It Is Complicated

This week we cover two topics - Working full time and creating a podcast, and the movie Constantine starring Keanu Reeves. 

We have gone from a time when we had less restrictions on our time (lockdown…

Based on a listener request for a discussion on working from home in the current culture environment from a perspective that is not a middle class straight white cis man - we touch on the advantages …

How did covid change how we do this politeness thing? Is there queer etiquette? What happens when we rub against people’s expectations when we state our boundaries?

Is our queer etiquette a reaction …

Recorded during Pride Month, when everything has a rainbow slapped on it, what is allyship? When is it performative? What is the context that Allyship can happen within?

When does the allyship have an…

Being upbeat is complicated - when is the smiling face a mask?

In the face of a continuing pandemic and life doing it’s worst, we discuss being upbeat, having humour about the situation. How do we en…

Lockdown easing is complicated - what is this normal we will return to?

One of us has had a second vaccine and can stop shielding - and now we can think about what this means for us and how this is i…

Imposter Syndrome is complicated - if I had cis white straight man confidence I would..

We talk about the impact of imposter syndrome on queers. The extra layers that we deal with at times - when you…

Being visible is complicated - Positive visibility matters.

For Trans Day of Visibility we decided to do an episode on why we are visible. Dr J celebrates a ten year anniversary of being out publicly…

Why we need Queer Spaces - Special Episode for the Queer House Party Radio Show. You can see it here:  https://foundation.fm/show/the-friday-takeover

Talking about how we met and how queer spaces wer…

Gaining our voice is complicated - So is making ourselves heard.

This week we have a guest - Michelle Belcher - https://www.michellebelcher.tv/ and we three talk about voices, gaining our voices and …

Being Trans is complicated - especially in times of covid! 

This week we have a guest - Michelle Belcher - https://www.michellebelcher.tv/ and we three talk about coming out as trans or non-binary, h…

Getting healthcare is complicated - what script can we use? We talk about getting healthcare/medical interventions and the experiences we have had. We talk about ‘Trans broken arm” (or in one of our …

Being queer is complicated - are we queer enough? We talk about the notion of queer and the extended ideas that come with queer and when are we “queer enough” - and when can we call ourselves queer?

W…

Being bullied is complicated - and how others respond is also. This comes with a content note - we discuss bullying and violence.

We talk about that phrase “Don’t be a victim” and the status quo warr…

Lockdown and Covid trauma - and queer survival is complicated. How queers are surviving the lockdown and the extended trauma of the Covid pandemic. We talk about privilege, and the privilege of being…

Bonus Episode 2 -  2021 continues - and is 2020 plus one. A special episode, recorded live (so unedited, and one of us is on pain medication), where we cover the last 26 hours or so… and why our “hom…

Media is complicated - or maybe not. We talk through the Bechdel test, what it is for and how it works and propose our own version for Trans and Non-Binary representation in film/TV/shows.

The Laverne…

Introducing ourselves is complicated - and it can be an emotional journey. We talk through what a change in employment can mean, what being visibly ourselves when we are employed can mean. We cover t…

Being lighthearted complicated - we attempt to do something fun and fail due to complications. We discuss postcolonial readings of popular Christmas songs, Latin for “in the middle of”, we attempt to…

Being ourselves can be complicated - and it is so freeing! In a special episode, we interview the amazing Max Marchewicz (wheeliequeermerbabe on insta) - a BSL interpreter, access consultant, and fel…