QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives podcast

QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creatives

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  QueerAF  

QueerAF is the award-winning (more than a) podcast with beyond-the-binary stories about queerness, history, sexuality, gender and identity from the UK's only press-regulated not-for-profit LGBTQIA+ publisher with a new episode out every Monday this Pride season. QueerAF helps you understand the LGBTQIA+ world and support queer creatives to change the media. All our shows are created by a different budding LGBTQIA+ audio producer who we mentor and support to create an inspiring queer story. As well as a mix of mini-documentaries and limited series, look out for our live podcast specials, with celebrities, activists and inspiring speakers. The podcast, with its roots and first four seasons in collaboration with National Student Pride, and later seasons with Trans+ History Week gives young queer creatives a crucial leg up on the career ladder. For many, it is their first paid audio commission. Our alumni have gone on to work at some of the UK's biggest media outlets including the BBC, PinkNews and Gaydio. ---British Podcast Awards 'Moment Of The Year' winner (Bronze) ---Four British Podcast Awards nominations ---ARIAS 2021 'Impact Award' shortlisted Download and take the UK's best LGBTQIA+ inspiring stories podcast with you. Get the show in all the places podcasts exist. [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/) Or sign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/) If you like our podcast, you'll love our free weekly newsletter that thousands of readers use to understand the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 headlines, learn new perspectives and stay on top of the latest queer content. Try it now: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/) Make sure to sign up for updates about Trans+ History Week, a QueerAF launchpad project: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/) Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

QueerAF is the award-winning (more than a) podcast with beyond-the-binary stories about queerness, history, sexuality, gender and identity from the UK's only press-regulated not-for-profit LGBTQIA+ publisher with a new episode out every Monday this Pride season. QueerAF helps you understand the LGBTQIA+ world and support queer creatives to change the media. All our shows are created by a different budding LGBTQIA+ audio producer who we mentor and support to create an inspiring queer story. As well as a mix of mini-documentaries and limited series, look out for our live podcast specials, with celebrities, activists and inspiring speakers. The podcast, with its roots and first four seasons in collaboration with National Student Pride, and later seasons with Trans+ History Week gives young queer creatives a crucial leg up on the career ladder. For many, it is their first paid audio commission. Our alumni have gone on to work at some of the UK's biggest media outlets including the BBC, PinkNews and Gaydio. ---British Podcast Awards 'Moment Of The Year' winner (Bronze) ---Four British Podcast Awards nominations ---ARIAS 2021 'Impact Award' shortlisted Download and take the UK's best LGBTQIA+ inspiring stories podcast with you. Get the show in all the places podcasts exist. [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/podcast/) Or sign up as a QueerAF member to listen along ad-free: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/) If you like our podcast, you'll love our free weekly newsletter that thousands of readers use to understand the LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 headlines, learn new perspectives and stay on top of the latest queer content. Try it now: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/) Make sure to sign up for updates about Trans+ History Week, a QueerAF launchpad project: [https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/] (https://www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistoryweek/) Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 

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#65

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#64

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#63

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#62

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#61

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#60

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#59

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#58

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#57

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#56

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08 May 2025

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#55

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#54

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#53

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#52

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#51

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#50

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#49

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#48

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#47

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#46

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#45

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#44

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#43

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#42

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