The triumphs, trials and conundrum of Trans+ journalist Jan Morris
June 2nd 1953, London, England. Coronation day of Elizabeth the second, who would at the age of twenty seven become Queen of the United King...
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We are the queer, intersectional, storytelling podcast from National Student Pride. Keeping the pride of conversation – that is our annual event for LGBT+ students – a discussion that carrie...
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How to create a grassroots pride, without any corporate sponsorships
Margate Pride has been around for ten years, and depending on which local you ask, it celebrated its tenth, or 11th, anniversary this year....
Trans+ life in the UK is more than concerning - what next?
Recorded in February 2026 at National Student Pride, a live recording of the QueerAF podcast, hosted by Juno Dawson, with guests Munroe Berg...
The transgender refugees finding sanctuary in the North of England
The north of England has a long history of welcoming migrant communities, despite a growing far-right movement growing in the region. Indeed...
What is solidarity, really? And how can you do it justice?
Allyship, solidarity. They’re words that are banded around a lot. Allies often ask how to show solidarity, and marginalised queer and Trans+...
Why are NHS gender clinic waiting times so long?
Rachel Taylor MP told the UK Parliment, "waiting times for gender affirming healthcare are nothing short of a national scandal". Speaking, u...
Ian McKellen on Shakespeare, Magneto and LGBTQIA+ activism
Our show began as a collaboration with National Student Pride, where we worked with budding students, building audio production careers and...
How to build a better relationship with the news as a LGBTQIA+ person
News overwhelm is an increasing issue, making more and more of us switch it off - four in ten of us now say we selectively avoid the news. B...
Cute twinks and gym bros: Why do we police trans masculine identities?
This week, on QueerAF in an episode from our mentoring programme for Trans+ History Week, we’re going to trace back in recent history where...
The He-She Ladies: The Case of Boulton and Park
In 1870, Fanny ‘Fredrich’ Park and Stella ‘Ernest’ Boulton were arrested at the Strand Theatre by three undercover policemen and prosecuted...
How to save Trans+ stories in an age they can be deleted with just a click?
We live in an era where algorithms are filtering queer and Trans+ stories, and worse - where whole archives of LGBTQIA+ content are being de...
What can queer liberation learn from Mama Major's prison abolition work?
The use of anti-trans rhetoric perpetuated by United States government officials is designed to distract from the wider, growing authoritari...
How can you live a queer life without acceptance?
In Three Days Grace, Nick begins the story frozen in the gathering dusk of his cramped Parisian room, perched on the edge of his chair in no...
The legacy of HIV activists is under threat. How do we turn the tide?
Lou Sullivan is known to many as a first. One of the first openly gay trans men in public life, widely considered the first known case of a...
Big Brother, Trans+ friend or Foe? Nadia Almada and Zelah Glasson discuss
In their first appearance together, 2004 Big Brother UK winner Nadia Almada (she/her) and 2025 Big Brother UK housemate Zelah Glasson (he/hi...
Season 7 | Ten years of the QueerAF podcast
We need to shut down the lies the anti-trans movement tell. The best way to do that? With queer journalism, and our history. This season on...
Transmission: The story behind the concert fighting for Trans+ rights
In a hostile enviroment for Trans+ rights and a year of rollbacks of rights since the Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act will be a sha...
The transgender pilot who survived the Nazis and set racing records
Roberta Cowell, or Betty might have been born into a strict, religious family - but her history, is one with many lessons. She shows us that...
The trans man who funded gender affirming care when no-one else was
Reed Erickson was an eccentric trans multimillionaire who transitioned in the US in the 1950s. Erickson’s access to wealth and relationship...
The media and advertising industry's role in rising transphobia
This year, for the first time since tracking of it began - Trans+ rights in Europe retracted, instead of grew. In the UK, hate crimes toward...