Queer Liverpool

Queer Liverpool is a podcast all about Liverpool's queer culture scene. This week co-hosts Emilia Bona and Josh Parry look back on an exciting first series and discuss future plans for our second series. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re here, and we’re still queer. Today The Government announced a 75-point LGBT action plan, and amongst other things pledged to ban gay conversion ‘therapy’ in the UK. In this episode we look at what that means for us, and the part we played in shedding light on this 'abhorrent practice’. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We said we wanted a Grindr wedding - and we got one! This week Josh is joined by Dr Adrian Harrop who downloaded the app for a hook-up, but ended up getting wed. Adrian also speaks out about why he turned down Channel 4’s opportunity to debate trans rights. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Coming out is often a scary prospect - but it's a lot harder when you need to let the Prime Minister know before you do it...This week Emilia Bona is joined my MP for Wallasey Angela Eagle - the second ever out gay woman in Parliament. Angela talks about coming out to the nation, what it's like being a gay woman in Parliament and what LGBT issues she wants to see a future Labour government championing.Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to the show wherever it is you're listening. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's episode six and we've got the lads behind Pride on to talk all about this year's party. Host Emilia Bona is joined by co-founders John Bird and Andi Herring to chat about why Pride was founded, how it's evolved over the years and where it's going next - including an exciting hint about who's headlining this year's programme. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We like to think of the queer scene as inclusive and accepting - but is everyone truly made to feel welcome? This week we're joined by Tammy Reynolds, a producer who also performs drag in her spare time. Tammy has a form of dwarfism and often finds queer venues hard to access - sometimes even impossible. Hosts Josh Parry and Emilia Bona chat to Tammy about what it's like to be disabled and queer in Liverpool.Klub Kids were contacted for comment, but at the time the podcast was published were yet to respond. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Queer Liverpool is the queer culture podcast with a distinctly Scouse voice. In episode four we're talking about dating - what it's like dipping your toe in the dating game when you've just come out, tackling the world of dating apps and trying to find someone on Liverpool's queer scene. Hosts Josh Parry and Emilia Bona are by Alex Clark. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Queer Liverpool is the queer culture podcast with a distinctly Scouse voice. In episode three we're talking about football - what it's like going the match as a queer fan, why there are no out gay footballers in the Premier League and whether enough is done to tackle homophobia in the beautiful game. Hosts Josh Parry and Emilia Bona are joined by John Gibbons (from award-winning Liverpool fan podcast The Anfield Wrap), Paul Amman (founder of Liverpool FC's LGBT supporters' group Kop Outs) and Ben Dew (founder of Reds' supporters club The Brighton Kop)/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Queer Liverpool is the queer culture podcast with a distinctly Scouse voice. In episode two we look at Liverpool's 'gay scene' - from the city's Gay Town to the queer club nights breathing new life into the scene. Hosts Josh Parry and Emilia Bona are joined by Ian Usher, Shaun Duggan and John McLaughlin - the team behind queer club night Sonic Yootha, plus 'Scouserati' member Ben Osu, who shared their experiences of big, gay nights out on the tiles. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Queer Liverpool is the queer culture podcast with a distinctly Scouse voice. In our first episode we'll be talking about what it's like to come out in Liverpool. Hosts Josh Parry and Emilia Bona are joined by Shaun Duggan, Ian Usher and John McLaughlin - the team behind queer club night Sonic Yootha, as well as 'Scouserati' member Ben Osu who told us their stories. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices