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Five years later and we're still standing on business. We're celebrating with Queer Urban Dictionary lessons (Gender Cues + Ponk), in Category is we discuss then vs. now moments, the moments that made us and discussing our queer hair experiences in Hair-apy. Of course, we share your messy Am I A Bad Queer? dilemmas, and take a stroll down Bad Queer Opinions memory lane. Cheers to 5 years of Bad Queers!Shoutouts: Kris: UK Black Pride - celebrating their 20th year in August. Founded by Lady Phyll, UK Black Pride is the world's largest celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern-descent. Follow on IG @ukblackprideShana: @Slipp3rywhenwet for introducing me to Salsa Soul Sisters which is the oldest Black lesbian organization in the US. Existing from 1974-1993, in the aftermath of Stonewall to particularly focus on issues of racism impacting lesbians of color. Read more about the Salsa Soul Sisters @Slipp3rywhenwetEpisode Notes: 2:23 - Queer Urban Dictionary4:09 - Category is: Then vs. Now Topics 18:38 - Category is: The Moments that Made us 24:57 - Category is: Hair-apy41:24 - Am I a Bad Queer?55:50 - Bad Queer Opinions1:02:09 - ShoutoutsShare your Am I A Bad Queer? hereSupport the showWe are on Patreon!! patreon.com/BadQueersPodcast Subscribe to our Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@BadQueersPodcastSend your Am I A Bad Queer questions to us on our website at https://badqueers.com/ or at badqueers@badqueers.com Follow us @badqueerspod on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Tik TokOpening song by Siena Liggins: @sienaligginsLike us? Love us? Leave a review The opinions expressed during this podcast are conversational in nature and expressed only for comedic purposes. Not all of the facts will be correct but we attempt to be as accurate as possible. BQ Media LLC, the hosts, nor any guest host(s) hold no liability over the conversations on this podcast and by using this podcast you understand that it is solely for entertainment purposes. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, parody, scholarship and research.

UK Black Pride took place on Sunday 11th August 2024, just a week after racist violence erupted on the UK's streets. Far right rioting, violent public racist attacks and inflammatory rhetoric have left some people of colour fearful or in their own homes. The UK's black and brown population have barely begun to process what has gone on. UK Black Pride this year was taking place in the middle of a global war on woke by the far right around the world. We begin to start the conversations about how safe we feel after these events and why UK Black Pride was such an important statement. Graeme Smith talk's the morning after the event to Asad Zafar a non binary queer activist, muslim and sexual health testing outreach worker in London. Graeme also talks to comedian and writer Holly Stars who is live from the Edinburgh fringe with news of their new drag comedy show "JUSTICE FOR HOLLY". and Kev McGrath is on hand with a check on the week's biggest LGBTQ news stories from around the world. THIS IS OUTCAST UK

Meg Talks with the heartbeat of Black British Queer culture, Lady Phyll Opoku - Gyimah. The founder of the worlds biggest Black Pride event blessed us with wisdom, stories and inspiration. Many of us know Phyll for her leadership, advocacy and the curation of UK Black Pride. I kick off the episode unpacking the backstory of this icon, then in typical fashion tap into some interesting topics. This Weeks Topics: - UK Black Pride in The Making & Now - Coming Out & Putting it All On The Line - Parenthood & Queerness - Success, Focus & Building a World Renowned Brand/Event - Travel Stories: I nearly Came & Dies Skiing - When Phyll Met Spice the Dancehall Artist - Finding Love & Romance

We have company! We're diving into the world of travel with Neicy and Noiry of Queer Queens Travel (QQT).  The Toronto natives share how they met, the QQT origin story, the current state of Black queer travel, and travel advice for introverts and planning friend trips. Shoutouts:Shana: Queer Aunties- an online platform and creative agency exclusively celebrating Black and Brown Queer culture and community. Follow on IG @queerauntieslaKris: Devon Blow - multi-talented queer illustrator, designer, and writer. Follow on IG @devthepineappleNeicy: Lady Phyll - activist, writer, and community organizer internationally known for her work for racial, gender and LGBT+ equality. Lady Phyll is the co-founder and Chief Executive of UK Black Pride and executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust. Follow on IG @ladyphyll  Noiry: Enchanté Network - a national network connecting and supporting over 200 pride centres and 2SLGBTQI+ service providers across Canada. Follow on IG: @enchantenetworkSupport Queer Queens TravelIG: @queerqueenstravelWebsite: https://www.queerqueenstravel.com/Episode Notes[00:19] - Queer Urban Dictionary[02:21] -  Intro to Neicy and Noiry of Queer Queens Travel[05:53] - How Neicy and Noiry met, Black in Asia experiences, and first trip together[14:04] - Earliest travel memories[17:25] - Motivation behind starting Queer Queens Travel[24:35] - Managing multiple personalities in large travel groups[33:13] - Vetting process for safe queer travel[35:22] - Advice to introverts for group travel[41:22] - Tips for planning trips with friends[53:07] - Bad Queer Opinions [1:18:19] - Shoutouts Affiliates we actually love Support Lucky Skivvies and our pod by using coupon code badqueers10 for 10% off your next purchase. Treat your butt today.Shop NowEmail us for advice at badqueerspodcast@gmail.com or DM on InstagramFollow us @badqueerspod on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Tik TokLove our soundtrack? Check out Siena Liggins: @sienaligginsLike us? Love us? Leave a review The opinions expressed during this podcast are conversational in nature and expressed only for comedic purposes. Not all of the facts will be correct but we attempt to be as accurate as possible. BQ Media LLC, the hosts, nor any guest host(s) hold no liability over the conversations on this podcast and by using this podcast you understand that it is solely for entertainment purposes. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purpo...

