Qmmunity
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsQmmunity is the British Podcast Award winning LGBTQ+ series that will ask questions of ourselves, explore who we are as a whole and as individuals, where we have come from, how we’ve changed & developed and what the future may hold for us.
Join Char, Alexis and the team for season 2 of Qmmunity in 2020.
#QmmunityPod
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Episodes
S2 Ep2: Lockdown Live 2: Sugar highs and lows, Hedwig, and "the dad who gave birth" Freddie McConnel
May 14, 2020 18:23 - 1 hourIn episode two of our Lockdown Radio Show, recorded live for Alphabet on Soho Radio Char and Lex are joined by journalist and documentary maker "the dad who gave birth" Freddy McConnell to talk queer parenting. In our Swap It Like It's Hot section, Char and Lex review naughties lesbian teen drama Sugar Rush and the iconic Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Season Two of Qmmunity is hosted by Char Bailey and Alexis Caught Alexis Caught, produced by Seb White of Alphabet Radio in collaboration with ...
2: Lockdown Live 2: Sugar highs and lows, Hedwig, and "the dad who gave birth" Freddie McConnel
May 14, 2020 18:23 - 1 hourIn episode two of our Lockdown Radio Show, recorded live for Alphabet on Soho Radio Char and Lex are joined by journalist and documentary maker "the dad who gave birth" Freddy McConnell to talk queer parenting. In our Swap It Like It's Hot section, Char and Lex review naughties lesbian teen drama Sugar Rush and the iconic Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Season Two of Qmmunity is hosted by Char Bailey and Alexis Caught Alexis Caught, produced by Seb White of Alphabet Radio in collaboration with ...
S2 Ep1: We're Back! Welcome to S2 of Qmmunity
April 25, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutesWe're back! Did you miss us? THANK YOU to everyone who dropped us messages on the socials (@qmmunitypod) asking when series 2 of Qmmunity was coming - it's finally here! We were in the process of polishing up all of our great interviews, and then...COVID-19 hit. So we pivoted, and here we are bringing you a socially-distanced version of Qmmunity for you to get involved with during isolation. Join us this week as we catch up on life in lockdown, introduce our new "Swap It Like It's Hot" feat...
1: We're Back! Welcome to S2 of Qmmunity
April 25, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutesWe're back! Did you miss us? THANK YOU to everyone who dropped us messages on the socials (@qmmunitypod) asking when series 2 of Qmmunity was coming - it's finally here! We were in the process of polishing up all of our great interviews, and then...COVID-19 hit. So we pivoted, and here we are bringing you a socially-distanced version of Qmmunity for you to get involved with during isolation. Join us this week as we catch up on life in lockdown, introduce our new "Swap It Like It's Hot" feat...
S1 Ep14: Tackling Toxic Masculinity, with Keegan Hirst
March 12, 2020 07:59 - 52 minutesJoin us in this specially recorded live episode, as we are joined by professional rugby player Keegan Hirst, the sport's first active player to come out. In front of a packed out house of some 300 people, Alexis sits down with Keegan to discuss toxic masculinity, gay men's mental health, finding your place in the LGBTQ+ community and even body shaming & dysmorphia as well as Keegan's personal journey to accepting his sexuality and publicly coming out. Presented in partnership with Samsung, ...
14: Tackling Toxic Masculinity, with Keegan Hirst
March 12, 2020 07:59 - 53 minutesJoin us in this specially recorded live episode, as we are joined by professional rugby player Keegan Hirst, the sport's first active player to come out. In front of a packed out house of some 300 people, Alexis sits down with Keegan to discuss toxic masculinity, gay men's mental health, finding your place in the LGBTQ+ community and even body shaming & dysmorphia as well as Keegan's personal journey to accepting his sexuality and publicly coming out. Presented in partnership with Samsung, ...
Out Of The Closet And Onto The Pitch
March 01, 2020 13:15 - 52 minutesThis is a special live episode featuring a panel discussion hosted by Alexis with medal winning slalom cancer Matt Lister, the BBC's first LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte and writer, broadcaster and friend of the pod Kuchenga (unfortunately Char got stuck on a broken down train and couldn't make it). In this live episode we discuss LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport, how to break barriers and create a more inclusive and safe space for all queer people at a professional, and grass roots level of sport. ...
