with their topics.
2. We Can Be Heroes with Glyn Fussell
Glyn Fussell – founding father of the long-lasting Sink The Pink LGBTQ+ membership nights and collective – launched We Can Be Heroes in 2021, with the goal of celebrating the ‘misfits’ who went on to interrupt boundaries and make their mark.
Sequence one company included singers Beverley Knight and Pores and skin, drag star Bimini Bon Boulash and Assist Refugees charity co-founder Josie Naughton – and every episode sees Fussell and his interviewees take a deep-dive into their journeys, and the hurdles and highs alongside the best way.
3. Historical past Is Homosexual
The creation of ‘two queer nerds’, historical past buffs Leigh Pfeffer and Gretchen Jones, this American podcast collection delves into historic occasions and figures and retells their tales – however this time together with all of the LGBTQ+ particulars which have so usually been missed, ignored or side-lined.
Every month-to-month episode is a hearty long-listen, as a result of – because the podcast’s tagline says – ‘historical past has by no means been as straight as you assume’.
4. Simply Like Us – The Podcast About Rising Up LGBT+
Younger folks’s LGBT+ charity Simply Like Us works with faculties and younger folks throughout the UK to assist make rising up LGBT+ safer, simpler and happier for all.
Extra not too long ago, their accompanying podcast sees charity hosts chat with high-profile members of the neighborhood about their experiences rising up – reflecting on harder moments, issues that helped and what they’d inform their youthful selves now. Friends have included Black Delight co-founder Girl Phyll and TikTok stars Caitlin and Leah.
5. Outcast UK
When Capital Liverpool radio host Graeme Smith launched Outcast UK, it turned an prompt hit on social media, occurring to scoop Finest New Podcast on the 2022 British Podcast Awards.
Smith’s goal was to have open and uncensored conversations with ‘elements of the neighborhood that don’t all the time get a voice’, tackling subjects mainstream media usually skips or skims over, and giving them house to breathe – with humour, honesty and a ton of sensitivity.
6. Precisely With Florence Given
Given gained an enormous following as an illustrator and artist on Instagram, earlier than changing into a bestselling writer together with her modern-day feminist manifesto Girls Don’t Owe You Fairly and 2022 novel Girlcrush.
Her podcast, Precisely, was created as an area to have “extra nuanced” conversations than those she was seeing and experiencing on social media – with Given and her company delving into every thing from sexual harassment and physique picture, to relationship and navigating life as a bisexual lady, with listeners submitting questions too.
