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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer. This week we hear more details on anti LGBTQ+ politicians caught out in acts of hypocrisy. German plans to change their gender ID laws. And Kevin decides to interrogate Graeme about having a cleaner.
Reality TV and social media star Thomas Hartley is scouse through and through and has smashed it recently on hit reality show Married at first sight.
He dropped into our studio at Eurovision 2023 to hang out with Graeme Smith and Paris Munro and talk Eurovision, Liverpool, their new drag alter ego Pam Sandwich and about beef with another older and less woke Liverpool LGBTQ+ social media star who is renowned for their strident anti woke stance.
This chat is an absolute riot. This is scouse sass served with a main course of Eurovision and reality TV. Get ready for chaos.
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The UK is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in decades and the LGBTQ+ community are big fans.
This week, Liverpool looks more queer than ever and is home to an array of musicians, broadcasters and gays, lots of gays. More than we even imagined would be here, its like Pride.
We're Live from Liverpool with all the latest with Graeme Smith and Paris Munro who has been to the dress rehearsals for the main event and has all the inside goss. We've got all the reaction and build up before the main event.
RECORDED THURSDAY 11TH MAY 2023 AT 8PM. 48 HOURS BEFORE THE LIVE FINAL.
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Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
On this episode we're talking about the return of Dannii Minogue in a new LGBTQ+ dating show, Dannii was always the spicier more interesting Minogue in Graeme's controversial opinion. We hear about how US law makers in Montana have banned a trans representative from the state legislature for standing up for trans rights...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
On this episode we're talking about the proposed amnesty for LGBTQ's in Uganda, Heartstopper is back later this summer so we find out a bit more about the new season, the Irish Eurovision entry have had to sack a senior team member for alleged transphobic tweets and we find out how Kevin's trip to Berlin went last week....
Nobody knew how to make the great and powerful with big egos get in line during a TV interview than Dame Edna. Her chat shows became the ones all the big ego celebs wanted to be on… only to be ridiculed and cut down to size be the Dame who in end could have passed for an elder member of the aristocracy.
The Dame is one of the most ensuring cultural figures of the last few decades and was played by the Australian comic and actor Barry Humphries. Despite being the Dame being an LGBTQ+ icon to many, Humphries was famously anti woke and was labelled by some people as anti trans.
So how did one...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
On this episode they talk about the mainstream culture microcosm that was Paul O'Grady's funeral, complete with Julian Clary attending and a guard of honour from Battersea dogs home, which must have been hard to manage. We dissect the week's queer news agenda and then discuss Kevin's impending trip to Berlin. Graeme and...
Topher is the self confessed Tart with a heart, the only fans model and PR manager for Clonezone is up for a grabby award this week at the Gay adult industry awards - The Grabby Awards in Spain this weekend as best adult content creator.
He is here again to answer some of your queer sex questions including douching pills advice and some advice for Kinksters on CHASTITY.
Also we hear about the recent spate of attacks on Clone Zone's Manchester shop in The Village and talk self defence for LGBTQ+ people.
Zara Larsson needs no introduction. She's brought us some of the biggest LGBTQ+ bangers of the last decade and at a young age cemented herself as one of the biggest popstars on the planet. The Swedish born star is back with new music and her current hit single can't tame her is one of the most streamed songs in the UK this year and is a hit across UK radio. She's worked with all the world's biggest producers and smashed the glass ceiling with hits such as the huge collab with LGBTQ+ icon MNEK - Never forget you.. and the pop dance bangers "Symphony" and "Lush life".
At the age of 25, the S...
After news of Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black having their second child by surrogacy in the U.S. we're exploring the different ways LGBTQ+ people are starting a family. Adoption seems to be one of the most popular in the UK right now but other options are available and we're keen to hear your stories around this as more LGBTQ+ people step into parenthood.
Children's author Jennie Guay and her partner the LGBTQ+ entrepreneur and podcaster Sam White have had their kids using IVF treatment. Graeme spoke to Jennie to find out more about their IVF journey.
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
We're hearing the latest about the UK and Scottish governments fight over the Gender Recognition Act, how Vauxhall's Chariots Sauna is being turned into an immersive experience in its life after being a s*x venue for decades.
After our Queer news roundup Graeme and Kevin compare their vastly different experiences of ve...
This week Paris is chatting to the US based musician Caroline Rose.