Nanoah stelt N voor als hun partner bij diens Nigeriaanse familie. De reacties zijn verbazingwekkend. Nanoah en N gaan naar Kollum (Friesland) Pride en UK Black Pride in Londen. Nanoah reflecteert op diens innerlijke en fysieke reis van de afgelopen maanden en komt tot een paar conclusies. Hen voert een openhartig eindgesprek met diens vader. 

Lauren Layfield introduces Swipe Your Sign on the podcast recommendation podcast - Your Next Podcast. The Queer Community swear by astrology, so to celebrate UK Black Pride, 1Xtra presents Swipe Your Sign, the dating series that sees Nathan Henry (Geordie Shore) and Ro Frimpong (Two Two's podcast) put their dating careers into the hands of astrology. Over the course of the series, they'll each be dating each and every star sign, all under the guidance of astrology expert, Celestial Tree. Will the stars align with their perfect astrological pairing, or will they find a burning connection with an unlikely match?You can Follow Swipe Your Sign on and listen to all of the episodes on BBC Sounds, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. Whilst you're doing that, remember to follow us, Your Next Podcast and you can check out more podcast recommendations at https://podcastrex.com!

One of the two men, stabbed outside a club in London, in a homophobic attack - says he couldn't be prouder, to be gay. This comes as LGBTQ+ hate crimes are up massively in the UK in recent years. AND Graeme Smith caught up with LA based queer rapper Bobo Sango ahead of leaving for UK Black Pride this weekend. The "Thirst Trap" and "Stinky face" rapper talks about his majorly homoerotic videos for his music. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastuk/message

This weekend is UK Black Pride and this episode is celebrating the voices and perspectives of Queer people of colour from the OUTCAST UK archives. Graeme chats to DJ, music producer and radio presenter NICK CHARLES, LA based Queer rapper BOBO SANGO and DEI speaker in the tech startup world, STEVEN JOHN (who also happens to be Graeme's long term partner). There is no singular voice to represent queer people of colour, its obviously an incredible broad community of people. But we wanted to bring some of the voices of some of queer black friends and family to takeover OUTCAST UK for this special episode. Nick Charles is now making some big moves with his Doing career, and this weekend he's busy gigging in Manchester before heading to London to headline at Fire at the peak of UK Black Pride weekend. He's also got his weekly national radio show on Gaydio and he is the cohost of the Loud Brown Gays podcast with his bestie Dan James. But Nick was born in Trinidad and had to leave there after a wave of anti LGBTQ violence over a decade ago. Now living in Manchester he told us the story of why he had to move to the UK. We heard a never before heard perspective of coming to the UK to escape persecution but being sent to a detention centre. Bobo Sango talks about the differences in his experiences in the UK vs the US. Steven John talks about Steven about how the brutal murder of George Floyd in the depths of Covid in 2020 brought the reality of structural racism right into the homes of many mixed relationships for the first time. THIS IS OUTCAST UK tickets to our London Podcast Festival Live show are on PLAYOUTCASTUK.COM --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastuk/message

Bobo Sango is a queer rapper from Los Angeles and has been nicknamed the first male Niki Minaj. Bobo is an openly gay rapper with a genuine love for Hip-Hop. Capable of crossing into pop, Afro-beats and techno. He is a breath of fresh air to the genre. His first big performance was at LA Black Gay Pride in 2019 following the success of his first mixtape Assimilation Vol 1. With some highly sexual and homoerotic themes in his music videos they have reached hundreds of thousands of streams. Graeme Smith speaks to him about his music, being a queer rapper and the difference between US and US racism in his experience just as he is leaving for the airport to fly to London for UK Black Pride. He performs in South London on Thursday 17th August - check out his instagram for more info @bobbysango. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastuk/message

In this episode, Rav and Simon talk about thrill seeking, being adventurous, UK Black Pride 2023, Chessington World of Adventures, and much more. WARNING - This episode contains strong language Submit your questions to DoYouShower@gmail.com #ShowerPod Follow us: www.instagram.com/ShowerPod Music by Skilsel from Pixabay Produced by Bee & Ant Productions

We're talking London Fetish Week with Topher and he's helping out answer a DM from someone who's just moved to the capital. Newsman Kev is away so Graeme does what can only be described as news cosplay and jumps in for the queen of the queer news update. Also In this weeks update: - More on the fallout from the ruling by America's Supreme Court meaning businesses can now legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people. We find some surveys that show a glimmer of hope. - UK Black Pride announces its theme for 2023. Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events. Former BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outcastuk/message

