LGBTQ+ Life
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+) stories about identity, exploration, togetherness. This page brings together some of the best content about sexual and gender identity from across England.
Danny Beard On Same Sex Love and Marriage
Exploring true stories of love, relationships and same sex weddings.
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The LGBT Sport Podcast
Nicola Adams is joined by inspirational people from different sporting backgrounds
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In This Place: Gaychester
Exploring the LGBT+ history of Manchester
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Love Made Legal: Yvette and Maria
Yvette and Maria became one of the first same sex couples from Berkshire to get married.
Love Made Legal: Simon and Vas
Caversham's Simon and Vas tell their story as a same sex couple with a 40 year age gap.
Love Made Legal: "We met by divine intervention"
Whitney and Megan from Windsor share their journey campaigning for same sex fertility.
Love Made Legal: Claire and Jodie
Claire and Jodie from Caversham met while working at a sausage, mash and burlesque bar.
LGBTQ+ History: Sue Sanders
Co-founder of LGBTQ+ history month, Sue Sanders on recognising the month's importance.
"The world was a dark place back then" when Lee Evans came out as Transgender in the early 1970s
Lee Evans reads on his poem 'Rainbow People' on the Breakfast Show.
'I had to go back in the closet to be on TV'—North West Tonight
'I had to go back in the closet to be on TV'
Russell T Davies
Mike chats to screenwriter, Russell T Davies, about his new Channel 4 drama, It’s a Sin.
Jill Nalder—Mike Sweeney
Owain chats to Jill Nalder who Jill Baxter's character was based on in C4's It's A Sin.
LGBTQ+ History: UK Black Pride
Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah on her work as director and co-founder of UK Black Pride.
Richard describes growing up gay and Muslim in Manchester
Richard is Muslim and gay and talks with author of Coming Out Stories Emma Goswell.
'My brother disowned me,' says Sikh drag queen—North West Tonight
'My brother disowned me,' says Sikh drag queen
Basil Newby MBE and the Blackpool LGBT Scene—Make a Difference: Lancashire
Basil Newby MBE opened The Flamingo in the 70s, when being gay wasn't widely accepted.
LGBTQ+ History Month: Influential Icons—Mike Sweeney
A panel of five LGBTQ+ icons discuss who's influenced them over the years.
LGBTQ+ chat room: coming out in the countryside
Ben and Amy talk about growing up hiding their true feelings.
Exploring LGBTQ+ history through calls to the Gay Switchboard
Podcaster and co-chair of Switchboard, Tash Walker delves into the historic call logs.
'So important for LGBT community to be counted'—North West Tonight
LGBT: 'So important for the community to be counted'
LGBT History Month—Make a Difference: Lancashire
Burnley drag queen Elta Avelon speaks about how LGBTQ activists paved the way for her.
LGBTQ+ chat room: challenging attitudes
Ben and Amy on how the farming community is sometimes at odds with their sexuality.
LGBTQ+ in the classroom—South Today
LGBTQ+ culture can be discussed in schools today but that wasn't always the case.
The couple encouraging other same sex partners to foster
Nathan and his husband are hoping to inspire others to follow in their footsteps.























