LGBTQ+ Episodes

In episode eleven of Season 12 of the Meet the Mancunian podcast, host Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe speaks with Luke-Matthew Iveson, a community sewing teacher and Season 10 winner of the BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee. Luke shares how learning to sew from their grandma and working as a corporate diversity and inclusion consultant led to a shift into community-based workshops after the show gave him a platform and visibility as the first non-binary winner. Luke explains how sewing supports self-ex...

#podcast #Season2 #mancunian #manchester #LGBT #HIV This week's Mancunian guest is Paul Fairweather, an LGBT & HIV Campaigner who works at George House Trust (https://ght.org.uk/). Paul has been actively advocating for LGBT and HIV awareness and rights for 50 years. He conducts awareness sessions for school children and medical professionals on HIV concerns, encouraging regular testing and myth-busting. Paul is the co-ordinator of the Positive Speaker programme at the George House Trust.--- Se...

This week's Mancunian guest is Emma Goswell, Radio and Podcast host (https://twitter.com/ComeOutStories [https://www.instagram.com/this_is_the_promise/]). Emma talks about the work she does to support the LGBTQ+ community in the UK & globally. She shines a light on some of the concerns facing people identifying as LGBTQ+ around the globe. Emma is also a writer and the author of Coming Out Stories (https://www.queerlit.co.uk/products/coming-out-stories). This episode is for you if you are keen to...