Moud Goba currently works as a National Manager for Micro Rainbow, the leading organisations in the UK supporting LGBTQI migrants. She leads the organisation programmes at national level: their safe housing work which provides 30,000 bed-nights a year to homeless LGBTQI asylum seekers and their social inclusion and employability schemes. More recently Moud has managed the integration process of LGBTQI people who arrived in the UK from Afghanistan. Moud is one of the founding members of UK Black Pride and she is the current Chair of their Board of Trustees. Moud was recently named as one of the BBC 100 women for 2022 and was the recipient of an Attitude Pride Award,  Kaleidoscope lifetime achievement award and most recently a Diva Magazine inspirational role model award. Her pronouns are she/her. Moud's word of the day is REFUGEE. TW: This episode contains themes that some listeners might find upsetting CONNECT WITH MICRO RAINBOW T: @MicroRainbow I: @microrainbow CONNECT WITH MOUD: T: @MsMGoba #AnthemsPride 2023 is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was Executive Produced and sound designed by Bea Duncan, with producer Talia Augustidis. The production assistants were Lucy Carr and Cassandre Greenberg. The artwork is by Mars West and Eleanore Bamber. RESOURCES: Samaritans Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair. Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline) Website: www.samaritans.org.uk Galop Hate crime, domestic abuse and sexual violence support service for LGBT+ people Helpline: 0800 999 5428 (Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm / Wednesday & Thursday, 10am-8pm) Website: http://www.galop.org.uk Micro Rainbow Safe and temporary housing for LGBTQI asylum seekers and refugees in the UK General helpline: 0800 3585851 (Monday-Friday, 2-5pm for first time callers, for others 10am-4pm) Website: https://microrainbow.org/contact-us/ Refugee Council Refugee advice and support Infoline: 08081967272 (Monday-Thursday, 9:30-12:30) Website: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/ List of support services that can be filtered by region and type of service: https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/get-support/services/ Refugee Action Support service Website: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/ List of other refugee help, support and advice services: https://www.refugee-action.org.uk/help-support-advice-services/ Migrant Help Advice and guidance for asylum claims Free asylum helpline: 0808 8010503 (24/7) Website: https://www.migranthelpuk.org/Pages/Category/asylum Red Cross List of local refugee support services across the UK: https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/get-help-as-a-refugee/contact-your-local-refugee-service Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Josh Rivers is the creator and host of Busy Being Black, the award-winning podcast centring the lives and experiences of queer Black people. He goes on a trip down memory lane with Glyn, to the early Sink The Pink club days and recalls how he grew to bring a sense of enchantment into his life. Josh works closely with UK Black Pride and attributes his successes to choosing to follow his own joy and listen to words of affirmation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In May 2023, Pluto published Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History, by Dan Glass. The book is a groundbreaking guide that takes you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's 'queerstory'. Accompanied by a chorus of voices of both iconic and unsung legends of the movement, readers can dip into beautifully illustrated maps and extraordinary tales of LGBTQIA+ solidarity, protest and pride, where the shadows of gentrification, policing, homophobia and racism are time and again resisted. We are joined on the show by Queer Footprints author, Dan Glass, and Josh Rivers. Josh is the creator and host of the award-winning Busy Being Black podcast, and Head of Cultural Partnerships at UK Black Pride - the world's largest pride celebration for LGBTQIA+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern heritage. Dan and Josh discuss the connections and solidarity that has existed over the years between queer, feminist, anti-racist and labour movements; equivocations around celebrating the anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality; and how we metabolise grief - with particular reference to the AIDS crisis. They also talk about the exciting work being done by UK Black Pride, the process of researching, writing and editing Queer Footprints, and much more. Queer Footprints is 40% off for podcast listeners. Go to plutobooks.com/podcastreading for more information.

Moud Goba is the National Manager of Micro Rainbow, a UK charity that supports LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers, and a former refugee herself, from Zimbabwe.We discuss some of Moud's favourite songs from her home country.You can follow Micro Rainbow on Instagram here. You can purchase something from Micro Rainbow's Amazon wishlist for LGBTQ+ refugees right here.Tracks of Our Queers is produced, presented and edited by Andy Gott, with the support of Forbes Street Studios, Sydney. A big thank you to Anthony Garvin.You can listen to our Spotify playlist, Selections from Tracks of Our Queers, and find Aural Fixation in your favourite podcast provider. Support the showHelp keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.

Five women. Five inspirational stories. Earlier this year, Woman's Hour spoke to women from all different backgrounds and professions about the moment they found their voice. When was the moment they realised they had to speak up? And how did it change them? For International Women's Day, Anita Rani brings you all of the interviews from the ‘Finding My Voice' series, in a one-off special episode of the Woman's Hour podcast. Elika Ashoori was an actor and baker who rarely kept up with politics. That is, until 2017 when her father, Anoosheh, was detained by the Iranian authorities while visiting his mother. Over the next five years, she and her family fought for his release and she was forced to go through what she calls a ‘crash course' in human rights campaigning. Her father was flown back the UK on the same plane as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in March 2022. Since then, Elika has dedicated herself to campaigning for the rights of women and girls in Iran, including cutting off her hair on ITV's Lorraine. Milly Johnson had always known she wanted to write novels but says, ‘I didn't think that ordinary girls like me got those sorts of jobs.' She was a 40-year-old single mum when she got her first publishing deal and now, 21 novels later, she's a Sunday Times best-selling author and her books have sold over 3 million copies. She describes how she found her voice the moment she started putting the everyday experiences of Yorkshire women into her writing. Moud Goba fled her home country of Zimbabwe at the age of 20 due to harassment she faced over her sexuality. She is now the Chair of the Board of Trustees for UK Black Pride and has spent over a decade helping other LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into their new communities. She explains how she found her voice as an activist once she was finally able to express her sexuality freely. Shekeila Scarlett was excluded from school when she was 12 years old. Although she was reinstated at the school just 2 months later, the experience made her realised how distant young pupils were from the governors who made decisions about their school. At 26, she's now the Chair of Governors at Stoke Newington School in Hackney, making her one of the youngest chairs of a school governing board in the UK. In 2020, Liz Roberts chose to report the sexual assault she suffered at the hands of her brother 50 years previously, when she was just eight years old. During the legal proceedings, she chose to waive her right to anonymity – a right which is automatically granted to victims of sexual offences in the UK. She explains the choice to use her name and why, since her brother's sentencing, she's continued to speak publicly about her story. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Hatty Nash

Meg Talks with podcaster and host of Busy Being Black Josh Rivers. This week I present some serious chilled vibes, unpacking the backstory behind the gentle yet outlandish personality Josh. From reality TV contestant, Gay Times Editor, Podcaster and Leader at UK Black Pride, Josh unveils his journey into reconstructing his identity after getting obsorbed into the dominant mainstream LGBT+ culture as we know it; check shirts, nipple rings, pop music and party drugs. We discuss what enjoyment and pleasure looks outside of getting lit and look at the inner personal changes we have observed whilst living the sober dream.

