In this episode, we read a section from Harry Nicholas' memoir A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar : A Journal of Self (and Sexual) Discovery (2023) - it's on p.103 of the UK paperback. You can buy Harry's book from bookshop.org or your local indy store.

Harry Nicholas is a writer, campaigner and gay trans man living in London. He has written for The Guardian, GQ and Dazed. A Trans Man Walks into a Gay Bar is his first book.

Episode references:

• Travis Alabanza, None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary; Jack Parlett, Fire Island: A Queer History; Lou Sullivan, Youngman: Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan; Matthew Todd, Straight Jacket: Overcoming Society's Legacy of Gay Shame.
• Nicola Dinan, Bellies; Andrew McMillan, Physical; Joelle Taylor, The Night Alphabet; Shon Faye, Love in Exile; Hugo Greenhalgh, The Diaries of Mr Lucas.

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Produced, hosted, and edited by Chris Lloyd.