13: Qmmunity Christmas Special
December 24, 2019 17:00 - 23 minutesHappy Holidays! Join us for a Christmas Special, as we sit down with some mulled wine and introduce you to some new voices from the Qmmunity team - along the way, we discuss realisations, demisexuality, coming of age, virgo season and...being vanilla at sex parties. As fun as it can be, the Christmas season can also be tiring & alienating, so if you need to speak to someone, you can call the LGBT+ switchboard on 0300 330 0630, to text SHOUT to 85258 to text chat with Shout! mental health c...
S1 Ep13: Qmmunity Christmas Special
December 24, 2019 17:00 - 22 minutesHappy Holidays! Join us for a Christmas Special, as we sit down with some mulled wine and introduce you to some new voices from the Qmmunity team - along the way, we discuss realisations, demisexuality, coming of age, virgo season and...being vanilla at sex parties. As fun as it can be, the Christmas season can also be tiring & alienating, so if you need to speak to someone, you can call the LGBT+ switchboard on 0300 330 0630, to text SHOUT to 85258 to text chat with Shout! mental health c...
12: We Have An Announcement!
June 13, 2019 23:30 - 3 minutesWe're recording Season Two of Qmmunity now - and you can come along and join us as we record three panel shows in front of a live audience, meaning you can join us and take part in the conversation. Let's Talk About Sex - 23rd of June Let's talk about you, and me, and us, and how we fight the stigma surrounding sex shame, slut shame...and most importantly...how we can all lead better sex lives. Our panellists include... Dr. Karen Gurney, AKA "The Sex Doctor" Kayden Gray, award winning a...
S1 Ep12: We Have An Announcement!
June 13, 2019 23:30 - 2 minutesWe're recording Season Two of Qmmunity now - and you can come along and join us as we record three panel shows in front of a live audience, meaning you can join us and take part in the conversation. Let's Talk About Sex - 23rd of June Let's talk about you, and me, and us, and how we fight the stigma surrounding sex shame, slut shame...and most importantly...how we can all lead better sex lives. Our panellists include... Dr. Karen Gurney, AKA "The Sex Doctor" Kayden Gray, award winning a...
11: Loneliness - Digital pride online festival special.
May 01, 2019 14:43 - 35 minutesHost Christania and Lex Produced by Effie and Kevin Music credits Hip Hop Rap Instrumental (Crying Over You) by Chris Morrow 4 https://soundcloud.com/chris-morrow-3 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hiYs5z4xdBU Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons...
S1 Ep11: Loneliness - Digital pride online festival special.
May 01, 2019 14:43 - 34 minutesHost Christania and Lex Produced by Effie and Kevin Music credits Hip Hop Rap Instrumental (Crying Over You) by Chris Morrow 4 https://soundcloud.com/chris-morrow-3 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hiYs5z4xdBU Easier to Fade (feat. Madi Larson) by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons...
10: The Wrap Up
December 19, 2018 00:00 - 9 minutesIn this final mini-episode, Christania and Alexis wrap series one with their final thoughts on what they've learned and how to keep moving forward. Keep the conversations going and get in touch, series 2 is coming. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website [www.qmmunitypod.com](http://qmmunitypod.com) #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep10: The Wrap Up
December 19, 2018 00:00 - 8 minutesIn this final mini-episode, Christania and Alexis wrap series one with their final thoughts on what they've learned and how to keep moving forward. Keep the conversations going and get in touch, series 2 is coming. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website www.qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep9: The Future
December 12, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutesOn this episode we’ll be discussing the future of the LGBTQ community with our final live panel featuring Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids charity, Lee Fontaine from the Albert Kennedy Trust, award-winning youth worker Tanya Compas and Charlie Condou - actor, patron and ambassador for numerous LGBTQ charities. Thank you to Ace Hotel Shoreditch for providing us with their Miranda space to record this episode. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website www.Qm...