Happy New Year! Join us as we set off the year by taking the time to appreciate all we accomplished in 2022. From talks with Adidas and campaign's with Ellesse, to live shows and hosting UK Black Pride, it was a very exciting year for us. Last year also came with its trials and tribulations, with times we weren't sure if we wanted to continue with Two Twos. In this episode we get into how we over came those moments, how we want to grow in this coming year and what we are overall looking forward to in 2023. We also talk jealousy in friendships, staying celibate, the lads holiday and much more... This year we want to see our hashtag popping, so make sure you hit us up by using #TwoTwosPodcast across socials + go check out our TikTok! Our London Podcast Studio discount code is still live! So if you're looking for studio time, head over to their website and use the code: 22POD

The author and environmental activist Vandana Shiva has released a new book, Terra Viva to coincide with her 70th birthday. She joins Anita Rani to discuss her life campaigning for climate justice and equality. Eleanor Williams, a 22 year old woman from Barrow-in-Furness, who claimed she had been trafficked by an Asian grooming gang has been convicted of perverting the course of justice. Her false Facebook post about being trafficked and beaten was shared more than 100,000 times and led to protests in the local area. The North of England Editor for the Guardian Helen Pidd has been following the story and has interviewed some of her victims, Helen joins Anita to discuss the case. New year, new job? Today we discuss the art of quitting well. Anita is joined by Mandy Dennison Director of Engagement from the International Federation of Coaching UK, and Karen Danker from Women Returners, which helps women returning to the work place after an extended break. In our series Finding My Voice we're talking to women about the moment they realised they had something to say or stand up for. Moud Goba fled her home country of Zimbabwe at the age of 20 due to harassment she faced over her sexuality. She is now the Chair of the Board of Trustees for UK Black Pride and has spent over a decade helping other LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into their new communities. She joins Anita Rani to discuss how she found her voice as an activist once she was finally able to express her sexuality freely. We hear the Woman's Hour archive from 2015 following the death of novelist Fay Weldon. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Emma Pearce Photo credit: Kartikey Shiva

Meg Talks with good friend BAFTA award winner Aiwan Obinyan @aiwanobinyan Peeps, we have a well seasoned podcast player on the couch this week. Go check out Ai Ai Studio @aiai.studios. Through film, music,  theatre and sound engineering Aiwan has built up a solid  respectable wrap sheet  as a creative. Having worked with Vice, Gay Times, UK Black Pride, Gal Dem, BBC and Amazon Prime. It is always a conversational turn up when podcasters link up. I promise you peeps, your going to love this one: - Faith, Queerness & Podcasting - Cancel Culture vs Free Speech - Building a media production company - Podcasting at UK Black Pride IG @megtalksonline

Welcome to Over the Rainbow, the podcast: a safe space and voice for all queer identities. Episode 53: Black Queer Spaces and BlaqUK with Mwanso (she/her) In this episode, we talk about black queer spaces and the importance of having those spaces for black queer folk. Mwanso shares why she founded BlaqUK and the amazing work they are doing to support black queer youth. More information on BlaqUK: · Instagram/Twitter: @BlaqUK https://www.instagram.com/blaquk/?hl=en · https://blaq-uk.business.site/?m=true Resources mentioned in today's episode: · The Black Trans Foundation: https://www.instagram.com/blacktransfoundation/?hl=en · UK Black Pride: https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk · Exist Loudly: https://www.instagram.com/existloudly/?hl=en · Tanya Compass: https://www.instagram.com/tanyacompas/?hl=en · Gendered Intelligence: https://genderedintelligence.co.uk · T Time podcast · The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon More information on this podcast: · Instagram: @_overtherainbowpodcast o https://www.instagram.com/_overtherainbowpodcast/ · Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/overtherainbowpodcast13 · Twitter: @overrainbowpod o https://twitter.com/overrainbowpod · Reading the Rainbow book club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/readingtherainbow Music: Find Your Way Beat by Nana Kwabena

This week we get in to all things UK Black Pride...There's been some mixed feelings across socials regarding this years event and we wanted to digest our thoughts and feelings on the evolution of the celebration... We also spoke about white gay men, Ro's recent dating ventures, the need for permanent black queer spaces and much much more, so lets get into this... As always a big thanks to London Podcast Studio for providing us with their amazing space and a huge thank you to everyone that came through to our Queer Mingle... Finally don't forget to use the #TwoTwosPodcast on socials and be sure to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Music!

The powerhouse that is Shivani Dave joins us on Queer Talk to discuss our latest good news round-up. Shivani wears many, many hats including being a presenter on Virgin Radio, a content creator and reporter for Openly News, and of course a podcast producer for The Log Books!Article 1: Trans woman tells strangers 'hug me or throw water on me' – the response is amazingArticle 2: UK Black Pride Breaks Attendance RecordsFollow Queer Talk on Instagram and Twitter. Let us know your thoughts on the episode on socials, we love to hear from listeners!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/queer-talk-podcast. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE ANSWERS YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ARE HERE! We get straight into our name change, the hows, the whys and the whens. There was a lot of recapping to do starting with UK Black Pride, from the excitement leading up to it, the experience on the day, and the afterparties we were too tired to attend! OG & Dee fill us in on the Stud Life screening they hosted, which proved we defo need more masc centred spaces! #TLLP Don't forget to rate/review via your streaming service!! Follow us on Twitter @LocalLesbeans and get involved in the conversation using the hashtags #TLLP #ONBRAND

On Sunday UK Black Pride smashed records with 25,000 people attending in London. If you missed it, we are bringing the UK Black Pride celebrations directly to your ears, as journalist, broadcaster and all-round ray of sunshine Otamere Guobadia shares their diary of UK Black Pride with us. Expect pure joy, power, protest, activism and of course loads of Beyonce.

