2: In conversation with Bean

In this episode we meet Nas, who works as a Staff Nurse at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a Gay Pakistani Muslim and he has HIV. He uses the pronouns he/himLINKSYou can find out more about HIV hereYou can find out more about HIV and AIDS prevention on the following websitesNHSTerrance Higgins TrustYou can find out more about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals hereUnited Colours is an Under The Mast audio production. You can find out more about Under The Mast here

In this episode we meet Ellie, who works as a Consultant in Palliative Care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and she's also worked with Hospice UK in producing a report on transgender people's experiences of end of life care. Ellie is herself transgender and a member of the LGBT+ staff network at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and goes by the pronouns She/HerLINKSYou can find out more about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals hereUnited Colours is an Under The Mast audio production. You can find out more about Under The Mast here

In this episode we meet Bean, who works as a Clinical Support Worker at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on Cardiac ICU. Bean is non-binary and goes by the pronounces they/them. LINKSYou can find out more about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals hereUnited Colours is an Under The Mast audio production. You can find out more about Under The Mast here

In this episode we meet Be, who works in Adult Critical Care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Be is cisgendered and lesbian. She is married to a woman and has two children and goes by the pronouns she/herLINKSYou can find out more about working at Leeds Teaching Hospitals hereUnited Colours is an Under The Mast audio production. You can find out more about Under The Mast here

This podcast is a conversation starter.Each week we chat to a different member of the LGBT+ community who works at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to find out more about the life and work challenges they face and about the support that is available. It’s an easy listen and it’s for everyone - whether you’re a  member of the LGBT+ community and want to hear from other people you can relate to or equally if you’re not, but you’d like to learn and understand more then it’s for you tooWith 20 minutes episodes, it’s a short weekly listen that you don’t want to miss out on so click follow and whilst you’re at it, share it across social media and leave us a glowing review. Our first episode is out Friday 3rd February at 8am  *United Colours is an Under The Mast audio production