A Gay and A NonGay James Barr and Dan Hudson

Dan and James are joined from California by legendary punk rocker Fat Mike of NOFX. This is an explicit episode.


It's quite the ride through BDSM, cross-dressing, sex dungeons, live-in sex slaves and being abandoned by your friends.
 
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It's two weeks since the final of RuPaul's Drag Race and James refuses to credit Dan with correctly predicting the winner (spoiler free)! Plus, is metal homophobic? Dan and James discuss the reaction to metal star Roddy Bottum's proudly gay 'Man On Man' album cover.


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Singer, icon and LGBTQ+ ally Louise Redknapp joins us on A Gay and a NonGay today. We talk about the importance of her LGBTQ+ fans, playing alongside Britney, and how her mum thinks her gay friends are why she’s single. She also offers her support for the transgender community on International Day of Transgender Visibility.
 
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It's 1000 days since the U.K government promised to ban conversion therapy but still hasn't. James and Dan reflect on their BBC Radio 1 documentary 'Tell It: From Gay to NonGay' and chat to the co-director of CURED, a BFI Flare Festival documentary about the activists who brought about a 1973 victory in the movement for LGBTQ equality: the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to remove homosexuality from its manual of mental illnesses. Bennett Singer's movie perfectly explains that to 'cure' LGBQ+ people, we only need to be accepted.


So why do Church and religion play a huge role in perpetuating stigma, discrimination and physical harm towards people because of their sexuality?


We witnessed this trauma when we interviewed former Christian singer Vicky Beeching during our series about gay conversion therapy, 'Tell It: From Gay to NonGay?' and thanks to BBC Sounds, you can hear an incredibly moving preview from our series in today's episode.


It's not an overly triggering episode, but we will issue a low-key trigger warning here just to be safe.


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LINKS:


Listen to our BBC Sounds series. Search 'Tell It: From Gay To NonGay' in BBC Sounds or your fave pod app. You can also visit bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p099dnbw


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CURED is available UK-wide as part of BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival until 28 March at bfi.org.uk/flare and find out more about the documentary at cureddocumentary.com
 
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Women are not safe. James and Dan chat about the toxic behaviour of some straight men towards women and James realises how our shame prevents us from speaking out. Plus Dan wants gays to stop calling everything 'iconic'.
 
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We're celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with esteemed author Juno Dawson.


We ask Juno about the state of trans in the U.K. Are things better or worse for trans people, and how things currently are for trans youth following the landmark High Court ruling against puberty blockers for children.


Her new book 'What’s The T' is an exploration of what it means to be a young transgender and/or non-binary person in the 21st Century, a go-to handbook for the young trans and/or non-binary queer community and their allies.


Find out more about Juno and buy her books - https://www.junodawson.com/


Stonewall’s statement on the puberty blockers ruling - https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/stonewall-statement-high-court-puberty-blockers-ruling


Support trans youth! Head to https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ and https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
 
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