Rainbow Dads

Sarah and Nicholas reflect – What can Rainbow Dads and Rainbow Mums learn from each other?

Amy's Story – How to navigate your way to Polyamory paradise!

Sandy's story – What I learnt as a parent whether biological or not.

Anjum's story – How I reconciled sexuality and faith in a loving Muslim family.

Maggie's Story – How one's chosen family can heal a traumatic past.

Episode One – Emma's story – How I became an older Mum to a daughter with Downs Syndrome.

Dear Rainbow Dads and all our listeners, If you are able to donate £5 or more, we will send you an exclusive episode of Rainbow Dads - the Private Diary of Nicholas McInerny. The content is explicit and raw and honest. We know you will relate to this new material and hope you enjoy the intimacy of this very personal diary. Once you have donated, I will have your email contact and will be able to send you the diary. Cheers   Nicholas and Richard x

Dear Listeners, Please listen to this appeal and consider donating. Any donation, no matter how small, will help us make more episodes of Rainbow Dads, Mums, Kids..... The donation button is above the photo of this year's Rainbow Dads! Cheers Nicholas and Richardx

Rainbow Dads 2 will be launched on Friday 24th June. Here is a taste of what's to come!

Back in 2014 Nicholas McInerny was commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to write the first of four series of HOW TO HAVE A PERFECT MARRIAGE, an autobiographical drama about a married man who Comes Out.  Nicholas appeared on WOMAN’s HOUR and wrote an article for THE TIMES. He later adapted it for a pilot webisode, YOURDADSGAY ( https://vimeo.com/276309656. Password : YDG102)In 2019 Nicholas was approached by Richard Shannon, a playwright and Lecturer in Radio at Goldsmiths, to make a Podcast.  Over two weekends in April six strangers met, and this is the result. Six Podcasts that cover the different stages these men went on their incredible journeys. Ep1. The Early Years. Growing up gay or bi in a straight world.Ep2. Marriage Blues or not?  What was their experience.Ep3. Day Zero. Did Coming Out solve anything?Ep4. A Brave New World. Expectations v Reality.Ep5. Fit for Practice.? How to be lovable again.Ep6. What now?  Breaking through and the need to heal. Ep7 goes into more details of Nicholas’s journal used throughout the previous six episodes. Presenter – Nicholas McInernyProducer and Editor – Richard ShannonMusic by MinaSpecial thanks to Neil Bull, Senior Technician, Radio Section, Goldsmiths CollegeAll with extraordinary stories to tell – an arranged marriage, an evangelical background, a deep affinity with David Bowie! –  as they shared raw, honest, funny, bittersweet memories of family, of fatherhood – and of self-acceptance.‘Yesterday, whilst I was sleeping, my wife leant over and whispered in my ear, ‘Wake up happy…..’These Six Podcasts cover different stages in this journey as the Dads talk with extraordinary bravery and insight and share moments of laughter and tears.The final – Seventh - episode focuses on the journal Nicholas kept from 2007 when he first confronted the realisation he was Gay.Richard and Nicholas believe there are other subjects to cover in RAINBOW DADS, and would welcome suggestions for further Podcasts.And we really hope – wherever and whoever you are – these stories touch you too.FOR MORE INFORMATION – Press OnlyContact Nicholas McInerny on 07770943556nicholas.mcinerny@gmail.com  RAINBOW DADS – Stories from Gay & Bi Dads