9: The Future
December 12, 2018 00:00 - 53 minutesOn this episode we’ll be discussing the future of the LGBTQ community with our final live panel featuring Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids charity, Lee Fontaine from the Albert Kennedy Trust, award-winning youth worker Tanya Compas and Charlie Condou - actor, patron and ambassador for numerous LGBTQ charities. Thank you to Ace Hotel Shoreditch for providing us with their Miranda space to record this episode. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website [ww...
8: Sex, Race & Disability
December 05, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutesContinuing to explore the meaning of intersectionality and how overlapping identities affect people’s lives we're joined by Phil Samba, an advocate for HIV and sexual health and scriptwriter Callum Dziedzic. Both share their experiences and how they think we can make a change. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website [www.qmmunitypod.com](http://qmmunitypod.com) #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep8: Sex, Race & Disability
December 05, 2018 00:00 - 39 minutesContinuing to explore the meaning of intersectionality and how overlapping identities affect people’s lives we're joined by Phil Samba, an advocate for HIV and sexual health and scriptwriter Callum Dziedzic. Both share their experiences and how they think we can make a change. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website www.qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep7: The Intersectionality of Sexuality
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 47 minutesKimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in her 1989 essay, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics". Recorded live at Ace Hotel's Miranda space in London Christania and Alexis are joined by COO of AZ Magazine Kayza Rose, Survival of the Fitteststar Ryan Cleary and Britain's first out Muslim Drag Queen Asifa Lahore. Full transcripts, episodes and further reading can b...
7: The Intersectionality of Sexuality
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutesKimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in her 1989 essay, “[Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics](https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf)". Recorded live at Ace Hotel's [Miranda](http://mirandalondon.com/) space in London Christania and Alexis are joined by COO of AZ Magazine [Kayza Rose](https://twitter.com/KayzaRose), [...
6: Creating Your Community
November 21, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutesFounder of Bollywood Hip Hop night Hungama, [Ryan Lanji](https://twitter.com/ryanlanji), award-winning [Abbey Kiwanuka](https://twitter.com/abbeykiwah), co-founder and director of [Out and Proud African LGBTI](https://africanlgbti.org/) and Joshua, a member of the [Manchester Village Spartans](https://twitter.com/mvsrufc), a gay and inclusive rugby club join Christania and Alexis to share their stories about creating and building real spaces that we can go, get involved, and find a sense of ...
S1 Ep6: Creating Your Community
November 21, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutesFounder of Bollywood Hip Hop night Hungama, Ryan Lanji, award-winning Abbey Kiwanuka, co-founder and director of Out and Proud African LGBTI and Joshua, a member of the Manchester Village Spartans, a gay and inclusive rugby club join Christania and Alexis to share their stories about creating and building real spaces that we can go, get involved, and find a sense of belonging. Transcripts and full episodes can be found at www.QmmunityPod.com #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep5: Threats
November 14, 2018 00:00 - 38 minutesRecorded live at Ace Hotel Shoreditch's Miranda space we held a conversation around the threats to our community. Featuring UK Black Pride founder Lady Phyll, media commentator, columnist, activist & former editor of DIVA, Jane Czyzselska, Reverand Jide Macauley, founder of House of Rainbow and Trans Rights activist Sabah Choudrey. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website www.QmmunityPod.com #QmmunityPod
5: Threats
November 14, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutesRecorded live at Ace Hotel Shoreditch's Miranda space we held a conversation around the threats to our community. Featuring [UK Black Pride](https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/) founder [Lady Phyll](https://twitter.com/MsLadyPhyll), media commentator, columnist, activist & former editor of [DIVA](http://www.divamag.co.uk/), [Jane Czyzselska](https://twitter.com/czyzselska), [Reverand Jide Macauley](https://twitter.com/revjide?lang=en), founder of [House of Rainbow](http://houseofrainbow.org/) a...
4: Finding Your Community
November 07, 2018 00:00 - 36 minutesWe read and hear about the LGBTQ+ community all the time, but those of us inside know that it’s not one huge group chat where everyone wants or needs the same thing. So in this episode, we going to look at how people go about finding their place. Recorded live in the [Ace Hotel](https://www.acehotel.com/london/) Shoreditch's [Miranda](http://mirandalondon.com/) space featuring [Marc Thompson](https://twitter.com/marct_01), Strategic lead for health improvement at Terrence Higgins Trust and ...
