Qmmunity

In episode two of our Lockdown Radio Show, recorded live for Alphabet on Soho Radio Char and Lex are joined by journalist and documentary maker "the dad who gave birth" Freddy McConnell (https://www.instagram.com/freddy.mcconnell/?hl=en) to talk queer parenting. In our Swap It Like It's Hot section, Char and Lex review naughties lesbian teen drama Sugar Rush and the iconic Hedwig And The Angry ...

We're back! Did you miss us? THANK YOU to everyone who dropped us messages on the socials (@qmmunitypod) asking when series 2 of Qmmunity was coming - it's finally here! We were in the process of polishing up all of our great interviews, and then...COVID-19 hit. So we pivoted, and here we are bringing you a socially-distanced version of Qmmunity for you to get involved with during isolation. Jo...

A live recoded one on one conversation between Keegan Hirst and Alexis Caught, as they discuss gay men's mental health and toxic masculinity.

This is a special live episode featuring a panel discussion hosted by Alexis (https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex/?hl=en) with medal winning slalom cancer Matt Lister (https://www.instagram.com/mrmattlister/?hl=en) , the BBC's first LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte (https://www.instagram.com/beninldn/?hl=en) and writer, broadcaster and friend of the pod Kuchenga (https://www.instagram.com/kuchenga...

Join the Qmmunity Christmas get together to learn a bit more about some of the people behind the mic.

Join us as we record season two in front of a live audience!

We're not back with a whole new season just yet, this episode is part of Digital pride which takes place April 29th till the 5th of May created by Gay star news - the focus of this years online pride festival is to tackle loneliness and isolation which unfortunately is far more common in the LGBTQ+ Qmmunity.

In this final mini-episode, Christania and Alexis wrap series one with their final thoughts on what they've learned and how to keep moving forward. Keep the conversations going and get in touch, series 2 is coming. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website http://qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod

On this episode we’ll be discussing the future of the LGBTQ community with our final live panel featuring Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids charity, Lee Fontaine from the Albert Kennedy Trust, award-winning youth worker Tanya Compas and Charlie Condou - actor, patron and ambassador for numerous LGBTQ charities. Thank you to Ace Hotel Shoreditch for providing us with their Miranda space to record th...

Continuing to explore the meaning of intersectionality and how overlapping identities affect people’s lives we're joined by Phil Samba, an advocate for HIV and sexual health and scriptwriter Callum Dziedzic.  Both share their experiences and how they think we can make a change. Full transcripts, episodes and ways to get involved can be found on our website http://qmmunitypod.com #QmmunityPod

Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in her 1989 essay, “Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics (https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf) ". Recorded live at Ace Hotel's Miranda (http://mirandalondon.com/) space in London Christ...

Founder of Bollywood Hip Hop night Hungama, Ryan Lanji (https://twitter.com/ryanlanji) , award-winning Abbey Kiwanuka (https://twitter.com/abbeykiwah) , co-founder and director of Out and Proud African LGBTI (https://africanlgbti.org/) and  Joshua, a member of the Manchester Village Spartans (https://twitter.com/mvsrufc) , a gay and inclusive rugby club join Christania and Alexis to share their...

Recorded live at Ace Hotel Shoreditch's Miranda space we held a conversation around the threats to our community.  Featuring UK Black Pride (https://www.ukblackpride.org.uk/) founder Lady Phyll (https://twitter.com/MsLadyPhyll) , media commentator, columnist, activist & former editor of DIVA (http://www.divamag.co.uk/) , Jane Czyzselska (https://twitter.com/czyzselska) , Reverand Jide Macauley ...

We read and hear about the LGBTQ+ community all the time, but those of us inside know that it’s not one huge group chat where everyone wants or needs the same thing.  So in this episode, we going to look at how people go about finding their place. Recorded live in the Ace Hotel (https://www.acehotel.com/london/) Shoreditch's Miranda (http://mirandalondon.com/) space featuring Marc Thompson (ht...

How has queer life changed over the years?  Is the LGBTQ+ community grieving for past lives and loves lost? Intergenerational conversations are rare so in this episode, Christania (https://twitter.com/dereshacm) and Alexis (https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex) are joined by actress, cabaret singer and activist Mzz Kimberley (https://twitter.com/mzzkimberley) and David Stuart (https://twitter.c...

Christania (https://twitter.com/dereshacm) and Alexis  (https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex) are doing a Cher, turning back time and looking at the past 51 years of our Queer History.   Featuring Dr. Benno Gammerl, a lecturer at Goldsmiths University on the Wolrd's first Masters in Queer Hirstory (https://www.gold.ac.uk/history/goldsmiths-queer-history/) and Marc Thompson (https://twitter.com/...

Christania (https://twitter.com/dereshacm) and Alexis (https://www.instagram.com/toddlerlex/?) ask the big question to our live show panellists Reeta Loi (https://twitter.com/r_e_e_t_a_) CEO of Gaysians UK, artist and poet Chloe Filani (https://www.instagram.com/1.chloe.f/) , filmmaker and producer Steffan Zachiyah (https://twitter.com/steffanzachiyah) and Lewis Corner (https://twitter.com/lewi...

Qmmunity is a LGBTQ+ series that will ask questions of ourselves, explore who we are as a whole and as individuals, where we have come from, how we’ve changed & developed and what the future may hold for us. Join Christania and Alexis from 17th October. #QmmunityPod