Virgin Radio Pridecast

Joining Matt Cain for his Sunday Roast this week are The Feeling’s frontman Dan Gillespie Sells, and journalist Mishti Ali, to talk about whether if someone rejects us when we come out to them, we should give them another chance. Also joining the panel are LGBTQ+ activist and ‘Cemetery Angel’ Ruth Coker Burks to chat about allyship, and Carl Austin-Behan OBE (the LGBT Advisor to the Mayor of Greater Manchester), talking about how Pride might be altered in the future… Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Nichi Hodgson explores what it means to be bisexual in the UK today, and the experiences of bisexual people throughout history in the first episode of this three-part documentary made exclusively for Virgin Radio Pride...Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve Denyer chats to food writer, journalist and activist Jack Monroe, who takes him though her Pride Playlist - the tracks which soundtracked Jack’s life as a member of the LGBTQ+ community…Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freshly back from her holidays, Emma chats to Lisa Power about her incredible activism work, fighting for LGBTQ+ rights since she came out in the 1970s, and Stonewall, which she was instrumental in setting up. She also speaks to the queer couple who run the homeless charity Coffee4Craig, and also the people behind the charity YouthStopAIDS.Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Matt is joined by presenter Alex Woolhouse and writer Matthew Todd to discuss whether we can separate the art from the artist, when the artist has made problematic comments towards the LGBTQ+ community... Plus, the panel are also joined by screenwriter Jake Graf to discuss the rise in anti-trans discourse and what can be done to combat it, and activist and former asylum seeker Aderonke Apata to talk about whether when we look down on countries with low levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance, we can be guilty of cultural arrogance...Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actress Kate Holderness takes on the queer question challenge this week, chatting to her girlfriend, Radio 1 presenter and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here star Adele Roberts. The pair chat about their coming out journeys, their relationship, music that helped them during their early lives, and of course, what Pride means to them. Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s Sunday Roast, Matt is joined by historian Dan Vo, and activist and author Lois Shearing to discuss whether being queer is the best thing that ever happened to us. The panel are also joined by Michael Bronski and Fleur MacInnes to talk about whether we should remove statues of historical figures who were known homophobes, and also Dominic Arnall and Ramses Oliva from Just Like Us to discuss the differences between bisexuality and pansexuality, and whether there is any crossover between the two terms.Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's My Pride Playlist, Virgin Radio UK's very own Graham Norton takes us through the tracks that have defined his incredible life and career, chatting to Steve Denyer about learning to discover himself as a young waiter in London, meeting Dolly Parton in Dollywood USA, and of course all things Eurovision.Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Matt is joined by actress Sophie Ward and journalist Mishti Ali to discuss stereotypes within the LGBTQ+ community, as well as screenwriter Russell T. Davies on LGBTQ+ representation in culture, and Philip Harper-Deakin, who was prosecuted for gay sexual activity, and historian Sacha Coward, discussing pardons for gay people and whether more needs to be done to make reparations.Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on My Pride Playlist, Steve Denyer welcomes pop superstar Will Young to talk through some of his favourite tracks. Will talks openly about his career from the early days of Pop Idol to the struggles he has faced up until the present day. The chat is inspired by songs from the likes Bronski Beat, Annie Lennox and Rosie Gains and also features Will chatting about his brand new album and single Crying On The Bathroom Floor.Please note, some of the topics discussed in this episode might be sensitive and/or triggering. For help and support with any LGBTQ+ issues you might be facing, you can contact Switchboard on 0300 330 0630. Alternatively, the Samaritans are available twenty-four hours a day on 116 123. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.