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June 2nd 1952, London, England. Coronation day of Elizabeth the second, who would at the age of twenty seven become Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth Nations, but that morning much of the United Kingdom was already celebrating. News had broken that four and a half thousand miles away Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had finally become the first individuals in history to conquer Mount Everest. The person breaking this historic news, via coded message and two runners, was none other than Jan Morris, intrepid reporter for The Times. Jan Morris would go on to become a world famous journalist, writer, and historian, known for her works on Venice, Trieste, the British Empire, and her beloved home country of Wales - as well as her book covering her transition, Conundrum.

Episode Credits: This episode was produced by Al Worth and Beyond Binary Productions. Mastering and executive production by Amber Devereux, with additional executive production by Jamie Wareham. With thanks to guests Twm Morys, Paul Clements, and Sara Wheeler for their valuable insights. Clips: ‘Jan Morris: Writing a Life’, BBC Wales, 2021. ‘Talk-in To Day’, BBC Two, 1974. This episode was produced as part of QueerAF's Trans+ History Week mentoring programme with thanks to Trans+ History Week's Creative Talent Sponsor, Publicis Groupe UK.
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Margate Pride has been around for ten years, and depending on which local you ask, it celebrated its tenth, or 11th, anniversary this year. See, that’s the thing about local and regional queer stories and history. You often have to rely on one of the queerest forms of communication to find them out - gossip.
It's that fascination, which has led this town - with one of the densest populations of LGBTQIA+ people in Britain, only a little behind London, Manchester and Brighton - to better understand its queer heritage.

This week, on the QueerAF podcast, with exclusive interviews and already captured audio archives from Margate Pride’s Heritage Hotline documenting queer life in this seaside town between 1960 and 2000 - we’re going to ask a question Margate Pride get all the time. Just how do they run a pride, with year-round activities, with no corporate sponsorship, that thousands attend, including an increasing number of out-of-towners - 'down from Londons' as we call them here - but keep it grounded in protest, the needs of the local community, and honouring LGBTQIA+ history?

Episode Credits: This episode was produced by Dr Sé Nomyo, as part of our media partnership with Margate Pride. With thanks to clips from the Heritage Hotline, which is open to submissions and the Margate Queer Library. Editing and executive production by Jamie Wareham.
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Recorded in February 2026 at National Student Pride, a live recording of the QueerAF podcast, hosted by Juno Dawson, with guests Munroe Bergdorf, Zelah Glasson, Lars Fellows and Fizz Sinclair - the panel explores Trans 2030, what life is like now and how Trans+ lives have changed.

Without National Student Pride, QueerAF wouldn’t exist. We began as a podcast with them, mentoring early talent and student audio professionals to help them kick-start their careers.

The event, which ran for 21 years, helped thousands start their working life, with their careers fair and pride of conversation - setting the tone for the pride season ahead with critical conversations, alongside running campaigns that changed laws, notably changes in Sex and Relationships education.

Amid a changing context, this year the event announced it was it’s final edition - at least in the form that we know it as, the largest gathering of LGBTQIA+ students in the UK.

Over the years, we’ve recorded a number of stunning live podcast episodes, including with Ian McKellen, Courtney Act and Olly Alexander - and for the final event, we were back as media partner one last time, recording with guest host Juno Dawson. This podcast was recorded before the implementation of the EHRC code, and the day after a High Court ruled that its previous interim guidance was lawful - a decision that allowed it to plow ahead.

Episode Credits: With thanks to National Student Pride, its production team, and volunteers for producing the event. Hosted by Juno Dawson, with editing by Jamie Wareham.

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The north of England has a long history of welcoming migrant communities, despite a growing far-right movement growing in the region. Indeed, immigration is an integral part of the history of the UK. While that’s in part due to a horrific colonial past, today we would hardly be anywhere without it. The well-loved national dish of Fish and Chips was brought over by Spanish and Portuguese migrants, and popularised by the Jewish migrant community in the mid-1800s. The iconic mini cooper was invented by a Greek engineer, who came to the UK to study. Chicken tikka massala, development of Marxist theory, 4am shawarma after a night out. Adrian Collins heads to Bradford, to speak with Trans+ refugees and migrants to find out what it's like on the intersections of being Trans+ and a migrant.

Episode Credits: This episode was produced by Adrian Collins. Mastering and executive production by Amber Devereux, with additional executive production by Jamie Wareham. Music: “Echoes”, “Dandelion” and “Earth” by SyncMusicTracks, vocals by Ivan Fryman from Manchester Central Library archives. Thanks to interviewees Amelia Pearson, Ayman Eckford, Mya Skylar and “Hazel” from Rainbow Migration. An additional thanks to the help of LASS (Lesbian Asylum Seekers Sheffield) for their collaboration. This episode was produced as part of QueerAF's Trans+ History Week mentoring programme with thanks to Trans+ History Week's Creative Talent Sponsor, Publicis Groupe UK.

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Allyship, solidarity. They’re words that are banded around a lot. Allies often ask how to show solidarity, and marginalised queer and Trans+ folks try their hardest to give ever-increasing practical insights. But what do those words, really mean? How do you do justice to the work?

Only by truly understanding a community - including by learning its history, most difficult moments, and its joy and impact on society, can we use that to create a foundational shift in the way we show up - with solidarity This week on QueerAF, we look at the solidarity campaigns - that understand this work, because awareness and solidarity play their part in an ecosystem of change - but in what role?

This episode is made possible thanks to Trans+ History Week’s Creative Talent Sponsor, Publicis Groupe UK.

Episode Credits: Produced and hosted by Jamie Wareham, with thanks to Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, Not A Phase, Not In Our Name and Publicis Groupe UK, with clips from L With The T, Trans People Are Loved, Focus Features and Trans+ History Week.
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