S1 Ep4: Finding Your Community
November 07, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutesWe read and hear about the LGBTQ+ community all the time, but those of us inside know that it’s not one huge group chat where everyone wants or needs the same thing. So in this episode, we going to look at how people go about finding their place. Recorded live in the Ace Hotel Shoreditch's Miranda space featuring Marc Thompson, Strategic lead for health improvement at Terrence Higgins Trust and Co-founder of Blackout and Prepster, Asad Dhunna, director of communications at Pride London & c...
S1 Ep3: Life Stories: Mzz Kimberley and David Stuart
October 31, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutesHow has queer life changed over the years? Is the LGBTQ+ community grieving for past lives and loves lost? Intergenerational conversations are rare so in this episode, Christania and Alexis are joined by actress, cabaret singer and activist Mzz Kimberley and David Stuart, sexual health and sexual wellbeing advocate. For transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved in your community go to www.qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod
3: Life Stories: Mzz Kimberley and David Stuart
October 31, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutesHow has queer life changed over the years? Is the LGBTQ+ community grieving for past lives and loves lost? Intergenerational conversations are rare so in this episode, Christania and Alexis are joined by actress, cabaret singer and activist Mzz Kimberley and David Stuart, sexual health and sexual wellbeing advocate. For transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved in your community go to www.qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod
S1 Ep2: Our History
October 23, 2018 23:00 - 31 minutesChristania and Alexis are doing a Cher, turning back time and looking at the past 51 years of our Queer History. Featuring Dr. Benno Gammerl, a lecturer at Goldsmiths University on the Wolrd's first Masters in Queer Hirstory and Marc Thompson, Strategic lead for health improvement at Terrence Higgins Trust and Co-founder of Blackout and Prepster. For full episodes, transcripts and ways to get involved go to www.qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod
2: Our History
October 23, 2018 23:00 - 33 minutes[Christania](https://twitter.com/dereshacm) and [Alexis ](https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex)are doing a Cher, turning back time and looking at the past 51 years of our Queer History. Featuring Dr. Benno Gammerl, a lecturer at Goldsmiths University on the Wolrd's first [Masters in Queer Hirstory](https://www.gold.ac.uk/history/goldsmiths-queer-history/) and [Marc Thompson](https://twitter.com/marct_01), Strategic lead for health improvement at [Terrence Higgins Trust](https://www.tht.org....
S1 Ep1: What it means to be LGBTQ+ today
October 16, 2018 23:00 - 39 minutesChristania and Alexis ask the big question to our live show panellists Reeta Loi CEO of Gaysians UK, artist and poet Chloe Filani, filmmaker and producer Steffan Zachiyah and Lewis Corner deputy editor of Gay Times. This show was recorded live in the Miranda Ldn at Ace Hotel Shoreditch. For the full transcript, episode and ways to get involved in the community go to QmmunityPod.com #QmmunityPod
1: What it means to be LGBTQ+ today
October 16, 2018 23:00 - 40 minutes[Christania](https://twitter.com/dereshacm) and [Alexis](https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex/?) ask the big question to our live show panellists [Reeta Loi](https://twitter.com/r_e_e_t_a_) CEO of Gaysians UK, artist and poet [Chloe Filani](https://www.instagram.com/1.chloe.f/), filmmaker and producer [Steffan Zachiyah](https://twitter.com/steffanzachiyah) and [Lewis Corner](https://twitter.com/lewiscorner) deputy editor of Gay Times. This show was recorded live in the [Miranda Ldn](https:...
S1: This is Qmmunity
October 05, 2018 16:20 - 2 minutesQmmunity is a LGBTQ+ series that will ask questions of ourselves, explore who we are as a whole and as individuals, where we have come from, how we’ve changed & developed and what the future may hold for us. Join Christania and Alexis from 17th October. #QmmunityPod
This is Qmmunity
October 05, 2018 16:20 - 3 minutesQmmunity is a LGBTQ+ series that will ask questions of ourselves, explore who we are as a whole and as individuals, where we have come from, how we’ve changed & developed and what the future may hold for us. Join Christania and Alexis from 17th October. #QmmunityPod