QueerAF | inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives Podcast
1) The transgender pilot who survived the Nazis and set racing records
Roberta 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+...Show More
2) The multimillionaire who shaped modern Trans+ healthcare
Reed 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 gen...Show More
3) The media and advertising industry's role in rising transphobia
This 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. Meanw...Show More
4) Rewind: I'm gay, and this is how I overcame my homophobia
First 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 c...Show More
5) How homos can reckon with the history we were never told
Back 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 annive...Show More
6) How 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 b...Show More
7) The 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 survi...Show More
8) The 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 f...Show More
9) How to tell better LGBTQIA+ stories
How 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 que...Show More
10) Back when boys, played girls, pretending to be boys
There 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 ...Show More