Caroline Rose is an artist that has been patiently and effectively building a name for herself over the last few years, gaining increasing levels of acclaim with a steady stream of alternative pop bangers. Her latest full length offering Superstar is more of the same, and looks set to make Caroline just that. The artists latest full length is packed with substance, style, and infectious hooks that will sit with you indefinitely. A fitting embodiment of a career that has pitted Caroline Rose as an unapologetic, unfiltered a...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
After a news roundup of this weeks biggest LGBTQ+ stories ...this week we're talking about the self appointed voices of the LGBTQIA community and how out of touch they are from the reality of life for most of us. Also would Jesus have voted Tory or Republican?
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Can you believe that Rumpelstiltskin is still being read in school? It’s a very old story – well past its time if ever there was one.
It’s a story filled with misogyny, greed, and abuse; selling a daughter for financial gain, holding that daughter captive until she performs an impossible task, and all for the benefit of men. If that’s not a terrifying message to send to our kids, I don’t know what is.
Gone are the days of the normalised nuclear family – a mother, father, brother and sister. According to research, stepfamilies are currently the fastest growing family dynamic in the UK and i...
Across this summer's Pride season OUTCAST UK is dropping a weekly LGBTQIA+ news update followed by our hot take and analysis of the week's events.
Ex BBC 5 Live / LBC and Times Radio journalist and broadcaster Kevin McGrath joins Graeme Smith every week across this summer.
After a news roundup of this weeks biggest LGBTQ+ stories ...This week we talk about the sad loss of the scouse/LGBTQ+ and nan TV icon Paul O'Grady. We also hear about the changes to the law in Florida outlawing discussing LGBTQ issues in schools and how Prince William attended a queer restaurant in Poland... so do we l...
HoneyLuv is an Los Angeles based House DJ & producer.From a basketball player, turned U.S Navy sailor, turned DJ/Producer, Honey Luv is a force to be reckoned with.
Hailing from a city filled with house culture, Cleveland’s own Honey Luv is currently taking the dance music scene by storm. She made her first debut with spinning Hip Hop and R&B music on Dash Radio as a Guest DJ for celebrity trainer Corey Calliet’s “Issa Lifestyle'' radio show and playing for all the hottest urban parties in Los Angeles.
She then later on switched over to dance music, her first love. With only two years of ...
Baltimore singer/songwriter/DJ/producer and music legend Ultra Naté has long been adored by electronic, dance and pop fans since the early 90's.
Three decades on with massive crowd stompers such as Twisted, Automatic, Party Girl, New Kind Of Medicine, Found A Cure, How Long (Ultra Flava) and the Top 10 pop nugget, If You Could Read My Mind, 2022 finds Ultra Naté joyously celebrating the enduring anthem Free’s 25th anniversary . Last Summer saw Ultra collaborating with the likes of Icona Pop, David Morales, NYC’s esteemed Lincoln Center, numerous festivals, Prides and ushering in her 10th al...
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY EXPLICIT ADVICE TO LISTENERS SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES, JUST SO YOU KNOW!
Whether its anxieties around cleanliness or questions around kink... Topher's DM's are always open.
Graeme Smith talks with self confessed Tart with a heart, OnlyFans model, columnist for Gay London Life and Clonezone PR brand manager Topher about sex, sex tech and relationships questions from OUTCAST UK's and his DM's.
This episode we have people wanting to know how much sex they should be having and a complete run down of advice around fisting in response to the deluge of DM's we get about it...
The morning after Joesef SMASHED a gig at Manchester Academy, mid way through a huge UK tour and as his debut album "Permanent Damage" is available to stream and buy we have an exclusive chat.
Graeme is catching up with Paris Munro again about their new podcast Queer & The Beat. This week Paris catches up with LGBTQ+ musician Joesef, with details on THAT KISS people are going wild about from Joesef's new music video.
THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT ADVICE TO LISTENERS SEXUAL HEALTH ISSUES, JUST SO YOU KNOW!
Whether its the best way to douche, anxieties around cleanliness or questions around kink... Topher's DM's are always open.
Graeme Smith talks with self confessed Tart with a heart, OnlyFans model, columnist for Gay London Life and Clonezone PR brand manager Topher about sex, sex tech and relationships questions from OUTCAST UK's and his DM's.
On this episode we hear about the newly single, self confessed "pig bottom" D in Manchester and his anal anxieties whilst hooking up with lots of people ... we...
Graeme Smith and Paris Munro catch up about the new podcast QUEER & THE BEAT... featuring an exclusive chat with MARTIN IKIN.