Dan is a little under the weather this week, so we've called on the next best thing since your mother's last husband! The one & only Seb joins Nick. Spilling the tea from UK Black Pride, being black & proud, fake-younce and overpriced drinks

This is episode 100 of Busy Being Black. To honour this milestone, my friend DYLEMA takes my seat to interview me. Busy Being Black emerged four years ago at a time of great personal distress – and transformation. I am unendingly grateful that you all keep showing up, tuning in and talking back. Busy Being Black returns on Saturday, 1 October, for what I'm calling Busy Being Black version four.  About DYLEMA DYLEMA is an acronym: Do You and Let Every Man Adapt. She is an artist, musician and spoken word poet, whose life and spiritual guidance continue to enrich and inspire my own. You may remember her voice from our soaring conversation in 2019, "When I Named Myself, I Became a Poet", which I encourage you all to revisit.  The voice notes included in this episode are (in order of inclusion): Max and Freya Powers, Lerone Clarke-Oliver, Adrian Jönsson-Iseni and Pádraig Ó Tuama. The poem included in this episode, "The Dancing Boy", was written and performed by Josh Rivers, includes vocals by Lazarus Lynch and was scored by Joshua Pleeter. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire, for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm in conversation with Rico Norwood, who opens our conversation with a beautiful and important introduction to Isaac Julien's seminal film Looking for Langston. As well as doing more justice to Looking for Langston's importance than I could, we open with this introduction because Rico flags an important word “quare”, which – as some of you already know – I have tattooed right across my throat. “Quare” was put forward by E. Patrick Johnson, the fairy godfather of Black queer studies, in his 2001 essay, “Quare studies, or (almost) everything I know about queer studies I learned from my grandmother”. Part of what animates Johnson's theoretical intervention is an understanding that Black queer people and the non-queer people who birth, nurture and raise us, often have much more to offer the world than we're given credit for.  It is a “quareness” that energises my own cultural and intellectual inquiry and which brings me and Rico together, both as friends and conversation partners. Today we explore Looking for Langston's ongoing importance, the role cultural institutions like the BFI play in either gatekeeping or providing access to our quare cultural canons and how politics of respectability and representation continue to hinder our collective cultural memory. And together we attempt to answer an enduring question, one addressed often on Busy Being Black, how do we ensure that work that could be so important to our liberation isn't so continually withheld from us?  About Rico Norwood Rico Norwood (they/them) is an American Film and Video Game researcher out of the University of Southampton, who currently resides in London and Berlin. They hail from Houston, Texas but received their undergraduate degree in Mass Communications from Xavier University of New Orleans and their M.A. in Media Studies at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus. Their primary academic concerns are Black Queer Art and historical narratives through films, as well as Video Game studies with regards to race, gender, sexuality, and their development. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meg Talks with entrepreneur, public figure and social media extrondianaire Aisha Shaibu. It was a total blessing to have my sister Aisha on the show, she is a social pillar for progress within the UK LGBT+ community. Sis brought the knowledge and vibes, sharing her experiences within business ownership, event organising and Head of Communities at UK BLK. Peeeeps we set it off in the studio @ theglasshouse. Giving you a insight into the highly successful world of BLACK queer creatives, travel and euntrprenerisip. It's only right that I share where you can find Aisha on socials - Check out the tags

Char Bailey is the founder of a Life Coaching business, is the Creative Director for Know Hope and an Education and Inclusion Officer for UK Black Pride. She sits on the advisory board for We Create Space and Neurodiversity in Business.  Her word of the day is POWER CONNECT WITH CHAR: T: @char_bailey_ #AnthemsPride is a collection of 30 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional LGBTQIA+ contributors and allies. It was created, sound designed and executive produced by Hana Walker-Brown with lead producer Bea Duncan, producer Francesca Turauskis and production manager Rory Boyle. The artwork is by Mars West and Eleanore Bamber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are talking about UK intersectional activist and advocate Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, AKA Lady Phylll, founder of UK Black Pride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Truly hope you enjoy and are inspired by this week's episode with Aisha. In this chapter Aisha talks about what it has meant to her to be Nigerian and Ghanainan, Christian and Muslim, and a queer Black woman. She talks about being sent from London to Nigeria at a young age, and when she returned,… Continue reading Chapter 116-Aisha of Moonlight Experiences, The Queer Nomads, + UK Black Pride The post Chapter 116-Aisha of Moonlight Experiences, The Queer Nomads, + UK Black Pride appeared first on Black Women Travel Podcast.

My admiration of Travis Alabanza runs deep. They were one of the first people to say yes to me and Busy Being Black at a time of tremendous uncertainty for me, and our 2018 conversation remains a firm favourite with listeners. The wisdom and insights Travis shared on art, gender, race and self-awareness are as relevant and salient today as then. I find them refreshing, not least for the ways they engage with the spectacle of curiosity that confronts them and trans folks daily. Travis reproaches with sass, or critique or silence: a questioning back that asks, ultimately, whether the rest of us know the role we play in the ongoing hostilities facing trans people. But Travis' work is not only, always or forever work about their experience as a trans person in a transphobic world, nor do they create to explain; which is perhaps most beautifully expressed in a statement made to Travis by writer and friend Kuchenga: "This is for us, baby, not for them." At the heart of Travis' new book, None of the Above, is a call to keep questioning who we are when no one is watching.  None of the Above is available to pre-order from Gays the Word, the UK's oldest LGBTQ bookshop. This conversation was recorded live at Shoreditch House in East London in May 2022, in front of an audience of friends, family and Busy Being Black listeners. A special thank you to Khaleel Johnson at Soho House, and to Matt Noades and his team at Anvil Audio. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time Debbie recalls a novel in-flight viewing experience. We hear from Heartsopper's Kit Connor about sexuality and popularity; we have UK Black Pride news; plus we meet the gay Aristo bringing LGTBQ+ history to life via social media. Remember you can catch up with the latest via @ThisisNDebz on Twitter. If you'd like to get in touch with the show you can email us via thisisNDebz@gmail.com or message us via www.facebook.com/NDebzOfficial

This time Debbie recalls a novel in-flight viewing experience. We hear from Heartsopper's Kit Connor about sexuality and popularity; we have UK Black Pride news; plus we meet the gay Aristo bringing LGTBQ+ history to life via social media. Remember you can catch up with the latest via @ThisisNDebz on Twitter. If you'd like to get in touch with the show you can email us via thisisNDebz@gmail.com or message us via www.facebook.com/NDebzOfficial

2015 and 2016 were big years for me: in April 2015, I was shocked into my political awakening by the Baltimore riots, which erupted after the funeral of Freddie Gray. The rage and grief expressed through the riots inspired me to action: how might I be part of a solution? And a year later, in 2016, I stumbled on No Tea, No Shade, an anthology of nineteen essays from scholars, activists, and community leaders doing work on black gender and sexuality. No Tea, No Shade helped focus the fire stoked by the riots towards something generative, rigorous and tender. Busy Being Black is a product of these two events — and a life of searching and questioning before, during and since. So, you can imagine how honoured I am to be in conversation with Dr Jafari S. Allen, whose essay "Black/Queer Rhizomatics" opens No Tea, No Shade and was the first piece of Black queer theory I ever read. We discuss his latest book, There's a Disco Ball Between Us, a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls “Black gay habits of mind.” We explore the impact of the church and Black folk on his lyric use of language, tussling with the wisdom offered by our ancestors and forebears, his beautiful friendship with freedom fighter Sister Nehanda and how inhabiting or embodying a Black fullness can make space for all the ways we've decided to, or need to, show up in the world – for protection, survival and thriving. About Jafari S. Allen Jafari S. Allen is the Director of Africana Studies, Inaugural Co-Director of the Centre for Global Black Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology at University of Miami. Dr. Allen's scholarship and teaching has opened new lines of inquiry and offered re-invigorated methods of Black feminist narrative theorising in anthropology, Black studies and queer studies. His latest book, There's a Disco Ball Between Us, was released on 1 March by Duke University Press. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I've long admired the work of Da'Shaun L. Harrison. Like many of those I've come to encounter and adore over the past few years, Da'Shaun's work came across my timeline on social media and their incisive and invigorating intellectual offerings have had me hooked since. Da'Shaun is a Black, fat, queer and trans theorist and abolitionist, and in their debut book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-fatness as Anti-Blackness, they argue that to live in a body that is both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that limits us in ways we may have never considered. In our conversation today, Da'Shaun expands on the connection between anti-fatness and anti-Blackness, explains how diet culture persists as a tool of social control and offers up ways of thinking about how the policing each of us might do of our own bodies invariably impacts how we interact with – and even judge – those around us. Like all of the best intellectual work, Da'Shaun's intervention is grounded in a political awakening that took place at the community-level, where they say they felt safe and brave enough to explore who they wanted to be in the world; and so we also discuss how community-building has shown them what the future – or, a beyond as they call it – could look like, and they make a compelling case for the power of our imaginations to help us think beyond what we know. About Da'Shaun L. Harrison Da'Shaun L. Harrison is a Black, fat, queer and trans theorist and abolitionist in Atlanta. Harrison is the author of Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness, and a public speaker who often gives talks and leads workshops on Blackness, queerness, gender, fatness, disabilities and their intersections. Da'Shaun currently serves as the Editor-at-Large for Scalawag Magazine and is the co-host of the podcast Unsolicited: Fatties Talk Back. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the face of the ongoing and various violences experienced by Black women in the UK and across the world, Zinzi Minott wonders why more people don't ask, “What do Black women's bodies need?” It's a question I've been sitting with since we recorded our conversation, which includes us exploring what our duty of care is to each other. Zinzi is a dancer, artist and filmmaker and she's interested in ideas of broken narrative, disturbed lineage and how the use of the "glitch" can help us to consider notions of racism one experiences through their life. She is specifically interested in telling Caribbean stories, highlighting the histories of those enslaved and the resulting migration of the Windrush Generation. In this sweeping conversation, we explore her work commemorating the Windrush Generation, how we might show up better and more meaningfully for Black women and how her queerness kicked the doors open to her acceptance of what she calls her weirdness. Zinzi also explores her rearing in both the Pan Africanist and Black Radical traditions, and credits her belief in abolition with helping her hold space for those she encounters among her archival work and artistic practice. As she makes clear, the generations who came before us may not have had the attitudes or the language to hold who we have become in the world, but no one is to be discarded. About Zinzi Minott Zinzi Minott's work focuses on the relationship between dance, bodies and politics. Zinzi explores how dance is perceived through the prisms of race, queer culture, gender and class. As a dancer and filmmaker, she seeks to complicate the boundaries of dance, and sees her live performance, filmic explorations and made-objects as different but connected manifestations of dance and body-based outcomes and inquiry. ​​BLOODSOUND is Zinzi's latest work and features newly commissioned prints, moving image, sound and sculpture and expands on her durational film work(s) FI DEM, released annually on 22 June to commemorate the Windrush Generation. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The late Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, “Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing – instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there.” And it is down there, among roots and earth, that Black trans gaming designer, archivist and artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is looking for our Black trans ancestors—those whose lives and stories have been lost to history and thus our collective memory.  Danielle believes we are each responsible for someone in the earth, and through her work, calls us to interrogate the roles we play in the ongoing violence directed towards our trans siblings. Her approach to this interrogation brings together AI and game design, and places us in situations where we have to make choices—choices that can feel impossible. And that is the point.  In our conversation today, we explore how she provides space and means for the expression of multiple Black trans essences; disrupting ideas about what an archive is, what we think it should do and who it should serve, by centring those whose lives and stories have been erased; how her residency at Serpentine, one of the UK's most important contemporary art galleries, is helping shape her understanding of the potential of humanity; and her ongoing research into and fascination with creating a Black trans AI that speaks back to us and makes decisions for itself. About Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is an artist living and working in London. She creates work that seeks to archive Black trans experience, and uses technology to imagine Black trans lives in environments that centre their bodies – those living, those that have passed and those that have been forgotten. About Serpentine Danielle has long been part of Serpentine's network and last year contributed to their Future Art Ecosystems: Arts x Metaverse report, which analysed what the metaverse means for the future of art, artists and cultural institutions. In particular, how real change and collaboration is vital to support the ever-growing number of artists, like Danielle, who work with advanced technologies and use the virtual space as a site of social liberation and resistance. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: retweets, ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming.  Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire based in New York City – for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Co-founder and Executive Director of UK Black Pride, Phyll Opoku-Gyimah talks to DIVA staff writer Nic Crosara about Love and Rage, art and activism and what keeps her hopeful.Plus so much more!Queers for your EarsWherever you are in the world.Produced and edited by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVAGet in touch: editorial@divamag.co.ukFebruary 9th 2022: Since the recording of this podDIVA episode, Shay (mentioned by Lady Phyll as a queer activist doing amazing work) has sadly died. Our thoughts are with their family and loved ones. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Featuring Lady Phyll our fabulous cover star and co-founder of UK Black Pride, Wegan's struggle for fertility equality, conversion therapy and a discussion around Sara Ramirez.DIVA Debrief dives into the current issue of DIVA magazine once a month.With hosts Rachel Shelley (The L Word) and Victoria Broom.Plus exclusive interviews featuring you, the DIVA listener. Wherever you are in the world.This month: Nathalie from the NetherlandsProduced and edited by Rachel Shelley with love and support from #TeamDIVAGet in touch: editorial@divamag.co.uk Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Josh is the creator and host of Busy Being Black (podcast) and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride. On this episode Josh talks to us about the ways in which he navigates the world as Queer and Black. He drops a million other gems too! 

