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“My brother found out my secret when he opened my post” Rachel identifies as being “partially gender-fluid” or a “cross dresser” In the 1980s she used to order clothes and shoes from what was then called a “transvestite catalogue”The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or fi...
“My straight brother took me to gay bars, to make sure I was safe” TV weather presenter and celebrity drummer Owain Wyn Evans, found that his parents took some time to understand that he was gay, as they didn’t know any other LGBTQ+ people. But it was his brother’s reaction that really surprised him. Find us on Instagram @comingoutstoriespod The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswe...
“If I could turn back time and come out as trans at 20, then I would. Waiting nearly killed me” Kayden is a queer trans man, who first came out as a lesbian at the age of 15. He didn’t realise he was trans until he was 20, but it then took him ten long hard years to finally become the man he is today. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd lov...
“She asked me if I was gay and I just said “Yes!” I couldn’t believe I had actually said it” Jessie grew up in Essex and struggled to come out as a lesbian at school, until a very fateful trip to London and the nightclub Heaven. Follow us! Twitter: @comeoutstories Instagram: comingoutstoriespodThe Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YO...
"I reclaimed the words bullies used to throw at me for being gay" Successful make up artist Patrick grew up in Northern Ireland where he was relentlessly bullied for being gay. Follow us! Twitter: @comeoutstories Instagram: comingoutstoriespodThe Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodc...
“I ran away from home and found my queer family” Tim Sigsworth MBE is the Chief Executive of the Albert Kennedy Trust. Like a lot of the young people he now helps, Tim had a very hard time coming out as his family were far from understanding. After coming out of a coma in 2016, Tim realised who his true family really were Follow us! Twitter: @comeoutstories Instagram: comingoutstoriespodThe Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radiow...
“I never thought I would have the courage to tell my parents who I am" Asifa Lahore is Britain’s first out Muslim drag queen. She now identifies as a trans woman, but first came out as a gay man. She really struggled coming out and was even pressured to get into an arranged marriage Follow us! Twitter: @comeoutstories Instagram: comingoutstoriespodThe Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Gos...
“I will never forget the dead look in my mother’s eyes when I told her” Writer, broadcaster and political commentator Iain Dale didn’t come out until later in life. He does have some regrets about waiting for so long, but once he did as he puts it “There was absolutely no going back!” Follow us! Twitter: @comeoutstories Instagram: comingoutstoriespodThe Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma ...
Ed is a writer and LGBT+ travel expert Boston. He kept his sexuality a secret until he was inspired to come out by other LGBT+ students at Harvard The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @ComingOutStoriesPod We have a b...
Poet, comedian and theatre maker Jackie Hagan identifies as bisexual, or queer. She has a very unique list of her first childhood crushes! The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @ComingOutStoriesPod We have a book! Com...
Oskar grew up in Trinidad and identifies as trans masculine, but non binary. In terms of their sexuality they identify as pansexual. Suppressing the urge to transition for 20 years had a huge impact on their mental health. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find u...
Kate McCabe is a stand up comedian. She grew up in Pensylvania, but then went to University in New York City, where despite having a gay best friend you will never believe who she chose to come out to first… The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @Come...
A story that really proves it’s never too late to come out. Naomi is a film maker and lives in Berlin, but grew up in South Africa and Namibia. She was married to man for 23 years before coming out. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStor...
Lev AC Rosen is an author. He grew up in a liberal household in New York in the 1990s. He didn’t feel he should have to come out as gay, because straight people don’t have to come out as straight! He never could have guessed his mother’s reaction! The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutsto...
Yvy De Luca is the author of the memoir “Tainted Beauty” She identifies as an Indian trans woman, who is also a pansexual She really struggled to come out in the Muslim community of 1990s Blackburn and for a while, led a double life. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.c...
Matthew Schaffer is an actor, dancer, choreographer and author. He’s so out and proud he’s written a book called “Dancing Out of the Closet” . He wasn't always so proud though, and lived in the closet for years, worried his sexuality would ruin his career and friendships.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please ge...
JJ, or Jessie, is a gas fitter from Manchester who is happily married to a woman and has two children. But they identify as non-binary or gender fluid and were terrified they would lose their family when they came out.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twi...
Matthew Diebler is a filmmaker and TV producer (listen to find out more about his lesbian horror movie!) who lives in LA, but growing up in rural Ohio he had a terrible time at school.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Inst...
Lil King Cat is a singer who came out in Limerick in Ireland in the 1990s. She was in for quite a shock when she came out to her mum…The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @ComingOutStoriesPod We have a book! Coming Ou...
James Barr is an out and proud radio presenter, comedian and star of the podcast "A Gay and a Non Gay." He wasn't always out though, in fact he was quite religious in his youth and struggled with coming out, finding bible passages to reassure himself that Godf would still love him if he was gay. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to...
Comedian, TV presenter and "person from Birmingham" Joe Lycett tells us about coming out three times, firstly as gay, then as bisexual, then pansexual.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @ComingOutStoriesPod We have ...
Talented singer songwriter, Katey Brookes is originally from Bristol, but grew up in London, in a religious cult based in Arizona, which had a huge effect on her relationship with her own sexuality The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStorie...
Jose, a Puerto Rican man who lives in the Bronx in New York City tells us about his huge challenges coming out, suffering terrible sexual abuse, being thrown out of home at just 13 by his father, then finding his logical family in Greenwch village and eventually finding love.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get ...
GJ struggled with coming out as a lesbian because of her Rastafarian faith. Her parents hail from Barbuda, near Antigua. She was outed without her knowledge by The Carribbean Times newspaper and had to make a tricky phone call to her parents....The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstori...
Christine , the author of Trans Britain, has been at the heart of the Trans Rights movement since the early '90s, campaigning to get laws changed and was eventually awarded an MBE for her work. She also has one of the earliest coming out stories we have heard – she was just four when she told her mum she wanted to grow up to be a woman. But it took another 20 years until she came out to them again. The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a t...
Asad grew up in a British Pakistani muslim household and feared the worst when coming out to his parents. So much so, he packed a bag and had a friend wait outside in his car, ready to escape.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and ...
Growing up in rural wales, pre-internet, Mark says it was penpals who helped him understand his sexuality, but it was appearing on national TV show Stars in Their Eyes, that led him to him coming out on a big scale!The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitte...
Saski is a singer and a Pride host. She struggled coming out at school, but now works for Educate and Celebrate. Her story contains one of the best reactions from a parent ever!The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get in touch www.comingoutstoriespodcast.com or find us on twitter @ComeOutStories and on Instagram @C...
A very special episode to commemorate 50 years since one of the most important events in LGBTQ+ history: The Stonewall Riots. Martin Boyce was the son of Italian immigrants and grew up in New York, coming out in the 60s at a time it was very dangerous to be gay in the city. He was at The Stonewall Inn on 28 June 1969 and stood, defiant, as the NYPD charged. His story is moving and incredible. Please share it.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at...
Nadia grew up in a religious household with a Christian mum and a Muslim dad. She was always too afraid to come out at school becuase of the intense bullying she witnessed. But when her mum was seriously ill in hospital Nadia knew she wanted to tell her exactly who she was.The Radio Workshop podcast tells real stories about young Africans. Forget the Africa you think you know. From Freetown to Cape Town, hear the world’s youngest population. One story at a time.https://radioworkshop.org/podcast/Presented by Emma Goswell Produced by Sam Walker We'd love to hear YOUR story. Please get ...