DJ / Producer since 1991, Martin Ikin AKA: Soul Purpose, Indigo, MIGrant, DJ Mayhem, etc etc… Too many Aliases to mention them all…
As well as producing, DJing, spending years employed as an in-house engineer at several recording studios, he’s also studied jazz piano, has been bandleader of several jazz funk outfits, is still gigging, session playing and teaching piano today.
After over 10 years of releasing music on other labels, Martin launched his own label – Soul...
Featuring exclusive interview highlights with JP from Cash Cash talking about mental heath and music. Graeme Smith chats to Gaydio radio presenter Paris Munro about the launch of their brand new podcast ‘Queer & The Beat’.
Based in Manchester, the queer nonbinary presenter currently hosts the Gaydio Breakfast show weekdays from 7am. They have a passion for music, and love being goofy with their guests on the show. As well as being on the radio, they also host events and stages during pride season, as well as interviewing artists on red carpets - most recently for Gaydio at The Brits. Also a...
Graeme is talking to Shivani Dave on the morning after the Manchester and London vigils following the horrific killing of Brianna Ghey in Warrington.
The media and political landscape has become more transphobic than ever, we discuss the implications for the LGBTQ+ community. We also talk about the importance of keeping your cool when dealing with transphobia after Shivani’s recent appearances on Good Morning Britain and Talk Radio / Talk TV.
Shivani is a Gen Z journalist, broadcaster, and physicist. They provide a youth audience with impartial news for a world that isn't via @OpenlyNews ...
WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DRUGS REFERENCES SOME PEOPLE IN RECOVERY MAY FIND TRIGGERING. Greg Owen has been called "one of the U.K.’s most vocal proponents of PrEP", describing himself as the "poster boy for PrEP in the UK". He is the PREP lead for Terrence Higgins Trust and talks frankly about the issues surrounding PREP, being HIV positive and issues surrounding chemsex.
But did you know that Greg found out about PREP initially during his party days from a meth dealer at a sex party?
Leading HIV researchers credit Greg and his campaign being a major force in the massive reduction in...
On this episode Graeme Smith catches up with the founder of iwantprepnow.co.uk and PREP lead for national UK HIV charity, Terrence Higgins Trust, Greg Owen.
Greg is unique .... born in Belfast in the 80's he moved to London to study dance and drama... he like many of us has talked frankly about doing sex work and his experiences of chemsex.
In fact... HIV researcher Sheena McCormack credits him with helping decrease the number of HIV diagnoses in the UK. From 2015–2016, the number of new diagnoses in London had decreased by 40%, while around the UK it was decreased by around a third. Owen r...
Former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas has settled a legal dispute with an ex-partner who accused him of "deceptively" transmitting HIV to him.
Ian Baum alleged Mr Thomas hid his HIV status and "failed to take reasonable care" to ensure he did not pass it on.
The former British and Irish Lion said he had settled the case for £75,000 plus costs, but it was not an admission of liability or guilt.
The reaction in the media and the comments on social media have been devastating for the mental health of people living with HIV, already too often marginalised and treated with suspicion.
In thi...
We gather the facts and consider the implications of the standoff between the Scottish and the UK Government over trans rights.
After 5 years of consultations, the Scottish government set about updating their gender recognition laws and a coalition of Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP, The Greens and The Scottish Labour Party recently passed the Gender recognition act. The vote in the Scottish parliament was decisive 88 for, 33 against, 4 abstained, 4 no vote. This was a clear message that these changes had a majority in the Scottish parliament.
In London... this Scottish reform bill was viewed as a b...
After the boxer Chris Eubank Jnr was on the receiving end of what sounded a lot like homophobic abuse from the boxer Liam Smith we listen to the exchange in full and talk about what happened.
Is mens sport intrinsically homophobic?
Are LGBTQ+ people often on the receiving end of this kind of dog whistle/ teenage boy banter?
Graeme is joined by LGBTQ+ activist and radio producer Calum McFabulous to talk this through.
Right now it's trans people being vilified by the right wing press and government around the world. But beware, it could be you on the menu next in the culture wars. Maybe the real enemy is toxic masculinity?
Another talk with Graeme Smith and Steven John.
Topher is the PR Brand Manager at Clonezone and a bit of a star on social media and more recently on TV sex documentaries. He gives sex and relationship advice to his Only Fans followers as well as making adult content and advising on the latest sex tech to consumers. He also gives advice to LGBTQ+ sex toy manufacturers in the development of new products. He's never happier than when he's replying to people's problems or dishing out sex advice or helping with problems.
We're getting the lowdown on what the best sex tech there is out there right now for us all, talking about the basics of bo...