In the second episode of this GAY TIMES original podcast series, host Shahmir Sanni (@shahmiruk) sits down with founder and host of Busy Being Black, and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride, Josh Rivers (@_joshrivers) to discuss 'cancel culture'. Discussing Josh's own experiences with being 'canceled', this episode addresses December 1990's MediaWatch article handling footballer Justin Fashanu's coming out story in The Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

倫敦同志遊行組織(Pride in London)顧問團全部離職,指控組織對義工歧視與霸凌,今天要來討論,同志遊行被商業綁架以及弱勢族群對弱勢族群的歧視 Note: Entire Pride of London advisory board quits and demands London Mayor investigate ‘hostile environment' Stonewall chief calls for Pride in London bosses to stand down over ‘disturbing' racism and bullying claims The events of the last few days - UK Black Pride full statement 背離親緣：那些與眾不同的孩子，他們的父母，以及他們尋找身分認同的故事 Pride in London co-chairs resign with immediate effect after damning accounts of racism and bullying Facebook:好同志 Good Gay Podcast  Instagram: goodgaypodcast 各收聽連結  歡迎來信 goodgaypodcast@gmail.com

Songs To Live By is a podcast celebrating different generations of Black culture through the shared love of music. Host Vick Hope is joined by two guests, who grew up at different times, to share the songs that shaped their lives. In this episode Vick is joined by comedian Sophie Duker and Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, founder of UK Black Pride. They talk about big personalities, Halle Berry's Oscar win, and the joy of coming out. With Songs from Ms. Dynamite and Boney M. Coming up on Songs To Live By... Writer and rapper Doc Brown and blogger Zeze Millz chat about music, skipping church and the early days of a thing called the internet. With songs by Gospel superstar Kirk Franklin and Nas.

