Daring to be different with Merryn Johns

Daring to be different, I chat with the remarkable Merryn Johns, Editor in Chief of Queer Forty Online Magazine. Journalist & Broadcaster, who previously held roles as Editor in Chief at Curve Magazine, Group Editor of OUT Voices and Editor at News Corp & Bound Magazine.

We discuss queer media in Australia, the UK and the US, the move from paper to digital, the importance of social media to drive content, why age matters, coming out and what the future trends are within the LGBTQ+ publishing space.

Welcome to the Sam Grierson interview series, chatting to change makers who have Dared to Be different and stand up and speak out. We discuss social change that has occurred over the last 30 years, how language has evolved and is evolving and how we still have more work to do. I am interested to look at the role that the Arts play, to both inspire, provoke, educate and support social change.

Actors, Singers, Members of Parliament, Artists, Authors, Activists, and Entrepreneurs who all dare… Sam Grierson interviews… Daring to be different…

Graphics by Poke Marketing, Podcast Sound Engineering & Editing by Rose Hill, Photography by Claire Brown

Trigger Warning: This podcast episode may, at times, cover sensitive topics including but not limited to LGBT+ Coming out, LGBT+ themes, Hate Crime, Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, Feminism. You are advised to refrain from listening if you are likely to be offended or adversely impacted by any of these topics.