It's the finale of season four! Thank you to all our guests and pleasure podders for making this a brilliant season, we've reached more people than ever before. We love our growing community and thrilled to know you're as passionate as us when it comes to talking about pleasure. I'm taking a break to have my babies, but we'll be back in January with a brand-new season. Don't worry, there's a juicy archive of episodes to explore so please dig in. But now for our finale guest, and this really is a special one…It's international changemaker, Black Pride co-founder, MBE rejecting, aptly named Lady Phyll! Phyll Opoku-Gyimah co-founded UK Black Pride. She's the exec director of Kaleidoscope Trust, an organisation working towards the liberation of LGBTQ people around the world; an Albert Kennedy Trust patron, and a public speaker focusing on race, gender, sexuality and class. She successfully campaigns for the better treatment of people of colour in the LGBTQ+ community and this year was voted number 4 on the Pride Power List.This is a gloriously personal conversation where we discuss the genesis of Black Pride and Phyll's search for intimacy after her marriage ended and she was able to finally fully explore her sexuality with women.She shares the emotional connection found in her first sexual experience with a woman which allowed her to be ‘seen' in the most profound way, as well as her thoughts on polyamory and having sex that allows for vulnerability rather than performance, not ignoring of course, the simple joy of fucking!We talk about the paths trodden by Black lesbian women who have come before her and why UK Black Pride has come together as an ongoing movement rather than a moment providing an inclusive safe space to connect with your chosen family. And the importance of recognising the broad range of identities that we have - the intersections of race, gender, sexuality that are all important to recognise to manage true allyship.In a zoom miracle, in under an hour, the three of us fell in love - we hope you do too.Lady Phyll is the is the co-editor of Sista!, an anthology of writings by same sex living women of African/Caribbean descent with a connection to the United Kingdom, released by Team Angelica Publishing in 2018, which includes work by 31 writers and available on Amazon and all good bookshops.*We would love to hear from you: email us at hello@thepleasurepodcast.com or tweet us @ThePleasurePod.Please do rate, review, and share the podcast, it helps other people find us.*Social Media:Lady Phyll: @MsLadyPhyllNaomi Sheldon: @NaomiSheldon1Anand Patel: @therealdranandFollow us at @ThePleasurePod and visit us at www.thepleasurepodcast.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A podcast created by Decolonising Contraception collective, an interdisciplinary collective of Black and people of colour, working across sexual and reproductive health (SRH) . Hosted by Edem Ntumy - community engagement officer and Dr Annabel Sowemimo community sexual & reproductive health doctor. Each episode gives a round up of sexual health news, social justice issues and focuses on the work of those working to dismantle the everyday prejudice in our sector. Series edited by Veronique Belinga. Episode 3 is on The Politics of Black HIV Prevention featuring the amazing activist, writer, researcher and community organiser for Phil Samba. We chat about the quirks of West African parents - 'there's rice at home'

This Week the gang are joined by Char Bailey. Char is a Life Coach, influencer, writer and activist. In this episode Char gives out some life tips on how to find your own power and happiness. She talks about positivity and how she finds this even through difficult situations. She talks about her work as part of UK Black Pride as well as answering a few listener questions.  You can find Char on instagram @char_bailey_ Or on her website charbailey.com  Grab Your tickets to 'The Real Brunch Live!' by clicking HERE!  Follow on Instagram @therealbrunch @mrmartinjoseph @ellakora @beckygh14    

Intersectionality at 30. In 1989 Kimberlé Crenshaw Professor of Law at Columbia University and UCLA coined the term Intersectionality. It recognises that race and gender discrimination can work together simultaneously, along with other factors like class, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, and more. Kimberlé Crenshaw joins Tina Daheley with Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Head of Equalities and Learning at Public and Commercial Services Union and Co-founder of UK Black Pride to explain how the term has developed, how it has been misunderstood and why it's important.Sarah Mullally was installed as the Bishop of London one year ago making her the Church of England's most senior woman and the first female Bishop of London. Before being ordained she was UK Chief Nursing Officer having spent the early years of her career as a nurse specialising in cancer care. She talks about her work serving more than 400 London parishes and her new role as Dean of Her Majesty's Chapels Royal.Sarah Ladip Manyika's debut novel In Dependence is a set text in the US and Zimbabwe and has sold over three million copies. It's a story of love and friendship over four decades and has been re-released on the tenth anniversary of its publication. Sarah speaks to Tina about the enduring appeal of her novel. What's it like to come out to your parents? How do you prepare? What if it all goes wrong? Tina speaks to Amelia Abraham, author of “Queer Intentions,' her step-mum Tessa and YouTuber Riyadh Khalaf, author Yay! You're Gay! Now What?Presenter: Tina Daheley Producer: Caroline Donne Interviewed guest: Kimberlé Crenshaw Interviewed guest: Phyll Opoku-Gyimah Interviewed guest: Sarah Mullally Interviewed guest: Amelia Abraham Interviewed guest: Tessa Abraham Interviewed guest: Riyadh Khalaf

Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns. Rocio Figueroa, a theologian and lecturer and Doris Reisinger Wagner tell us their experience in a discussion with Sister Sharlet Wagner, a sister of the Holy Cross and the current President of The Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States.The Football Association should increase the Women's FA Cup Prize Fund according to Charlie Dobres from Lewes FC, the only football club to pay their men and women teams equally. He's joined by sports writer Anna Kessel to tell us why.We discuss Onlyness – when you're the only person with a certain characteristic, perspective or life experience in a group – usually a work setting. Chloe Davies Executive Officer at UK Black Pride and Chloe Chambraud Gender Equality Director at the Prince's Responsible Business Network discuss.The writer Lucy-Anne Holmes tells us about her book Don't Hold My Head Down where she explores her sexuality and looks at improving her sex life.Southeastern Trains wants more women to become train drivers. It's launched a campaign to get 40% of applicants to be women by 2021. We hear from their Services Director, Ellie Burrows and from Kelly-Joe Ballard who has been a train driver for two years.Bullying and stereotyping of black female academics is stopping them from progressing at UK Universities according to a new report. We hear from Gina Higginbottom an emeritus professor of Ethnicity and Community Health at the University of Nottingham and Dr Nicola Rollock a reader in Equity and Education at Goldsmiths, University of London, who carried out the research. Catherine Simpson on her memoir, Once I Had a Little Sister - about suicide, loss and how it felt to come from a family who never spoke about their feelings.Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Rabeka Nurmahomed Edited by Jane Thurlow